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Waterloo Region's Architectural Hall of Shame -- the Bottom 10
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Since there is a thread on Waterloo Region's Top 10 Buildings I thought it would be appropriate to have a thread about the Bottom 10 -- Waterloo Region's Architectural Hall of Shame

I am not an architect and I have never studied architecture but I know what I like and what I don't like.  Here's a partial list:

  • Big Box stores -- I can't think of one that has any architectural merit. 
  • Engineering buildings on UW campus.  The older ones are rectangles with windows.
  • 250 Frederick.  A stunningly boring highrise in a quiet, low-rise, residential area.
  • Kitchener Market.  It has some architectural merit and major fails.  The stairs on King St are forbidding and effectively hide the market if you drive up King.
  • Market Square.  What were they thinking??

  • The former Provincial Court House on Frederick, behind the Centre in the Square.  Court House??  Could easily be mistaken for the jail. 
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Waterloo Region's Architectural Hall of Shame -- the Bottom 10 - by jgsz - 12-12-2014, 02:55 PM

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