Carbuncle Cup

{{Short description|Annual architecture prize given to the ugliest building in the United Kingdom}}

{{Infobox award

| name = Carbuncle Cup

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| awarded_for = Annual architecture prize given to the ugliest building in the United Kingdom

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| sponsor = Building Design (2006–2018)
The Fence (2024–present)

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| year = {{Start date and age|2006|df=yes}} (first run), {{Start date and age|2024|df=yes}} (second run)

| year2 = {{Start date and age|2018|df=yes}} (first run), to present (second run)

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The Carbuncle Cup is an architecture prize, given annually, originally by the magazine Building Design, and since 2024 by The Fence, to "the ugliest building in the United Kingdom completed in the last 12 months".{{cite web |url=http://www.bdonline.co.uk/news/six-in-race-for-carbuncle-cup/5003099.article |title=Six in race for Carbuncle Cup |date=22 July 2010 |author=Watson, Anna |publisher=bdonline.co.uk |access-date=2010-07-27}} It was intended to be a humorous response to the prestigious Stirling Prize, given by the Royal Institute of British Architects.{{cite web |url=http://www.architecture.com/Awards/RIBAStirlingPrize/RIBAStirlingPrize.aspx |title=RIBA Stirling Prize |publisher=RIBA |access-date=2010-07-27 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090930145808/http://www.architecture.com/Awards/RIBAStirlingPrize/RIBAStirlingPrize.aspx |archive-date=30 September 2009 |df=dmy-all}}

History

=First run (2006–2018)=

The award was inspired by the Carbuncle Awards that Scottish architecture magazine Prospect (now Urban Realm), had been presenting to buildings and areas in Scotland since 2000.{{cite web |url=http://www.urbanrealm.com/carbuncles/2005/The_Carbuncle_Awards_2005.html |title=The Carbuncle Awards 2005 |author=Urban Realm |access-date=2014-09-04}}

The name derives from a comment in 1984 by Charles, Prince of Wales (now Charles III), an opponent of certain modernist styles and forms and a staunch defender of existing characterisations, themes and points of interest, who described Ahrends, Burton and Koralek's proposed extension of London's National Gallery as a "monstrous carbuncle on the face of a much-loved and elegant friend".{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2004/may/17/architecture.regeneration|title=Life after carbuncles|first=Jonathan|last=Glancey|date=17 May 2004|work=The Guardian}}{{cite web|url=http://www.princeofwales.gov.uk/speechesandarticles/a_speech_by_hrh_the_prince_of_wales_at_the_150th_anniversary_1876801621.html|title=A speech by HRH The Prince of Wales at the 150th anniversary of the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA), Royal Gala Evening at Hampton Court Palace|access-date=2007-06-16|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927213205/http://www.princeofwales.gov.uk/speechesandarticles/a_speech_by_hrh_the_prince_of_wales_at_the_150th_anniversary_1876801621.html|archivedate=2007-09-27}}

The cup was launched in 2006, with the first winner being Drake Circus Shopping Centre in Plymouth by Chapman Taylor.{{cite web |url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/article1290884.ece |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070304165922/http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/article1290884.ece |url-status=dead |archive-date=4 March 2007 |title=The malling of our cities |work=The Times |date=10 January 2007 |author=Dyckhoff, Tom |access-date=2010-07-27}} A shortlist was announced by the periodical each year, based on nominations from the public, and usually in the same week as the Stirling Prize shortlist. Free voting via the magazine's website was at first used to select the winner. From 2009 onwards, a small group of critics selected the winner. The original run was last held in 2018.

=Second run (2024–present)=

In 2024, Soho based magazine The Fence revived the award, with the first year's award being given for buildings completed since the last award of the original run was given in 2018.{{cite web |title=The Carbuncle Cup 2024 |url=https://www.the-fence.com/carbuncle-cup-2024/ |website=The Fence |access-date=14 June 2024}} The judging panel for the 2024 awards comprised:

Tim Abrahams (chair) – contributing editor, Architectural Record
Vicky Richardson – FRIBA, architectural curator
Cajsa Carlson – deputy editor, Dezeen
James McLachlan – former editor, Icon
Lucy Watson – commissioning editor, Financial Times
Dr Penny Lewis – lecturer, University of Dundee; co-founder of the Carbuncle Awards
Charlie Baker – editor, The Fence

Winners and nominees

=First run=

align="center" class="wikitable sortable"
Year !Architect !class="unsortable" colspan=2\|Winning work !Nominees and works
2006 \|Chapman Taylor \|File:Drake Circus Shopping Centre, Plymouth - geograph.org.uk - 1702249.jpg \|Drake Circus Shopping Centre, Plymouth{{cite web \|url=http://www.bdonline.co.uk/readers-free-classifieds/bottom-of-the-barrel-carbuncles-2006/3075189.article \|title=Bottom of the barrel – Carbuncles 2006 \|date=13 October 2006 \|publisher=bdonline.co.uk \|access-date=2010-07-27}} \| Page & Park for BBC Radio Merseyside, Liverpool FaulknerBrowns Architects for Ibis Hotel, Harbourside, Bristol CZWG for Lough Road Housing, Holloway, London Foster + Partners for Moor House, City of London S&P Architects for Nexus One, Swiss Cottage, London Rem Koolhaas for Serpentine Pavilion, Hyde Park, London Broadway Malyan for St George Wharf, Lambeth, London John McAslan/Dandara for St George's Island, Castlefield, Manchester Llewlyn Davies for University College Hospital, Bloomsbury, London
2007 \|Stephen George & Partners \|130px \|Opal Court, Leicester{{cite web \|url=http://www.bdonline.co.uk/readers-free-classifieds/scars-blots-and-eyesores/3096795.article \|title=Scars, blots and eyesores \|date=5 October 2007 \|publisher=bdonline.co.uk \|access-date=2010-07-27}} \| Peter Redhead Architects for Holiday Inn, Westhill, Aberdeenshire Allford Hall Monaghan Morris for KX200, Pentonville Road, London Foster & Partners for More London, South Bank, London BBLB Architects with John Rocha for Orion Building, Birmingham Edward Potter Associates for Skydec apartments, Wandsworth, London East Riding of Yorkshire Council and Atkins for Treasure House, Beverley, East Riding of Yorkshire
2008 \|EPR Architects \|130px \|Radisson SAS Waterfront hotel, Saint Helier, Jersey{{cite web \|url=http://www.bdonline.co.uk/news/who-will-get-the-wooden-spoon-in-bd%E2%80%99s-carbuncle-cup-this-year?/3123978.article \|title=Who will get the wooden spoon in BD's Carbuncle Cup this year? \|date=3 October 2008 \|publisher=bdonline.co.uk \|access-date=2010-07-27}}{{cite web \|url=http://www.bdonline.co.uk/are-these-the-uks-worst-buildings-ever?/5054729.article \|title=Are these the UK's worst buildings ever? \|date=20 May 2013 \|publisher=bdonline.co.uk \|access-date=2013-10-24}} \| BCA Architects for Aqua housing, Poole, Dorset Trinity Architecture for B-Central apartments, Bournemouth Allies and Morrison for Blue Fin building, Bankside, London Aedas for Bridgewater Place, Leeds Skidmore, Owings and Merrill for Broadgate Tower, Bishopsgate, London Bourne Parking for Walton Street car park, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire
2009 \|Hamilton Architects \|130px \|Liverpool Ferry Terminal, Liverpool{{cite web \|url=http://www.bdonline.co.uk/news/cesar-pellis-one-park-west-building-fights-carbuncle-cup-nomination/3147077.article \|title=Cesar Pelli's One Park West building fights Carbuncle Cup nomination \|date=19 August 2009 \|author=Watson, Anna \|publisher=bdonline.co.uk \|access-date=2010-07-27}}{{cite web \|url=http://www.bdonline.co.uk/readers-free-classifieds/liverpool-ferry-terminal-wins-carbuncle-cup-2009/3147432.article \|title=Liverpool Ferry Terminal wins Carbuncle Cup 2009 \|date=28 August 2009 \|author=Baillieu, Amanda \|publisher=bdonline.co.uk \|access-date=2010-07-27}} \| Make Architects for Amenities Building and International House, University of Nottingham Jubilee Campus Allan Murray Architects for Hotel Missoni, Edinburgh Pelli Clarke Pelli for One Park West, Liverpool One Calderpeel Carden Croft for Poundbury Fire Station, Poundbury, Dorset Dyer Associates for Queen Margaret University, Musselburgh, East Lothian Austin Smith Lord for Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury Halliday Fraser Munro for Union Plaza, Aberdeen Westfield Group for Westfield Shopping Centre, Shepherd's Bush, London Coogan & Co. for Woodlands Manor, Belfast{{cite web \|url=http://www.bdonline.co.uk/readers-free-classifieds/carbuncle-cup-2009-longlist-unveiled/3146320.article \|title=Carbuncle Cup 2009 longlist unveiled \|date=5 August 2009 \|publisher=bdonline.co.uk \|access-date=2010-07-27}}
2010 \|BFLS \|130px \|Strata SE1, Elephant & Castle, London{{cite web \|url=http://www.bdonline.co.uk/news/strata-tower-wins-2010-carbuncle-cup/5004110.article \|last=Woodman \|first=Ellis \|title=Strata tower wins 2010 Carbuncle Cup \|date=13 August 2010 \|publisher=bdonline.co.uk \|access-date=2010-08-13}} \| T. P. Bennett for Bézier Apartments, Old Street, London East Ayrshire Council for Burns Monument Centre, Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire Reid Jubb Brown for Haymarket Hub, Newcastle WDR & RT Taggart for St Anne's Square, Belfast Make Architects for The Cube, Birmingham
2011 \|Fairhurst, Chapman Taylor and Wilkinson Eyre \|130px \|MediaCityUK, Salford, Greater Manchester{{cite web \|url=http://www.bdonline.co.uk/buildings/carbuncle-cup/mediacityuk-wins-2011-carbuncle-cup/5023838.article \|title=MediaCityUK wins 2011 Carbuncle Cup \|date=1 September 2011 \|author=Woodman, Ellis \|work=Building Design}} \| Molyneux Architects for Ebenezer Chapel and Housing Development, Brighton 3XN/AEW Architects for Museum of Liverpool, Liverpool Grimshaw Architects and Atkins for Newport Station, Newport, Wales Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners for One Hyde Park, Knightsbridge, London Bond Bryan for Phoenix High School, Shepherd's Bush, London{{cite web \|url=http://www.bdonline.co.uk/comment/bloated-icons-and-dreary-sheds-go-head-to-head-in-the-race-for-the-carbuncle-cup/5022082.article \|title=Bloated icons and dreary sheds go head to head in the race for the Carbuncle Cup \|date=22 July 2011 \|author=Wainwright, Oliver \|work=Building Design}}
2012 \|Grimshaw Architects \|130px \|Cutty Sark Renovation, Greenwich, London{{cite web \|url=http://www.bdonline.co.uk/buildings/carbuncle-cup/carbuncle-cup-winner-2012-ship-in-a-throttle/5042493.article \|title=Cutty Sark Renovation \|date=13 September 2012 \|author=Woodman, Ellis \|work=Building Design}} \| Anish Kapoor and Cecil Balmond for ArcelorMittal Orbit, Olympic Park, London Andrew Smith Architects for Firepool Lock Housing, Taunton, Somerset Broadway Malyan for Mann Island Buildings, Liverpool IDP Partnership for Shard End Library, Birmingham Todd Architects and Civic Arts for Titanic Belfast Museum, Belfast{{cite web \|url=http://www.bdonline.co.uk/news/carbuncle-cup-2012-the-shortlist/5040098.article \|title=Carbuncle Cup 2012: the shortlist \|date=22 July 2012 \|author=Woodman, Ellis \|work=Building Design}}
2013 \|Stephen George & Partners \|130px \|465 Caledonian Road, University College London{{cite web \|url=http://www.bdonline.co.uk/carbuncle-cup-winner-2013-a-triumph-for-the-dark-side/5059745.article \|title=Carbuncle Cup winner 2013: A triumph for the dark side \|date=29 August 2013 \|publisher=bdonline.co.uk \|access-date=2014-09-03}} \| Stock Woolstencroft for Avant Garde, 34–42 Bethnal Green Road, Bethnal Green, London K2 Architects for Porth Eirias Watersports Centre, Colwyn Bay, Wales Hamiltons for Premier Inn (formerly General Lying-In Hospital), Lambeth, London Seven Architecture and Smeeden Foreman for Redcar Beacon ('The Vertical Pier'), Redcar, North Yorkshire{{cite web \|url=http://www.bdonline.co.uk/buildings/carbuncle-cup/carbuncle-cup-2013-shortlist-revealed/5059169.article \|title=Carbuncle Cup 2013 shortlist revealed \|date=19 August 2013 \|publisher=bdonline.co.uk \|access-date=2014-09-03}}
2014 \|Sheppard Robson \|130px \|Woolwich Central, Woolwich, London{{cite web \|url=http://www.bdonline.co.uk/buildings/carbuncle-cup/carbuncle-cup-2014-winner-announced/5070668.article \|title=Carbuncle Cup 2014 winner announced \|date=3 September 2014 \|publisher=bdonline.co.uk \|access-date=2014-09-03}} \| Stride Treglown for Chancellor's Building, University of Bath CZWG for QN7 flats, Holloway, London 3DReid for Trinity Square, Gateshead BDP for Unite Stratford City, Stratford, London Broadway Malyan for Vauxhall Tower, Vauxhall, London{{cite web \|url=http://www.bdonline.co.uk/buildings/carbuncle-cup/carbuncle-cup-2014-shortlist-announced/5070550.article \|title=Carbuncle Cup 2014 shortlist announced \|date=28 August 2014 \|publisher=bdonline.co.uk \|access-date=2014-09-03}}
2015 \|Rafael Viñoly \|130px \|20 Fenchurch Street ('The Walkie-Talkie'), City of London{{cite news \|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-34116610\|publisher=BBC News \|access-date=2015-09-02\|title=London's Walkie Talkie judged UK's worst building}} \| Fluid Design for City Gateway, Swaythling, Southampton Keith Williams Architects for Parliament House, Lambeth, London Robert Kilgour Architects for Waltham Forest YMCA building, Waltham Forest, London John Simpson Architects for Whittle Building, Peterhouse, University of Cambridge careyjones chapmantolcher (CJCT) for Woodward Hall, Imperial College London, North Acton, London{{cite web \|url=http://www.bdonline.co.uk/buildings/carbuncle-cup/carbuncle-cup-2015-shortlist-unveiled/5077306.article\|publisher=bdonline.co.uk \|access-date=2015-08-28\|title=Carbuncle Cup 2015 shortlist unveiled}}
2016 \|Hamiltons Architects \|130px \|Lincoln Plaza, Isle of Dogs, London{{cite news \|url=http://www.bdonline.co.uk/hamiltons-seeks-planning-for-tower-hamlets-tower/3103275.article\|access-date=2016-09-08\|title=Hamiltons seeks planning for Tower Hamlets tower}}{{cite news \|url=http://www.bdonline.co.uk/buildings/carbuncle-cup/carbuncle-cup-2016-winner-announced/5083536.article\|publisher=bdonline.co.uk \|access-date=2016-09-07\|title=Carbuncle Cup 2016 winner announced}}{{cite news \|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-37294090\|publisher=BBC News \|access-date=2016-09-07\|title=Lincoln Plaza luxury Docklands flats win Carbuncle Cup}} \| Make Architects for 5 Broadgate, Broadgate, City of London RHWL for One Smithfield, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire Intelligent Design Centre for Poole Methodist Church extension, Poole, Dorset Rolfe Judd for Saffron Square, Croydon, London Twelve Architects for The Diamond, University of Sheffield{{cite web \|url=http://www.bdonline.co.uk/buildings/carbuncle-cup/-carbuncle-cup-2016-shortlist-unveiled/5083418.article\|publisher=bdonline.co.uk \|access-date=2016-08-31\|title=Carbuncle Cup 2016 shortlist unveiled}}
2017 \|PLP Architecture \|130px \|Nova Victoria, City of Westminster, London{{cite news \|url=https://www.bdonline.co.uk/news/carbuncle-cup-2017-winner-announced/5089506.article\|publisher=bdonline.co.uk \|access-date=2017-09-06\|title=Carbuncle Cup 2017 winner announced}}{{cite news \|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-41163584\|publisher=BBC News \|access-date=2017-09-06\|title=London's Nova Victoria crowned UK's ugliest building}}{{Cite web\|url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2017/sep/06/nova-building-crowned-uks-ugliest-winner-carbuncle-cup-victoria-station\|title='A bright red preening cockerel': Nova building crowned UK's ugliest\|website=TheGuardian.com\|date=6 September 2017}} \| Vivid Architects for 8 Somers Road, Malvern, Worcestershire SimpsonHaugh and Partners for Circus West, Battersea Power Station, London Cooley Architects for Greetham Street Student Halls, Portsmouth ESA Architecture for Park Plaza Westminster Bridge, Lambeth, London AHR for Preston railway station Butler Street entrance, Preston, Lancashire{{cite news\|title=Carbuncle Cup\|url=http://www.bdonline.co.uk/buildings/carbuncle-cup/\|access-date=2017-08-03\|work=Building Design}}{{cite news\|title=Carbuncle Cup 2017 shortlist unveiled\|url=http://www.bdonline.co.uk/buildings/carbuncle-cup/carbuncle-cup-2017-shortlist-unveiled/5089398.article\|access-date=2017-08-30\|work=Building Design}}{{Dead link\|date=November 2018 \|bot=InternetArchiveBot \|fix-attempted=yes}}
2018 \|BDP \|130px \|Redrock Stockport, Stockport, Greater Manchester{{cite news \|url=https://www.bdonline.co.uk/news/winner-of-2018-carbuncle-cup-announced/5095398.article\|publisher=bdonline.co.uk \|access-date=2018-09-05\|title=Winner of 2018 Carbuncle Cup announced}} \| Pace Jefford Moore Architects for 20 Ambleside Avenue, Streatham, London Boyes Rees Architects for Beckley Point, Plymouth Rolfe Judd for Haydn Tower, Vauxhall, London PRP Architects for Lewisham Gateway, Lewisham, London Signature Living for Shankly Hotel, Liverpool{{cite news\|title=Carbuncle Cup 2018 shortlist unveiled\|url=https://www.bdonline.co.uk/carbuncle-cup/carbuncle-cup-2018-shortlist-unveiled/5095270.article\|access-date=2018-08-30\|work=Building Design}}

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Year

!Architect

!class="unsortable" colspan=2|Winning work

!Nominees and works

2006

|Chapman Taylor

|File:Drake Circus Shopping Centre, Plymouth - geograph.org.uk - 1702249.jpg

|Drake Circus Shopping Centre,
Plymouth{{cite web |url=http://www.bdonline.co.uk/readers-free-classifieds/bottom-of-the-barrel-carbuncles-2006/3075189.article |title=Bottom of the barrel – Carbuncles 2006 |date=13 October 2006 |publisher=bdonline.co.uk |access-date=2010-07-27}}

Page & Park for BBC Radio Merseyside, Liverpool
FaulknerBrowns Architects for Ibis Hotel, Harbourside, Bristol
CZWG for Lough Road Housing, Holloway, London
Foster + Partners for Moor House, City of London
S&P Architects for Nexus One, Swiss Cottage, London
Rem Koolhaas for Serpentine Pavilion, Hyde Park, London
Broadway Malyan for St George Wharf, Lambeth, London
John McAslan/Dandara for St George's Island, Castlefield, Manchester
Llewlyn Davies for University College Hospital, Bloomsbury, London

2007

|Stephen George & Partners

|130px

|Opal Court,
Leicester{{cite web |url=http://www.bdonline.co.uk/readers-free-classifieds/scars-blots-and-eyesores/3096795.article |title=Scars, blots and eyesores |date=5 October 2007 |publisher=bdonline.co.uk |access-date=2010-07-27}}

Peter Redhead Architects for Holiday Inn, Westhill, Aberdeenshire
Allford Hall Monaghan Morris for KX200, Pentonville Road, London
Foster & Partners for More London, South Bank, London
BBLB Architects with John Rocha for Orion Building, Birmingham
Edward Potter Associates for Skydec apartments, Wandsworth, London
East Riding of Yorkshire Council and Atkins for Treasure House, Beverley, East Riding of Yorkshire

2008

|EPR Architects

|130px

|Radisson SAS Waterfront hotel,
Saint Helier, Jersey{{cite web |url=http://www.bdonline.co.uk/news/who-will-get-the-wooden-spoon-in-bd%E2%80%99s-carbuncle-cup-this-year?/3123978.article |title=Who will get the wooden spoon in BD's Carbuncle Cup this year? |date=3 October 2008 |publisher=bdonline.co.uk |access-date=2010-07-27}}{{cite web |url=http://www.bdonline.co.uk/are-these-the-uks-worst-buildings-ever?/5054729.article |title=Are these the UK's worst buildings ever? |date=20 May 2013 |publisher=bdonline.co.uk |access-date=2013-10-24}}

BCA Architects for Aqua housing, Poole, Dorset
Trinity Architecture for B-Central apartments, Bournemouth
Allies and Morrison for Blue Fin building, Bankside, London
Aedas for Bridgewater Place, Leeds
Skidmore, Owings and Merrill for Broadgate Tower, Bishopsgate, London
Bourne Parking for Walton Street car park, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire

2009

|Hamilton Architects

|130px

|Liverpool Ferry Terminal,
Liverpool{{cite web |url=http://www.bdonline.co.uk/news/cesar-pellis-one-park-west-building-fights-carbuncle-cup-nomination/3147077.article |title=Cesar Pelli's One Park West building fights Carbuncle Cup nomination |date=19 August 2009 |author=Watson, Anna |publisher=bdonline.co.uk |access-date=2010-07-27}}{{cite web |url=http://www.bdonline.co.uk/readers-free-classifieds/liverpool-ferry-terminal-wins-carbuncle-cup-2009/3147432.article |title=Liverpool Ferry Terminal wins Carbuncle Cup 2009 |date=28 August 2009 |author=Baillieu, Amanda |publisher=bdonline.co.uk |access-date=2010-07-27}}

Make Architects for Amenities Building and International House, University of Nottingham Jubilee Campus
Allan Murray Architects for Hotel Missoni, Edinburgh
Pelli Clarke Pelli for One Park West, Liverpool One
Calderpeel Carden Croft for Poundbury Fire Station, Poundbury, Dorset
Dyer Associates for Queen Margaret University, Musselburgh, East Lothian
Austin Smith Lord for Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury
Halliday Fraser Munro for Union Plaza, Aberdeen
Westfield Group for Westfield Shopping Centre, Shepherd's Bush, London
Coogan & Co. for Woodlands Manor, Belfast{{cite web |url=http://www.bdonline.co.uk/readers-free-classifieds/carbuncle-cup-2009-longlist-unveiled/3146320.article |title=Carbuncle Cup 2009 longlist unveiled |date=5 August 2009 |publisher=bdonline.co.uk |access-date=2010-07-27}}

2010

|BFLS

|130px

|Strata SE1,
Elephant & Castle, London{{cite web |url=http://www.bdonline.co.uk/news/strata-tower-wins-2010-carbuncle-cup/5004110.article |last=Woodman |first=Ellis |title=Strata tower wins 2010 Carbuncle Cup |date=13 August 2010 |publisher=bdonline.co.uk |access-date=2010-08-13}}

T. P. Bennett for Bézier Apartments, Old Street, London
East Ayrshire Council for Burns Monument Centre, Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire
Reid Jubb Brown for Haymarket Hub, Newcastle
WDR & RT Taggart for St Anne's Square, Belfast
Make Architects for The Cube, Birmingham

2011

|Fairhurst, Chapman Taylor and Wilkinson Eyre

|130px

|MediaCityUK,
Salford, Greater Manchester{{cite web |url=http://www.bdonline.co.uk/buildings/carbuncle-cup/mediacityuk-wins-2011-carbuncle-cup/5023838.article |title=MediaCityUK wins 2011 Carbuncle Cup |date=1 September 2011 |author=Woodman, Ellis |work=Building Design}}

Molyneux Architects for Ebenezer Chapel and Housing Development, Brighton
3XN/AEW Architects for Museum of Liverpool, Liverpool
Grimshaw Architects and Atkins for Newport Station, Newport, Wales
Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners for One Hyde Park, Knightsbridge, London
Bond Bryan for Phoenix High School, Shepherd's Bush, London{{cite web |url=http://www.bdonline.co.uk/comment/bloated-icons-and-dreary-sheds-go-head-to-head-in-the-race-for-the-carbuncle-cup/5022082.article |title=Bloated icons and dreary sheds go head to head in the race for the Carbuncle Cup |date=22 July 2011 |author=Wainwright, Oliver |work=Building Design}}

2012

|Grimshaw Architects

|130px

|Cutty Sark Renovation,
Greenwich, London{{cite web |url=http://www.bdonline.co.uk/buildings/carbuncle-cup/carbuncle-cup-winner-2012-ship-in-a-throttle/5042493.article |title=Cutty Sark Renovation |date=13 September 2012 |author=Woodman, Ellis |work=Building Design}}

Anish Kapoor and Cecil Balmond for ArcelorMittal Orbit, Olympic Park, London
Andrew Smith Architects for Firepool Lock Housing, Taunton, Somerset
Broadway Malyan for Mann Island Buildings, Liverpool
IDP Partnership for Shard End Library, Birmingham
Todd Architects and Civic Arts for Titanic Belfast Museum, Belfast{{cite web |url=http://www.bdonline.co.uk/news/carbuncle-cup-2012-the-shortlist/5040098.article |title=Carbuncle Cup 2012: the shortlist |date=22 July 2012 |author=Woodman, Ellis |work=Building Design}}

2013

|Stephen George & Partners

|130px

|465 Caledonian Road,
University College London{{cite web |url=http://www.bdonline.co.uk/carbuncle-cup-winner-2013-a-triumph-for-the-dark-side/5059745.article |title=Carbuncle Cup winner 2013: A triumph for the dark side |date=29 August 2013 |publisher=bdonline.co.uk |access-date=2014-09-03}}

Stock Woolstencroft for Avant Garde, 34–42 Bethnal Green Road, Bethnal Green, London
K2 Architects for Porth Eirias Watersports Centre, Colwyn Bay, Wales
Hamiltons for Premier Inn (formerly General Lying-In Hospital), Lambeth, London
Seven Architecture and Smeeden Foreman for Redcar Beacon ('The Vertical Pier'), Redcar, North Yorkshire{{cite web |url=http://www.bdonline.co.uk/buildings/carbuncle-cup/carbuncle-cup-2013-shortlist-revealed/5059169.article |title=Carbuncle Cup 2013 shortlist revealed |date=19 August 2013 |publisher=bdonline.co.uk |access-date=2014-09-03}}

2014

|Sheppard Robson

|130px

|Woolwich Central,
Woolwich, London{{cite web |url=http://www.bdonline.co.uk/buildings/carbuncle-cup/carbuncle-cup-2014-winner-announced/5070668.article |title=Carbuncle Cup 2014 winner announced |date=3 September 2014 |publisher=bdonline.co.uk |access-date=2014-09-03}}

Stride Treglown for Chancellor's Building, University of Bath
CZWG for QN7 flats, Holloway, London
3DReid for Trinity Square, Gateshead
BDP for Unite Stratford City, Stratford, London
Broadway Malyan for Vauxhall Tower, Vauxhall, London{{cite web |url=http://www.bdonline.co.uk/buildings/carbuncle-cup/carbuncle-cup-2014-shortlist-announced/5070550.article |title=Carbuncle Cup 2014 shortlist announced |date=28 August 2014 |publisher=bdonline.co.uk |access-date=2014-09-03}}

2015

|Rafael Viñoly

|130px

|20 Fenchurch Street ('The Walkie-Talkie'), City of London{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-34116610|publisher=BBC News |access-date=2015-09-02|title=London's Walkie Talkie judged UK's worst building}}

Fluid Design for City Gateway, Swaythling, Southampton
Keith Williams Architects for Parliament House, Lambeth, London
Robert Kilgour Architects for Waltham Forest YMCA building, Waltham Forest, London
John Simpson Architects for Whittle Building, Peterhouse, University of Cambridge
careyjones chapmantolcher (CJCT) for Woodward Hall, Imperial College London, North Acton, London{{cite web |url=http://www.bdonline.co.uk/buildings/carbuncle-cup/carbuncle-cup-2015-shortlist-unveiled/5077306.article|publisher=bdonline.co.uk |access-date=2015-08-28|title=Carbuncle Cup 2015 shortlist unveiled}}

2016

|Hamiltons Architects

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|Lincoln Plaza,
Isle of Dogs, London{{cite news |url=http://www.bdonline.co.uk/hamiltons-seeks-planning-for-tower-hamlets-tower/3103275.article|access-date=2016-09-08|title=Hamiltons seeks planning for Tower Hamlets tower}}{{cite news |url=http://www.bdonline.co.uk/buildings/carbuncle-cup/carbuncle-cup-2016-winner-announced/5083536.article|publisher=bdonline.co.uk |access-date=2016-09-07|title=Carbuncle Cup 2016 winner announced}}{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-37294090|publisher=BBC News |access-date=2016-09-07|title=Lincoln Plaza luxury Docklands flats win Carbuncle Cup}}

Make Architects for 5 Broadgate, Broadgate, City of London
RHWL for One Smithfield, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire
Intelligent Design Centre for Poole Methodist Church extension, Poole, Dorset
Rolfe Judd for Saffron Square, Croydon, London
Twelve Architects for The Diamond, University of Sheffield{{cite web |url=http://www.bdonline.co.uk/buildings/carbuncle-cup/-carbuncle-cup-2016-shortlist-unveiled/5083418.article|publisher=bdonline.co.uk |access-date=2016-08-31|title=Carbuncle Cup 2016 shortlist unveiled}}

2017

|PLP Architecture

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|Nova Victoria, City of Westminster, London{{cite news |url=https://www.bdonline.co.uk/news/carbuncle-cup-2017-winner-announced/5089506.article|publisher=bdonline.co.uk |access-date=2017-09-06|title=Carbuncle Cup 2017 winner announced}}{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-41163584|publisher=BBC News |access-date=2017-09-06|title=London's Nova Victoria crowned UK's ugliest building}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2017/sep/06/nova-building-crowned-uks-ugliest-winner-carbuncle-cup-victoria-station|title='A bright red preening cockerel': Nova building crowned UK's ugliest|website=TheGuardian.com|date=6 September 2017}}

Vivid Architects for 8 Somers Road, Malvern, Worcestershire
SimpsonHaugh and Partners for Circus West, Battersea Power Station, London
Cooley Architects for Greetham Street Student Halls, Portsmouth
ESA Architecture for Park Plaza Westminster Bridge, Lambeth, London
AHR for Preston railway station Butler Street entrance, Preston, Lancashire{{cite news|title=Carbuncle Cup|url=http://www.bdonline.co.uk/buildings/carbuncle-cup/|access-date=2017-08-03|work=Building Design}}{{cite news|title=Carbuncle Cup 2017 shortlist unveiled|url=http://www.bdonline.co.uk/buildings/carbuncle-cup/carbuncle-cup-2017-shortlist-unveiled/5089398.article|access-date=2017-08-30|work=Building Design}}{{Dead link|date=November 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes}}

2018

|BDP

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|Redrock Stockport, Stockport, Greater Manchester{{cite news |url=https://www.bdonline.co.uk/news/winner-of-2018-carbuncle-cup-announced/5095398.article|publisher=bdonline.co.uk |access-date=2018-09-05|title=Winner of 2018 Carbuncle Cup announced}}

Pace Jefford Moore Architects for 20 Ambleside Avenue, Streatham, London
Boyes Rees Architects for Beckley Point, Plymouth
Rolfe Judd for Haydn Tower, Vauxhall, London
PRP Architects for Lewisham Gateway, Lewisham, London
Signature Living for Shankly Hotel, Liverpool{{cite news|title=Carbuncle Cup 2018 shortlist unveiled|url=https://www.bdonline.co.uk/carbuncle-cup/carbuncle-cup-2018-shortlist-unveiled/5095270.article|access-date=2018-08-30|work=Building Design}}

=Second run=

align="center" class="wikitable sortable"
Year !Architect !class="unsortable" colspan=2\|Winning work !Nominees and works
2024 \|Broadway Malyan{{cite web \|title=Broadway Malyan and ISG Lime Street scheme wins revived Carbuncle Cup \|url=https://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/broadway-malyan-and-isg-lime-street-scheme-wins-revived-carbuncle-cup \|website=Architects' Journal \|access-date=14 June 2024}} \|130px \|Lime Street redevelopment, Liverpool, 2018 \| Jestico + Whiles for W Hotel, Edinburgh, 2023 Twenty First Architects for Virgin Hotel, Glasgow, 2023 Carillion for Royal Liverpool University Hospital, Liverpool, 2022 Comer Homes Group for Mast Quay II, Woolwich Dockyard, London, 2022 MATT Architecture for Ilona Rose House, London, 2021

align="center" class="wikitable sortable"

Year

!Architect

!class="unsortable" colspan=2|Winning work

!Nominees and works

2024

|Broadway Malyan{{cite web |title=Broadway Malyan and ISG Lime Street scheme wins revived Carbuncle Cup |url=https://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/broadway-malyan-and-isg-lime-street-scheme-wins-revived-carbuncle-cup |website=Architects' Journal |access-date=14 June 2024}}

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|Lime Street redevelopment,
Liverpool, 2018