25 Of The Worst Building Designs By Architects

When designing a building, we seek professional help because we want a structure that is aesthetically pleasing and sound to boot. Most people pay good money for this service, so the last thing they expect is to be saddled with a disaster of a  building.

#1 Here is a classic Michigan architectural gem – the Ypsilanti Water Tower.. AKA the Brick D*ck!

Image source: Nick Koons

#2 I wonder if his wife is a quilter.

Image source: Becky Beavers

#3 Pretty sure I’d trip on these steps every single time.

Image source: Jess Cruz Almero

#4 At the Rasskazovka Metro station in Moscow, as captured by a passerby in August 2018

Image source: Sandra Segal

#5 The street view of the bulging Gehry building. It never gets better.

Image source: Dava B. Robins

#6 Windows, windows everywhere! Chata Otulina – Radków, Poland (rental property close to a national park)

Image source: Sandra Segal

#7 Got shown this in class today on what not to do.

Image source: Nepenthe Wang

#8 Need some heritage window frames replaced? No worries, call these guys!

Image source: Matt Price

#9 This house puts the ark in architecture.

Image source: Kari Anderson

#10 Although I initially found the image labelled as a building in Makhachkala in Dagestan, I spotted Arabic writing on a store sign on a less-cropped version. I also found some info saying it was in Egypt. I also replaced the OP image with the second version I found. If you find more reliable info about it, please add it to the comments.

Image source: Sandra Segal

#11 Yall I found another interior thing why do people put carpet in bathrooms or anywhere in houses. please burn it with fire, why does this bath tub have the bed posts on it so many whys…

Image source: Jude Lacovara

#12 In Leytonstone, east London, UK. The couple who owns the garden ultimately decided to plant some trees and hide the window.

Image source: Sandra Segal

#13 I have no words.

Image source: Kelly Ogilvie

#14 A really wonky building somewhere in Russia.

Image source: Sandra Segal

#15 Canadian bunker house. Ugggh.

Image source: Gabriel Jarrett

#16 The Selfridges Building in Birmingham, England.

Image source: Suzanne DeStaffany

#17 House I pass every time I visit my parents- it’s on a busy road, hence the Google Maps pic. Was built a couple years ago and they’ve since added some plants… as you can surely visualize, that helps none.

Image source: Rachel Thompson

#18 This abomination of a driveway.

Image source: Sandra Segal

#19 This house is in Belgium, built in the middle of idk what. Which came first, the house or the industrial apocalypse plaid walls?

Image source: Alicia Mariah Elfving

#20 This one I feel like they’re playing Jenga with building material. 34th and 8th in Manhattan.

Image source: Mark Penrod

#21 I’ve made these houses into memes before because, well, look at them! So full of personality. So much to shame or love, depending on your personal tastes.

Image source: Alicia Mariah Elfving

#22 They should have made the stairs a tongue.

Image source: Sandra Segal

#23 Hi. I’m new here and just wanted to say hello. And let you know that in my hometown, Cologne, you get an architecture ? for this.

Image source: Linda Csapo

#24 Part of the brick ceiling was chipped away to make room for the stair railing. It’s so narrow that one must cling to the center of the spiral staircase to avoid brushing up against the brick as you go up or down. There’s a single light at the top, and no light switch for it downstairs.

Image source: Carolyn Knott

#25 I still can’t figure out what this door is for!! Anyone have any clue what it’s for?

Image source: Kameryn Chapman