The redevelopment of Lime Street in Liverpool by British studio Broadway Malyan has been named the country's worst new building in this year's Carbuncle Cup.
Organised by UK magazine The Fence, judges chose the Lime Street redevelopment as the "very worst new building in Britain", since the competition was last run in 2018.
"From the very first viewing, two of our panel had this as their number one selection, and as the longlist was narrowed to a shortlist, this hideous bit of architectural misadventure continued to stick out," said The Fence in the award announcement.
Broadway Malyan's Lime Street redevelopment has been named the UK's worst new building
Completed in 2019, Broadway Malyan's redevelopment design features etched metal panels spanning one facade of the street leading from Liverpool Lime Street train station. The etched panels depict the century-old buildings that were demolished to make way for the redevelopment, which now contains a hotel and student accommodation.
Metal panels on the exterior illustrate demolished buildings that once stood on the site
"A bunch of developers have been allowed to knock down a happy, eclectic row of buildings ? including the much-loved, sorely-missed Futurist cinema ? and replaced it with such nothingness," said Architectural Record contributor and jury chair Tim Abrahams.
"Such banality that their only option is to cover it with a screen, upon which they have drawn portraits of those same old...