Friday, June 18, 2010

Why Toronto continues to be hideous

Toronto is not a beautiful city. There may be some interesting architectural pieces here and there, but they are rare. Much like spotting a flower in a field of weeds.

Torontonians are notoriously clueless in matters of taste. World Class Clueless.

So when the winners of this years Pug Awards [Self-described as the "People's Choice Awards for Architecture," the Pug Awards were started in 2004 to give the public a voice about the various projects that are being built in the city.] were announced, it should come as no surprise that the good people of Toronto would consider this:

you have to be fucking kidding

With its innovative design, the Teeple-designed building was the definite favorite to win.

The voters are nuts and quite probably blind.

Read more here.

1 comment:

Unknown said...

I have to agree again with you. This is one of the ugliest buildings I have ever seen!