You seem to be misunderstanding "ugly" for "soulless". They do not mean the same thing.

What this edifice lacks in soul it makes up for in funk.

Have you ever read (or rather attempted to read) any of M.K.'s incredibly long-winded, convoluted posts? I rarely get halfway through his posts before I just give up and move on to the next poster. His English is so poor he creates his own words that are utterly unintelligible. That tells me that he can't even be bothered to learn English beyond it's most basic, rudimentary level. Resultingly, I often skim over his posts.

Now back to the topic:

Assuming that what you said is right about Yamasaki, I hardly think that designing buildings based on one's own personal phobias gives the building "soul". What it gives it, is neuroses.

You know, I kind of like the look of that one. Maybe it's just the photographer getting a flattering angle.

That Verizon building that's being recladded looks kind of like a kitschily ugly building that in 20 years (with the current façade) would wind up getting a historic designation. :haha:

In my honest opinion, if those buildings were to have a voice, they'd sound like Ben Stein...

Buildings I cannot stand, how about anything brutalist, especially some of those buildings on Pitt's campus? I know I posted that in an older thread, but I cannot believe that they removed a gem of a MLB ballpark for that monstrosity.

Yeah, I'd pass by that place there and think, "I cannot believe that at one point this was right field..."

^^^
Im sure one day most of those will be torn down and hopefully the original street grid and density will be restored the way it should be.

Guys hospital in london has so much potential to be a masterpiece with some new cladding it will be something any city would be glad to have just look at it here http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showth...513615&page=11

Low income housing? http://www.petercoopernyc.com/availability.aspx

Incidentally, I feel that both Peter Cooper Village/Stuyvesant Town and other large scale housing projects are very often beautiful and soulful. Much more so than the sterile and literally soulless reservations for rich people being built everywhere nowadays.

This (Newark, NJ)...

http://assets.sbnation.com/assets/457985/DSCF0868.jpg
source: www.sbnation.com


And this (Flint, MI)...

http://static.flickr.com/23/28259605_965822a33f_o.jpg
source: www.flikr.com

This turd in Downtown San Diego. It's a jail, so perhaps it's appropriate :haha:

http://www.top-city-photos.com/image...ntral-jail.JPG
From http://www.top-city-photos.com/san-d...hotographs.htm

And yes, the WTC absolutely had a soul. Despite its featureless exterior, it was a teeming city within a city. Thousands of people daily working in its offices (myself included), eating at its restaurants, shopping at its stores, sleeping in its hotel. Hardly what I'd call "soulless".

I think this one is very fitting of the thread title, there's not a soul to be seen in this whole picture. Place looks like a ghost town.

The building itself has also not been occupied for years.

Here's a whole city of them.
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7005/6...b3cb9796_b.jpg
Seadoo Skyline by J-a-x, on Flickr

Don't get me wrong, I like the idea, but this thread is just a breeding ground for people to insult others.

Here are 3 soulless, depressingly bland examples from Boise I'd love to see erased from existence:

Grove Hotel/CenturyLink Arena absolutely kills the street level interaction on this block:
http://cls.cdn-hotels.com/hotels/100...66923_10_b.jpg

Hampton Inn & Suites Downtown:
http://lombac.com/_assets/photo/proj...91IMG_0416.JPG

Civic Plaza Apartments:
http://propimages.apartments.com/117...3/BL010132.JPG
http://www.emporis.com/images/show/514828-Large.jpg

People are picking on Stuy Town? That place rocks-I'd live there in a second. It's not really fair to just post the aerial view. Stuy Town is actually the one very strong example of a successful modernist urban planning scheme.

http://www.gothamist.com/attachments...tuytownday.jpg
gothamist.com

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...-Town-Oval.JPG
wikipedia.org

http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/...e_1563516c.jpg

All of Vancouver.

^agreed

Yep, I never got the hype about Vancouver's skyline or buildings. It's almost all similar shades of the same bland building design. The quality of life and the natural beauty of the city are the only things that make up for it.

You know, i was about to say something but someone beat me to it.