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Plook on the Plinth Nominees

Most Dismal Town

"Glasgow" Prestwick

Area: "Glasgow" Prestwick Airport

Reason: The Strapline "Pure Dead Brilliant" scrawled everywhere in blood-like graffiti. The word "Dead" should never appear in an airport - just like they would never use the strapline "It's the bomb". Get a grip and change the strap to "BIG AYR" or something more relevant and less intimidating!

Nominated by: Ross

ardersier

Area: every part

Reason: well luckly people dont have to drive through the town as it is on a bypass, but i am voting it for the reason that it is a deadbeat place with absoloutly no night life and nothing to do. As well as people travelling south of Inverness having to face the painful bus journey after 7pm through it.

Nominated by: john thompson

Ardrossan

Area: Harbour

Reason: Ardrossan is at the end of the line - literally. The overriding compulsion when standing on the pier is to jump off it.

Nominated by: David Briggs

Ayr

Area: The Harbourside development

Reason: A damnable eyesore. The coucil continues to allow these dismal little boxes to clutter up the skyline of Ayr and continues to add to the hellish leisure centre complex whilst completely ignoring the near derelict buildings that sit by the New Brig.

Nominated by: Sam McKeand

Ayr

Area: All of it.

Reason: Where to begin... 1. The closure of the Gaiety theatre. 2. The Civic Theatre laying dormant for years and the now planned demolition. 3. The High Street. Dead from the waist down. 4. Alloway Primary School - The sandstone building was allowed to be pulled down and replaced with an uninspiring modern replacement. 5. Belmont Academy - It was sinking, it needed replaced. But does it have to be so stripy? 6. The new shopping centre. The bottom of the High Street struggled to keep the shops occupied, then they built a shiny new set of shops to sit half empty too. 7. The beach. Still dirty. Still full of kids in fast cars. 8. The beach development. The new flats (nominated previously) could have been a "nice bit of the town" if they hadn't been sold off to people who then rented to folk on the dole. Last I heard, the place is full of junkies. I'm sure they appreciate the sea views... 9. The bottom of New Bridge Street. How long have those pink flats been sitting there paint flaking and cracked... 10. The plan to re-open the High Street to traffic. The same neds that abuse the beach careering down the High Street? Great idea. I could go on. And on...

Nominated by: Joey

Barking, East London

Area: estates

Reason: A working district of London that combines the worst spects of suburbs, isolation & lack of amenity, with the worst qualities of the inner city: crime and squalor

Nominated by: Annabelle Wilkie

Basingstoke

Area: Bus Station

Reason: Basingstoke is a London overspill town comprising town centre raised on stilts over a network of tunnels and bunkers.

Nominated by: Brian Monteith

Bellshill

Area: Town

Reason: I nominate Bellshill North Lanarkshire as the so called regeneration work carried out despite the overwhelming opposition of local residents and businesses is sub-standard has left the town as no more than a giant car park with inadequate public transport provision.

Nominated by: Joe Brown

Bradford

Area: City Centre

Reason: Though architecturally rich a large portion of the city centre was demolished for a Westfield Shopping Mall. The recession subsequently derailed these plans and land will likely remain a muddy hole for years

Nominated by: Brian Harvey

Corby

Area: Steelworks

Reason: Corby Council were found liable for deformities in children born to mothers who breathed in a "soup of toxic material" from the towns steelworks

Nominated by: Annie Munro

Cumbernauld

Area: Town Centre

Reason: North Lanarkshire's Total disregard for the people of the town. Addition of half empty retail shed (Antonine Centre) is a cynical attempt to exploit shoppers of Cumbernauld whilst providing no badly needed social facilities.

Nominated by: Iain Buchanan

Cumbernauld

Area: The town / The community

Reason: A miserable town, full of miserable people.

Nominated by: Annonymous

Dagenham, London

Area: The Whole Place

Reason: I have not been there for a couple of years, thank God, but the last time I visited even the locals were calling it Nham. I found this pic on Flickr which says it all. You can see more at http://www.flickr.com/photos/nicohogg/

Nominated by: Brian

Dalgety Bay

Area: All of it

Reason: Dalgety Bay is a developer led new town started in the 1960's to today. It is difficult to navigate around; as there are few landmarks, there is no real heart to the place; a neighbourhood centre and a new ASDA make up the only real community facilities. The whole settlement is made up of cul-de-sacs with bog standard private developer housing and lacks any character.

Nominated by: June Bug

Dalgety Bay

Area: All of it

Reason: I actually agree with the above comments. Dalgety Bay is a serious opportunity missed. It has a spectacular coastal setting and benefits from great access to Edinburgh and to most of Central Scotland. The schools and community spirit are also fantastic. However, the town that has been created is effectively a smaller version of Glenrothes with a coastal setting and even less facilities. The industrial estate to the north appears to be in serious decline with run down buildings. When a proposal came forward to build a fantastic food and drink facility on the waterfront of the town, which would have enhanced the place, the nearby residents were all up in arms and it was refused! Any beautiful coastal settlement anywhere has food and drink places lined along the waterfront, providing a draw for tourists and residents alike. But here its not been allowed, a sheer result of NIMBYism. Instead the food and drink outlets are pushed to the outskirts of the town or one outlet in the small town centre. It's a shame because this place has far more potential than is being realised.

Nominated by: A concerned Fifer

dalkeith

Area: town centre

Reason: ver costly facelift to the centre was carried out a couple of years ago and has cased the centre now to look like bom site.

Nominated by: kevin thomson

Denny

Area: Centre

Reason: No-one comes to Denny now. I've lived here all my life but I go to Stirling or Falkirk to shop. We're embarrassed to say where we come from.

Nominated by: Sharon Tait

Denny

Area: Town Centre

Reason: The 1960s built rhubarb and custard flats have fallen into disrepair and are an eyesore. People dont even want to drive through our town never mind stay there!

Nominated by: Paul Keenan

Denny

Area: Church walk shopping centre

Reason: Have a look and tell me you don't feel sick!

Nominated by: Philip Galloway

Dumbarton

Area: The Artizan Shopping Centre

Reason: The Artizan Shopping Precinct in Dumbarton has the the singulary most unattractive entrance to a town centre anywhere!

Nominated by: Victor Engador

Dumbarton

Area: Artizan Centre

Reason: What is the point? No shops and no punters anyway, unless you count the shoplifters.

Nominated by: Al Mack

East Kilbride

Area: Town Centre

Reason: Like Glenrothes, East Kilbride's centre is run down looking and badly in need of a make-over. The mix mash of modernist buildings presents to thos approaching the centre with an unattractive built environment, particularly from the east. The mall takes up most of the central area and closes at night. Menaing there are few activities to enjoy in the evening. The civic centre, a prominant and important civic building exerts itself as one of the worst examples of architecture in Scotland. The approaches to the centre from the surrounding housing areas are all via seedy underpasses or footbridges, as pedestrians are forced to give way to the private car. Not the best first impression for anyone visiting the town.

Nominated by: K Kilpatrick

East Kilbride

Area: Local shopping centres

Reason: Rundown

Nominated by:

Glasgow

Area: Gallowgate, Glasgow Cross

Reason: Glasgow's Gallowgate represents a sub-human wasteland of neglect and under-investment.

Nominated by: carbuncle-fan

Glenrothes

Area: the town centre buildings and design

Reason: Glenrothes won the carbuncle last year but nothing has changed - no improvements - nobody has tried to change it. It needs to be improved.

Nominated by:

Glenrothes

Area: Macedonia

Reason: horrible buildings, dirty, lack of support from the council. The play areas are a disgrace, covered in glass and graffiti. One park was torn down for a "skate park" which consists of a small ramp and a railing. The list goes on.

Nominated by: Aaron Dalgarno

Glenrothes

Area: Glenwood centre, Macedonia

Reason: It's messy, run down, it's the most unattractive area in the whole town. You'd think you were visiting slums.

Nominated by: Aaron Dalgarno

Glenrothes

Area: Town centre and Tanshall

Reason: Glenrothes won the Carbuncle award for 2009, since then the only thing that has changed is the fact that the council has planted flowers everywhere in a vain attempt to win a gardening competition. The council have failed to realise the whole reason Glenrothes won the Carbuncle award in the first place was because of the Kingdom centre- a godawful eyesore that would be completely deserted if it wasnt for the bus station right next to it. The residential areas are even worse- the most unattractive run-down places youll ever see that are full of crime and low lives. Its time to show Fife Council this is the final straw!

Nominated by:

Glenrothes

Area: Town center and all surrounding areas

Reason: Its a joke of a town, full of dirty chavs at the town center that is only busy due to everyone waiting on the buses to get OUT of glenrothes. The council has attempted to spruce up glenrothes by putting more horrific flowers down. Unexploited potential A lack of vision and ambition by powers that be Examples of how things are being mis-managed it has them all. And will NEVER change. Not to mention the roundabouts. Have they never heard of traffic lights !

Nominated by: D Robertson

Hamilton

Area: The whole area

Reason: Is there anything attractive in this place?

Nominated by: J Anderson

invergordon

Area: cromarty firth port authority fishemal shed

Reason: the CFPA as a port authority do not need planning permission. the CFPA Chariman who was also chair of the Council planning committee erected a huge fishmeal shed which now blocks the panaramic back drow of our town high street. the fishmeal now blows over the town and the smell is horendous. the town is now covered in fishmeal residue. the port of invergordon attracts 25,000 visitors per year on the luxuary cruise ships. the town is up in arms but the CFPA have stated that they did not need planning permission or community consultation. The CFPA have distroyed something that belonged to the community.... a stunning view from our highstre.

Nominated by: WENDY CLARK

Inverness

Area: The Longman

Reason: Mostly reclaimed land which has been given over to thinly-disguised drive-in retail, and a potentially spectacular waterfront, where leisure facilities and parkland could have complemented the football stadium, instead populated by builders' suppliers and kitchen warehouses.

Nominated by: DM

Inverness

Area: Suburbs

Reason: The fastest growing city in Europe but at what price? Dubbed "Tulloch town" by critics due to that developers dominance over an ever mushrooming suburban sprawl.

Nominated by: Annie Chambers

inverness

Area: sprawl on south side between A9 and Culduthel

Reason: gross waste of space, wide roads in meaningless arcs, houses detached (just) wasting further space - all predicated on car use and built along the line of the "distributor road" which currently goes nowhere

Nominated by: Jane Munro

inverness

Area: the whole town

Reason: its dirty and theres too many empty shops due to the small minded vision of the council

Nominated by:

Inverness

Area: City Centre

Reason: The general filth, neglect of victorian buildings, and trails of chewing gum on pavements

Nominated by: Brian MacLeod

Inverness

Area: Suburbs

Reason: The fastest growing city in Europe but at what price? Dubbed "Tulloch town" by critics due to that developers dominance over an ever mushrooming suburban sprawl

Nominated by: Ewan O'Reilly

Inverness

Area: the town center

Reason: a once prosperous town center full of interesting shops of many kinds now laid waste due to the incompetence and short sightedness of the town fathers as they scrape and bow to the might of Tesco and other national chains. The new center(s) of Inverness a couple of large sheds to the side of the railway station (and what happened to the railway stations original excellent architecture?) with the forcourt of one passing for the "city square". The other center being a dismal shopping precinct a couple of miles outside of town dominated by a behemoth of a Tesco store. Sad decline since the 60s that could have been averted by upping the quality of the council.

Nominated by: J Mackay

Inverness

Area: City centre

Reason: Centre like one, big bus station. Lack of planning vision and direction.

Nominated by: weeniescotland

Inverness

Area: Old city centre

Reason: Spending too much money on laying and relaying a hotch potch of slabs, bricks etc without thinking of the wider expanse. To go along with the hotch potch of paving the once beutiful old buidings are now dirty, tired looking and a vast majority appear to have trees growing from the gutterings.

Nominated by: Audrey Aitken

Inverness

Area: the city centre and shops

Reason: the only town that I know that has not been able to fill the empty 'Woolworths'. It has been a year since the chain closed down. A very small thinking town with a small thinking council.

Nominated by: Diane Taylor

Inverness

Area: everything build after the war

Reason: pebbledash hell combined with neglected buildings and a huge industry estate dottet with Tesco outlets.

Nominated by: Rene

Inverness

Area: extensive (new) housing estates, bleak retail parks, decaying city centre

Reason: Usually towns become dismal because of industrial and economic decline - which explains the nominations of towns in the Scottish Central Belt. Sometimes in new towns (Glenrothes?) the problem is a result of conceptual failure by architects. Such places deserve sympathy as much as criticism. The pity is that Inverness has neither of those excuses. It is a beautiful town in a stunning natural location with significant historic (the castle, the Victorian town centre) and scenic (the river Ness) assets. Yet it has been scarred and made dismal by innumerable bad planning decisions and a lack of architectural imagination and vision. Even more shameful, then, that Inverness has been blighted despite being - on paper - a thriving, growing city. Not, perhaps, the MOST dismal town; but certainly the worst example of planning ineptitude, cynical development, and squandered opportunities.

Nominated by: nairnbairn

Inverness

Area: The entire place!

Reason: A large housing estate with a small 'city' centre with constant traffic congestion. Not to mention the large oversized sheds at the 'Tesco' retail and business park. This 'city' is overcrowded, overpriced, devoid of culture and run by the most over over zealous and small minded council in the UK! Have I missed anything from 'town tesco'? This place is a joke and should be taken down a peg or two before it decides to waste tax payers money on another highland 2007 event! I can not think of a better candidate for this prestigious award than Inverness, not even Glenrothes!

Nominated by: K Balfour

Inverness

Area: Falcon Square

Reason: Built in 2000 but concieved in the 1960s or that the impresion it gives.

Nominated by: PaulInnes

Inverness

Area: ALL of it!

Reason: Council appear to be controlled by Tesco and Tulloch! Lack of real investment to infrastructure. Bypass has been needed for some time yet no further forward

Nominated by: Ihateinvernessandimfromthere

Inverness

Area: ALL OF IT!!

Reason: It is a big dirty and overcrowded 'city' run by petty and small minded councillors!

Nominated by: Neil Galligan

irvine

Area: town centre

Reason: so grey and miserable

Nominated by: Liz Crichton

John O' Groats

Area: Masterplan

Reason: Diabolical semi circular ring of asphalt set to smother mainland Britains northerliest ooutpost

Nominated by: Brian Smith

Kilmarnock

Area: Central shops, bus station

Reason: Yet another historic town centre, rich in links to the Covenanteers, ruined by poor quality 1960s and 1980s design. The centre is dominated by a one-way race track and a recent multi-story carpark, and is an oasis of drab, boarded-up shops, lacking even cafes. Empty at night, the town centre is prey to vandals and petty crime. It's all the more depressing set against Kilmarnock's attractive 1920s green suburbs, and recent successful regeneration of villages in the Irvine Valley.

Nominated by: Mark

Kirkcaldy

Area: Shopping centre/Seafront

Reason: In the shopping centre and swimming pool you would not know that the River Forth existed. The High St shops are a barrier to what is a natural view. The seafront is a wasted amenity. A few brave souls walk along the front. It makings the whole place look depressing if you arrivre by car along the front.

Nominated by: Allister Murdoch

Larkhall

Area: ALL OF IT

Reason: Thoroughly depressing and BIGOTTED!

Nominated by: HazelKaye

Leeds

Area: Beeston

Reason: You can smell the poverty.

Nominated by:

Livingston

Area: soulessness

Reason: Livingston suffers from those New Town staples of a preponderance of grey harling and roundabouts.

Nominated by: Abigail Stewart

Livingston

Area: All of it

Reason: Livingston is a new town started in the 1960's to today. It is difficult to navigate around; as there are few landmarks. You cant even stop to ask for directions as the footpaths are all segregated from the roads! The centre is made up of a series of standalone developments surrounded by seas of car parks. The ridiculously big ASDA at the eastern approach to the centre is nothing but a boring white shed, which occupies a prominant site at an important main entrance to the centre. Not a great first impression as you drive in and an opportunity missed! The whole settlement is made up of cul-de-sacs with bog standard private developer housing, or some of the worst examples of council housing and lacks any character.

Nominated by: Megatron

Middlesbrough

Area: Teesside House

Reason: A squat battleship grey block for the imprisonment of students. Bears no relation to context and makes no concession to beauty.

Nominated by: Marky

New Cumnock

Area: Castle

Reason: Town has fantastic potential with little sign of improvement since being runner-up last year. All the money seems to be going to its near neighbour (http://www.thecarbuncles.co.uk/carb_noms05.php)'05 nominee, Cumnock.

Nominated by: Geoff

New Cumnock

Area: Castle

Reason: If this goes by towns with GREAT POTENTIAL being let down BIG TIME by the powers that be, then New Cumnock is well in the running AGAIN. about 9 hours ago

Nominated by: Aulyin2

New Cumnock

Area: High Street

Reason: The Carbuncle Award is given to towns with GREAT POTENTIAL being let down BIG TIME by the powers that be. New Cumnock is well in the running AGAIN. All the promises and what????

Nominated by: Geoff

New Cumnock

Area: Castle, Main Street

Reason: Third of Cooperatives now closed down along with several other large buildings. Nominated last year but in even worse condition this year, even after locals have tried community feels let down.

Nominated by: Geoff

newmains

Area: asda

Reason: most poorly planned and under used new build i have seen in years

Nominated by: ross suttie

Paisley

Area: town centre

Reason: Bad planning covered the river Cart way back in the 70s the piazza is an eye sore and the Arnotts building has been empty far too long It appears the planners moved on and forgot about the history and old Architecture along with missing the opportunity to upgrade and modernise Recent work on the buildings on Mill Street highlights the mess across from the historical town hall and the Abbey its a sad weary sight When towns in England enhanced and highlighted the beauty of a river in the centre for walks etc Paisley commited architectural suicide

Nominated by:

Paisley

Area: all of it

Reason: its not the weather alone that makes it drab its the whole feel of the centre which can be seen on the sad faces of the buddies let down by bad planning

Nominated by:

Perthshire

Area: Caledonian Road highrise flats

Reason: Perth's centre is let down by extremely insensitive tower block developments which are prominent as you drive along Caledonian Road and adjacent to the town's bus station. These contrast starkly to the attractive historic buildings in the surrounding centre.

Nominated by: Joe Blogs

Peterhead

Area: All of it

Reason: Cold, dilapidated, empty. Surely the carbuncle of the North East.

Nominated by: Andrew

Polbeth

Area: Polbeth

Reason: Polbeth, near Livingston, suffers from poor infrastructure and a bleeding of retail and jobs to its larger neighbour.

Nominated by: Gavin Montgomery

Royston

Area: the kids are very much ASBOs

Reason: everyone who has lived there or is still living there i do not know why, it is a disgrace. especially the street Charles street, it is a disguting place to live and the council should do something.

Nominated by: dean buchanan

Salford

Area: Quays

Reason: Suburb has witnessed a boom in investment but suffers numerous low quality profit driven blocks which contribute to a sense of placelessness.

Nominated by: George White

Sheffield

Area: City

Reason: City centre is very undeveloped for a city of Sheffields size.

Nominated by: Bill Thomson

Shotts

Area: Prison

Reason: Shotts is dominated by a high security jail

Nominated by: Arlene McFadden

Stirling

Area: The Thistle Shopping Centre

Reason: Stirling overall is a beautiful place, but it is badly let down by the ugly exteriors of this carbuncle shopping mall. The concrete brutalist, blank stone facades and service areas are all highly visible from the main approaches to the city centre from the north. To top this, since the building of the mall it has sucked most of the life from the attractive outdoor areas of the city centre drawing all the best shops indoors. The mall's public entrance at Murray Place is looking extremely run-down and badly needs a makeover.

Nominated by: Heritage Defender

Sunderland

Area: City

Reason: Sunderland has suffered a steady drain of recognition to its larger Geordie neighbour

Nominated by: Harold Wylie

Wishaw

Area: Main Street

Reason: Towns like Coatbridge won with poor shopping centres and unattractive surfacing on pedestrian areas, well Wishaw has no shopping centre or pedestrian area. Picture a Lanarkshire town of the 1950s , spend no money on improving shopping areas, allow Asda, Tesco, Morrisons, Lidl and Aldi to build on the fringes of the town. Give planning permision to everyone wanting to open a takeaway. Take one of the few car parks for private use of the social work department and through in continual roadworks. Wishaw was a good market town at one time, but has been left behind. It is time Wishaw was up there with the other North Lanarkshire towns and maybe someday the 'planners' will listen.

Nominated by: R form Wishaw

Wishaw

Area: total

Reason: Looks really rundown, old paving, shopfronts are terrible, full of charity and take aways. No creative thinking by local council.

Nominated by: Eamonn Ryan

Wolverhampton

Area: Retail

Reason: Worst place in Britain for retail vacancy, currently running at 23.9%

Nominated by: David Ross

Pock Mark Nominees

Worst Planning Decision

'Southern Distributor Road

Area: West Inverness

Reason: Already horrifically expanding town gets a new road to aid even more soulless modern housing estates because, er, they can.

Nominated by: DM

Beauly to Denny powerline

Area: Highlands

Reason: Unbelievable that a Scottish government can approve a monster of an eyesore like this in the most beautifull wilderness of Europe

Nominated by: Rene

Bellshill Tqwn Centre "Regeneration"

Area: Bellshill North Lanarkshire

Reason: Councils disasterous "regeneration" has turned a once busy little town into a one track giant car park

Nominated by: John Devlin

Ceres Primary School

Area: Ceres, Fife

Reason: Ceres Primary school does not fit in with the image of a village-no matter what the architect or council think! and is justly a worthy contender for the Pock Mark Award. Just to illustrate a point I've picked out a couple of statements from the design statement in which the Council seem oblivious to the fact that we are a rural area, the residents have not been consulted & the project definitely does not provide a new forward looking community focus for the residents of Ceres in a contemporary but respectful manner! 1. Fife Council have carried out close consultation with a number of local stakeholder groups during the design development of this project. Pupil involvement,The School Board, The Parent Council, Local Councillors. 2. Issues and concerns raised during these meetings have been, where possible, integrated into the proposals to ensure the local community develop a sense of ownership with the project. 3. Context. Ensure that the proposals fit naturally with the urban context of the surroundings. 4. Historical Fabric. The concept allows the opportunity to provide an insertion in line with the existing urban fabric and streetscape of Schoolhill. The proposals allow the opportunity to rationalise this and provide a new heart to the school whilst instilling a new sense of identity. 5. The contemporary design approach adopted allows for a new forward looking focus for the community to be developed whilst proposing to give the school a sense of place in the community. 6. Extensive pre-application discussions with all parties have resulted in proposals which satisfy the needs to the school in terms of facilities, meet the tight budgetary constraints of the client and provides a new forward looking community focus for the residents of Ceres in contemporary but respectful manner.

Nominated by: Tony Martin

cromarty firth port authority fishmeal shed

Area: invergordon

Reason: as ABOVE

Nominated by: WENDY CLARK

inverness

Area: Balvonie

Reason: the so-called "housing fair" on greenfield area miles out of town, only accessible by car

Nominated by: Jane Munro

Raploch Town Centre

Area: Stirling

Reason: Who in their right mind at the Scottish Government awarded this project £1.2m from the town centre regeneration fund!? It completely goes against the spirit of the awards scheme! This isn't a town centre, despite how it is allocated in Stirlings Local Plan! The £1.2m allocated to this unbuilt private sector development could have been better used in more deprived towns.

Nominated by: PC Gone Mad

Selfridges

Area: Candleriggs, Glasgow

Reason: What a site! The former Goldbergs store in Glasgow city centre.

Nominated by: Nemesis Republic

Trumpton

Area: Aberdeenshire

Reason: Ruining a SSSI for some rich American to become even richer. Trump is not interested in the golf course. He is interested in the homes which will be empty for 11 month of the year. This will not bring tourism to the north east and will be a blight on a senic, largely unspoilt stretch of coast line.

Nominated by: Andrew

Wal-Mart Construction

Area: Kilbuck Township. Pennsylvania.

Reason: Many people complained about a Wal-Mart taking away from the local business of the nearby small twon of Sewickley. They decided to try and bulid it anyway. The plan was to demolish the old mental hospital (which was abondon) and bulid a new Wal-Mart atop the hill. Problem was, the hill was wasn't stable enough at the time. The rush to fill their 2008 promise was pressuring them, so they tried to make the land sturdy as possible, quick as possible. They obviously didn't do too good of a job. After a heavy rain, the hill collapsed, covering 4 lanes of highway traffic and two railroad tracks. Cleanup took about 2 weeks in total and caused the Wal-Mart to be reconsidered. They still haven't built it.

Nominated by: George Kipilo III

Zit Building Nominees

Scotland's Most Disappointing Building

Anniesland College

Area: Glasgow

Reason: This monstrosity has been built behind Kelvin Court, an art deco development from the 20s, it is in an area which has many listed buildings (along with a few other questionable ones built in the 60s)new developments, it is on the outskirts of the trendy west end and only 15 minutes on the train from Glasgow City Centre. They knocked down a red sandstone victorian building in order to build this blue box and I honestly have no idea why. I know its a college and they get things through planning that others wouldnt, but honestly a new high tech college building which was aesthetically pleasing as well could have really improved an area that was already on the up. I just do not understand why this was allowed! Oh also did i mention that it is huge?

Nominated by: eye sore

Antonine Centre

Area: Cumbernauld

Reason: This big aircraft style hanger of a "shopping centre" was a real missed opportunity to re-invent Cumbernauld Town Centre. It's not very pleaseing to look at, it's half empty and has failed to attract much in the way of new revenue or new retailers into Cumbernauld. The council were well warned about progressing with it, but still persieved it to be in Cumbernauld' best interests...real waste of time, effort and money.

Nominated by: Alistair

Bridgemill flats (otherwise known as The Maggot)

Area: Nairn, Scotland

Reason: The building isn't even finished yet. Dismally cheap and utilitarian four-storey blocks of flats, built as a result of some squalid trade-off between planners and developers obliged to deliver an affordable housing quota. Not just a missed opportunity, but a blight on one of the most attractive sites in the town. Looming right beside the river Nairn and thus blocking the view towards the harbour and Moray Firth, these grey blocks have destroyed the vista and prevented the creation of riverside walks and paths in what is at present largely a green area. To add insult to injury, the building is right alongside the access road to the beach and caravan park used by thousands of holidaymakers. And this eyesore is right at the eastern entrance to the town, beside the bridge on the main road along which all travellers and visitors pass daily. What a disastrous and cynical development in what was, and should be, an attractive visitor destination.

Nominated by: Archie Tect

Brixham's new fishmarket

Area: Brixham Harbour, Devon.

Reason: Oversized modern building in a picture postcard harbour town.

Nominated by: Oscar Parrot

Caldervale High School

Area: Airdrie

Reason: A rancid architectural monstrosity, serving the purpose of containing the equally scummy local neds (and a small number of intelligent pupils) during the day. The landscape around it smitten by its hideous presence, it continues to induce misery in those unfortunate enough to approach it.

Nominated by: Miserable Airdrieonean

CROMARTY FIRTH PORT AUTHORITY FISH MEAL SHED

Area: INVERGORDON

Reason: AS ABOVE

Nominated by: WENDY CLARK

Highland Archives

Area: Bught , Inverness

Reason: an inoffensive building in itself, but plonked in parkland in a prime site beside the river, with no regard whatever for the river or its site (and no public transport yet)

Nominated by: Jane Munro

Inverness Retail Park 2

Area: Inverness

Reason: The Inverness Retail Park is the worst planning decision ever (strangely ignored by Carbuncle judges, who seem distastefully interested in kicking places like Airdrie and Coatbridge when they are down). The recent additions - including, er, a gym, add insult to horror. The car park is a vast windblown tarmac prairie covered in discarded Tesco bags. Coatbridge and Airdrie have suffered industrial decline - what's Inverness' excuse?

Nominated by: DM

Kingsmills Hotel Extension

Area: Inverness

Reason: You must see this one.Beautiful setting overlooking the golf course and beside four private bungalows.It is absolutely horrendous.Admittedly it is not yet complete.It cost I believe 4 Million.Square block building with flat roof and prison like windows on the front.I am sorry I can not put my name to this,but I feel very strongly about it.

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Kingsmills Hotel Extension

Area: Inverness

Reason: You must see this one.Beautiful setting overlooking the golf course and beside four private bungalows.It is absolutely horrendous.Admittedly it is not yet complete.It cost I believe 4 Million.Square block building with flat roof and prison like windows on the front.I am sorry I can not put my name to this,but I feel very strongly about it.

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Tesco Dingwall

Area: Dingwall

Reason: This Tesco store is so large in correlation to the town centre of Dingwall that is seems to take over the whole town

Nominated by: Rene

The Monument

Area: Gallowgate, Glasgow

Reason: A monumentally poor finish has left a skid mark streaked exterior for city centre pads that are less yuppie and more yukky

Nominated by: CaltonKid

Union Square

Area: Aberdeen

Reason: Completely pointless project that adds nothing except for increasing traffic congestion in an already congested area. Good old AberdeenCity Council Planners eh? The design is boring and unispired. A truely pointless and ugly building.

Nominated by: Andrew

Utopia- Westpoint Homes

Area: Pollockshaws Road

Reason: Absurdly named and the epitome of cynical contractor led design creating 'Luxury' Slums for a deceased buy-to-let market. Horrific details, over use of slap on metal cladding, ignorant street facade and generally an aborted, unfinished sprawl. Just another addition to horrific street frontage of other smeared, tatty developments that include last years Zit winner the Plaza, still to this day a barely occupied carcass.

Nominated by: Stewart Gibson

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