Annual architecture prize given to the ugliest building in the United Kingdom
Award
Carbuncle Cup
Awarded for
Annual architecture prize given to the ugliest building in the United Kingdom
Sponsored by
The Fence (2024–), Building Design (2006–2018)
First awarded
2006; 18 years ago (2006) (First run), 2024; 0 years ago (2024) (Second run)
Last awarded
2018; 6 years ago (2018) (First run), to present (Second run)
The Carbuncle Cup is an architecture prize, given annually, originally by the magazine Building Design, and since 2024 by The Fence, to "the ugliest building in the United Kingdom completed in the last 12 months".[1] It was intended to be a humorous response to the prestigious Stirling Prize,[2] given by the Royal Institute of British Architects.[3]
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^"RIBA Stirling Prize". RIBA. Archived from the original on 30 September 2009. Retrieved 27 July 2010.
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