Should Britain’s ‘worst building’ be demolished?

The Walkie Talkie was last week awarded Building Design magazine’s Carbuncle Cup. Should we just knock it down?

Building Design magazine last week awarded 20 Fenchurch Street – the Walkie Talkie building – its “Carbuncle Cup”.

Demolish this deranged building to create a firebreak that ends the inferno of towers

What we need now is less dynamite, less sound and fury, and a hard look at how we can do things better.

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