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Pictures: What were they thinking? Ugly hotels around the world
By Roshina Jowaheer, Dec 06, 2012
What's the worst-looking hotel you've ever stayed in? These buildings may be appreciated as architecturally progressive by some, but they leave us shuddering. Tell us if we've missed any...
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20 of the world's grandest staircases
By Roshina Jowaheer, Nov 19, 2012
From spiral staircases to Rococo style works of art, there's nothing like making a grand entrance. We've scoured the globe to find the stairs that will tempt you to skip the lift. Feast your...
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Britain's carbuncles: ugly buildings we love to hate
By Katy Holland, Nov 01, 2012
Britain is bursting at the seams with eyesores, and more seem to be springing up all the time. We've put together a gallery of some of your nominations for Britain's ugliest building. Take...
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Take three... glass-bottomed viewing platforms
By Katy Holland, Aug 15, 2012
It took us a second or two to work out what was happening in this image. But yes, it really is a glass-bottomed swimming pool in the sky. The Holiday Inn Shanghai Pudong Kangqiao's pool is...
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Olympic Orbit tower unveiled but what do critics think?
By Roshina Jowaheer, May 12, 2012
The giant twisting Olympic park sculpture, Orbit, has been unveiled and at 115 metres tall (the tallest sculpture in Britain), critics are labelling it a big eyesore. The ruby-red looped steel...
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Would you sleep here? Awe-inspiring architectural hotels
By Roshina Jowaheer, Apr 16, 2012
Marvel at these awe-inspiring architectural landmarks, which just happen to be hotels too! There's a boutique bolthole in Spain designed to look like boxes nonchalantly piled on top of each...
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The balancing barn: the weirdest holiday home in the UK?
By Katy Holland, Jan 26, 2012
Holiday idea of the day: a house that defies the laws of gravity. Half of this 'balancing barn' sits precariously over a descending slope - ie, there's no ground underneath - so this house...
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Revealed! The world's most beautiful airports
By Katy Holland, Jan 25, 2012
When it comes to architectural delights, airport terminals come pretty low on the list. As the writer Douglas Adams, author of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, once wrote: "It is no...
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