moni kozi quite rightly commented that they both were not very good looking. I agree entirely.
In the interests of fairness, I then went back to both buildings and photographed them again in context as shown above.
The "ugly" skyscraper is lost in the other buildings around it. It will never be noticed.
However the "ugly" apartment block is out on its own on a peninsula jutting into the middle of the harbour near the Sydney Harbour Bridge. It stands out like a sore thumb and it is in this context that it was labelled the ugliest building in Australia over 60 years ago.
Haha, that really is an eyesore standing on the headland. I would have thought they would have rebuilt it if it is so close to Sydney harbour bridge. The top photo is like you say easier on the eye, being merged in with the other skyscrapers!
I think the top landscape is more 'modern' and somehow more familiar to the eye nowadays.
Three bottom one, frankly, reminds of a typical communist block of flats, usually found in southeastern European countries. When i look at it, i remember an old communist hotel we stayed at the Black Sea. And when i say communist, i mean it was built in that era, according to the 'then' modern standards in architecture.
As a personal choice, I'd go for the bottom ugly (live and/or work) rather than the overcrowded top one.
Love the comparison of these 2 photos. There are indeed some beautiful buildings in the top photo. As for the "ugly" apartment building, I agree with Moni - I would love to live there, as I imagine the views are gorgeous.
Someone built a building on the ridge of one of the higher mountains in the area. A building that could be seen from far off and really did spoil the natural look of the mountains. The folk in the town were up in arms and wanted him to demolish it. However, what ended up happening was that a law was pass to not allow any other buildings like this to be built. So it sits up there and spoils the view just as the building in the lower photo sits and spoils the view.
Thanks for the much appreciated comments. For the stand alone block the views are absolutely fabulous. They were going to build many more buildings on that peninsula but after the first one was finished the city fathers revoked the building development plan!!!
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Thanks for you original comment which got me off my backside to take more photos. I would certainly choose the “communist hotel” type block in a heartbeat. The views are staggeringly beautiful and the city is 5 minutes away by the ferry which is 50 metres from the building.
February 9th, 2021
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Three bottom one, frankly, reminds of a typical communist block of flats, usually found in southeastern European countries. When i look at it, i remember an old communist hotel we stayed at the Black Sea. And when i say communist, i mean it was built in that era, according to the 'then' modern standards in architecture.
As a personal choice, I'd go for the bottom ugly (live and/or work) rather than the overcrowded top one.
Thanks for the much appreciated comments. For the stand alone block the views are absolutely fabulous. They were going to build many more buildings on that peninsula but after the first one was finished the city fathers revoked the building development plan!!!
Thanks for you original comment which got me off my backside to take more photos. I would certainly choose the “communist hotel” type block in a heartbeat. The views are staggeringly beautiful and the city is 5 minutes away by the ferry which is 50 metres from the building.