“Reality” Show To Kill Buildings

A new “reality” show asks viewers to name their most hated piece of architecture. At the end of the season the building will be demolished. “The show’s announcement has triggered a paroxysm of designating. All over Britain, architects and civic associations have singled out for elimination buildings–generally works dating from the 1950s and 1960s–deemed “unworthy” of keeping company with the icons of modern architecture (such as Lord Foster’s recent “Gherkin Building”) or deemed eyesores.”