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The J. Edgar Hoover Building, the dilapidated and soon-to-be-replaced FBI headquarters, has been unceremoniously named the “Ugliest Building in America.”
The 2.4 million-square-foot concrete monstrosity in the nation’s capital, Washington DC, received the distinction from Buildworld, a British-based building supply store.
Buildworld’s rankings were determined by a sentiment analysis tool called HuggingFace that analyzed tweets about various buildings the company placed on a list.
The Hoover Building, dedicated in 1975 and named for the first FBI director, was described as having “a certain Minecraft charm over the blocky brutalist monolith” but now only “evokes the worst of 20th century politics and the XXI century”. Surveillance state of the century.
The J. Edgar Hoover Building, headquarters of the FBI, has been unceremoniously named the “Ugliest Building in America.”
The company found that more than 37 percent of tweets about the Hoover Building design were viewed as negative.
Despite being named one of the best in America, the building only finished second in Buildworld’s ranking of the world’s ugliest buildings, ‘losing’ to the Scottish Parliament building in Edinburgh.
The FBI is currently determining where to build its new headquarters, after spending years trying to nail down a site.
In 2016, current and former FBI agents and officials interviewed said they do not believe Hoover’s name should embellish the new structure because some of the former FBI director’s policies violate the law and constitutional rights.
Then-Democratic Sen. Patrick Leahy of Vermont wrote a letter to the GSA urging the agency “to take no action to transfer” Hoover’s name to the new headquarters.
An FBI spokesman told the news channel that the naming of the proposed new headquarters will ultimately be left to Congress, and that the issue has thus far “not come up in any discussion related to the project.”
Second on the list was the Boston, Massachusetts City Hall building. Opened in 1962, build world describes it as ‘flashy and original’ when it opened, ‘but badly doomed to date, especially as it is as bleak inside as it is without.’
Second on the list was the Boston, Massachusetts City Hall building. Opened in 1962, Buildworld describes it as “gaudy and original” when it opened, “but doomed to date, especially since it’s as bleak inside as it is without.”
The Watergate Complex in Washington was the second building in the nation’s capital in the top five
Denver International Airport was ranked the fifth ugliest building in America
“Exuding a curiously old-fashioned idea of glamour, and built in a style described most succinctly as Trumpitecture, the condo tower’s latest divisive motif is the 20-foot-tall TRUMP in a glossy serif font at its tip,” Buildword wrote derisively of Las Vegas. trump tower
US Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, home of the Minnesota Vikings, was named the ugliest stadium in the world
Rounding out the top five are the Verizon Building in New York, the Watergate Complex in Washington and the Denver Airport.
Trump Tower in Las Vegas finished sixth in the standings and tenth overall worldwide.
“Exuding a curiously old-fashioned idea of glamor and built in a style described most succinctly as Trumpitecture, the condo tower’s latest divisive motif is the 20-foot-tall TRUMP in a glossy serif font at its tip,” Buildword wrote derisively.
It was followed by US Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, where residents counted CBS News they strongly disagreed with the home of the NFL’s Vikings being named the ugliest stadium in the world.
“Compared to the Metrodome, it’s fantastic,” Reggie Brown said, comparing it to the former home of the Vikings. “I love this stadium. It’s new, it’s exciting. I think people love it. I speak for myself, I love it. I can’t speak for everyone, but it’s a beautiful stadium.’
“The Minnesota Sports Facilities Authority and ASM Global are proud of US Bank Stadium’s iconic design and the incredible sports and entertainment environment this state-of-the-art facility provides our community and guests,” a stadium spokesperson said in a statement. declaration.
Rounding out the top 10 in the United States were the Thompson Building in Chicago, the Alamodome in San Antonio and the capitol building in Tallahasee, Florida.