As blogged on Insider.com, although ugliness is in the eye of the beholder, some of the world’s most hated buildings have been the subjects of derision and mockery for years.

That said, like any art form, architecture is pretty subjective, which can lead to a lot of strong opinions about certain designs.

Here are some of the world’s most commonly criticized and disliked buildings.

People in Massachusetts wanted to demolish Boston’s City Hall before its construction was even completed.

 

 

Completed in 1968, this building is an example of brutalist architecture — a controversial style known for its bare, blocky shapes and frequent use of exposed concrete.

It’s also earned plenty of criticism over the years for being “ugly” and “anti-urban.”

“ City Hall is so ugly that its insane upside-down wedding-cake columns and windswept plaza distract from the building’s true offense. Its great crime isn’t being ugly; it’s being anti-urban … The primary function of cities is clustering people together, but City Hall goes to great lengths to repel them,” wrote columnist Paul McMorrow in the Boston Globe in 2013.

In addition, many people in Massachusetts called for the destruction of Boston’s City Hall before the structure was even fully built, according to Current Affairs magazine.

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