Everyone hates it .. but should we really care?

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Archiseek / UK / Scotland / News / 2004 / November 3

It has repeatedly been highlighted as the ugliest sight in the Capital - a "monstrosity" which clearly illustrates the absolute worst of 1960s architecture. So it was no shock when the St James Centre was last year voted as one of the ten worst architectural eyesores in Britain by readers of Country Life magazine. However, its ugly image hasn't stopped more than 13 million people from flocking to the shopping complex annually. But now the much-maligned mall - which ironically was built after winning a local authority-backed design competition - has been earmarked by two leading architects as one of the buildings they would most like to see erased from Scotland's skyline.

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