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Capital city has its share of carbuncles

Archiseek / UK / Scotland / News / 2006 / June 20

With its striking wedge shape and mock copper oxide panels could Arc House at Abbeyhill be the ugliest building in Edinburgh? A straw poll has put the flats at the top of the list, ahead even of the despised St James' House and Argyle House - which may be a surprising choice given the city's wealth of building blunders. Indeed while the Capital is sold around the world on images of historic buildings such as the Castle and Holyrood Palace, when tourists get here they can often find themselves staring at some of the city's rather less celebrated, usually concrete, structures.

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