Bad Building Roundup
Lots of crappy architecture making headlines these day. Here's a sampling:
Blair Kamin pans the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library & Museum in Springfield, IL, designed by HOK and set to open this weekend. (alt. link for Kamin article and more news at the Chicago Tribune)
![](https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-lVKa73ipG2E/XILV9sKjFkI/AAAAAAAAZUs/IWMkuyEHsPgcqebc3LcGrj_dFVtDo8T0ACLcBGAs/s1600/bad1.jpg)
Get your appetites ready. McDonald's new two-story "flagship" in Chicago's River North opens for business Friday. Would you like a clunky building with that?
![](https://2.bp.blogspot.com/--Nu4fau_qwM/XILV9vCNwVI/AAAAAAAAZUw/J1OYC3mHIsQw4BLLEWQK2tGngpQMkVe1wCLcBGAs/s1600/bad2.jpg)
James Howard Kunstler's latest Eyesore of the Month is a lesson not only in bad architecture, but also extremely bad circulation.
![](https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-APDMy1GBY1E/XILV9sx2kwI/AAAAAAAAZU0/o5RpK2wGifwSHFhg1il6e4VUKZSt2hbpQCLcBGAs/s1600/bad3.jpg)
And Design Observer tackles the latest unfortunate trend in Southern Californian residential design: Tuscan.
Blair Kamin pans the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library & Museum in Springfield, IL, designed by HOK and set to open this weekend. (alt. link for Kamin article and more news at the Chicago Tribune)
![](https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-lVKa73ipG2E/XILV9sKjFkI/AAAAAAAAZUs/IWMkuyEHsPgcqebc3LcGrj_dFVtDo8T0ACLcBGAs/s1600/bad1.jpg)
Get your appetites ready. McDonald's new two-story "flagship" in Chicago's River North opens for business Friday. Would you like a clunky building with that?
![](https://2.bp.blogspot.com/--Nu4fau_qwM/XILV9vCNwVI/AAAAAAAAZUw/J1OYC3mHIsQw4BLLEWQK2tGngpQMkVe1wCLcBGAs/s1600/bad2.jpg)
James Howard Kunstler's latest Eyesore of the Month is a lesson not only in bad architecture, but also extremely bad circulation.
![](https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-APDMy1GBY1E/XILV9sx2kwI/AAAAAAAAZU0/o5RpK2wGifwSHFhg1il6e4VUKZSt2hbpQCLcBGAs/s1600/bad3.jpg)
And Design Observer tackles the latest unfortunate trend in Southern Californian residential design: Tuscan.
![](https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-C-KEhEcBMSk/XILV-KKgFLI/AAAAAAAAZU4/6_j9WlE5QF8sclTSGDAEXbEJB3wuD8rhwCLcBGAs/s1600/bad4.jpg)