7. Metropolitan Cathedral, Liverpool, England 英国利物浦都会大教堂

英国利物浦都会大教堂

　　Far from conjuring images of heavenly repose, the church is more akin to a giant concrete tent, hence its local nickname "Paddy’s Wigwam" (Paddy being pejorative for Catholics of Irish descent)。

　　这座教堂一点也不像神灵休息的地方，倒更像是一座巨大的混凝土帐篷，因此当地人给它取了个绰号，“爱尔兰人的棚屋”("Paddy’s Wigwam"，Paddy是对爱尔兰裔天主教徒的戏称)。

　　The Cathedral project was ill-starred from the off. Designs by Sir Edwin Lutyens and Adrian Gilbert Scott were rejected for being, in the case of the former, too expensive, and in the case of the latter, not good enough. The task eventually fell to Sir Frederick Gibberd and it is his finished product that stands to this day。

　　这座教堂建筑一开始就霉运连连。教堂最初由埃德温•路特恩斯爵士和阿迪安•吉尔伯特•斯科特设计。由于前者的设计太过昂贵，而后者的设计又不够好，设计方案被否决了。设计任务最终落到了弗列德里克•吉伯特头上，今天的教堂正是他设计的。

　　Fact: The cathedral authority sued Gibberd for £1.3million (US$2 million) when the aluminum roof started to leak and defects were noted in the mosaic tiles. Strangely they seem to have been happy enough with the building’s actual design。

　　实情：当教堂的铝质屋顶开始漏水，镶嵌地砖也出现了问题时，教堂方面控告吉伯特，要求其赔偿130万英镑(合200万美元)。奇怪的是，他们似乎对这栋建筑的设计感到满意。

　　8. The Portland Building, Portland, United States 美国波特兰大楼

美国波特兰大楼

　　It is an accepted fact that the 1980s was the decade where taste went mad and decided to start donning pattern sweaters and shoulder pads. However, that still doesn’t explain why judges went with Michael Graves’ design for a new civic building in the US state of Oregon。

　　众所周知，20世纪80年代是大众品味变得疯狂的十年，人们开始穿花样毛衣，戴垫肩。但这仍然无法解释为什么米歇尔•格列夫斯会设计出这栋美国俄勒冈州的民用建筑。

　　9. The Fang Yuan Building, Shenyang, China 中国沈阳方圆大厦

中国沈阳方圆大厦

　　Like most of the buildings on our list, this effort is distinctive if not distinguished. Architect CY Lee –- who did a much better job with his Taipei 101 skyscraper over in Taiwan -– wanted to fuse cultures by merging an old Chinese coin, complete with square cut-out, with a contemporary modern office block。

　　就像我们所列出的大多数建筑那样，这幢建筑的设计也很有特色，但并不杰出。它的设计师是CY李，其所设计的台北101大厦要好很多。设计师希望通过将中国古老孔方形状钱币与现代办公大楼相结合来达到文化相融的目的。

　　10. Petrobras Headquarters, Rio De Janiero, Brazil 巴西石油公司总部

巴西石油公司总部

　　In a way you have to admire Petrobras for its audacity. After all, it is not every leading multi-national firm (the energy company is the biggest in Latin America) that chooses to house its showpiece headquarters in a building that's as awful as this。

　　你必须钦佩巴西石油公司的胆大。毕竟巴西石油公司不是领先的跨国企业(这家能源公司在拉丁美洲是最大的)，公司选择将其作为样板的总部安排在这样一座丑陋的楼里。

　　Fact: The building is at least in good company. Its next door neighbor is Rio De Janeiro Cathedral, an equally controversial (read ugly) example of concrete brutalism。

　　实情：至少，这栋大楼旁还有建筑相陪。大楼旁边是里约热内卢大教堂，同样也是一座典型的富有争议的粗犷混凝土建筑。

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