Thursday 29 August 2013

UCL halls of residence with rooms which face straight on to brick wall crowned UK's 'worst building' - London - News - London Evening Standard

UCL halls of residence with rooms which face straight on to brick wall crowned UK's 'worst building' - London - News - London Evening Standard: "At up to £730 a month in rent, students set to move in at this housing block are unlikely to be expecting luxury on a par with The Ritz.

But for some at this University College London halls of residence – today crowned the UK’s ‘worst building’ – their money will buy conditions little better than a prison, according to judges.

The £18 million New Hall, on Caledonian Road, Islington, has also been branded “bizarre”, “crazy” and “a mess” by students, local residents and industry experts who added they “struggled to see it as remotely fit for human occupation”."