31/10/2025
🎃 Architectural Horrors: When Design Sends a Shiver Down Your Spine 👻
This Halloween, we’re not hunting ghosts, we’re confronting the real horrors that lurk in the built environment.
From clashing facades to windowless towers, some buildings give us chills for all the wrong reasons.
These design “nightmares” remind us how important empathy, context, and balance are in architecture. Because often, the real horror story isn’t supernatural - it’s when form, function, and feeling fall apart.
We’re sharing some infamous examples of design gone wrong and what they can teach us about getting it right.
⚙️ When beauty forgets usability
🌫️ When design ignores its setting
💡 When atmosphere turns cold instead of inviting
🧩 When elements compete instead of harmonising
At Gooding Group, we believe architecture should uplift spirits, not summon them. Whether we’re reimagining heritage spaces or creating new contemporary homes, we design with empathy, context, and joy at the heart.
So, in the spirit of spooky season…
👀 What’s the most terrifyingly bad building you’ve seen and why do you think it doesn’t work?
