Courtesy of Building Design magazine, who clearly foster serious ambitions for the award:

Launched for the first time last year, the Carbuncle Cup is to the Stirling Prize what the Golden Raspberries are to the Oscars. So while the Riba searches for architecture's prime cuts, we set out to uncover the offal.

Here's the shortlist of seven:

And, as you can see, Foster, Edward Potter Associates and Allford Hall Monaghan Morris are all proudly representing London. The Rat and Mouse's vote is firmly for Skydec, although we disagree with architect Alan Riley's appraisal that "it looks as though a half deflated balloon has landed on it". It reminds the Rat and Mouse of something altogether different:

The winner's announced Friday.

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