25 Buildings to Demolish Right Now

When proportion, balance, form and function come together in a delicate harmony, architecture is nothing short of an art form. But when, on occasion, those principles clash, the results can be eye-searingly awful. We asked 15 architects and our own staff to weigh-in on what buildings, given the chance, they'd take a wrecking ball to.

Editors of California Home and Design

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Barbie’s Dream House in Malibu, CA

The first Barbie Dream House was introduced in 1961 and according to architect Hope Alexander, the plastic pink palace has been corrupting young minds ever since. “For those of a certain age this 'building' did more aesthetic mind-twisting than any other structure in America,” says Alexander. “Bring in the miniature wrecking ball.”

Boston City Hall in Boston, MA	Barbie’s Dream House in Malibu, CA	Portland Building in Portland, Oregon
Meadowlands Xanadu in East Rutherford, NJ	EMP Museum in Seattle, Washington	The Barclays Center in Brooklyn, NY
Marriott Marquis Hotel in San Francisco, CA	Thomas Kinkade Homes in Vallejo, CA	The Ascent in Covington, KY
The J. Edgar Hoover Building in Washington D.C.	I-95 Freeway in Philadelphia, PA	Kaden Building in Louisville, KY
Mall of America in Bloomington, MN	Trump Tower in New York, NY	New Mint in San Francisco, CA
MetLife Building in New York, NY	Daly City in San Mateo County, CA	The Ziggurat Building in West Sacramento, CA
AT&T Central Office in Houston, TX	8500 Melrose Ave., in Los Angeles, CA	Morris A. Mechanic Theater in Baltimore, MD
Oakley Headquarters in Orange County, CA	Phillip Burton Federal Building in San Francisco, CA	Geisel Library at the University of California, San Diego in La Jolla, CA
Denver Public Library in Denver, CO