Judges said it received more votes than any others to become most hated

Officially known as 20 Fenchurch Street, it has won annual Carbuncle Cup

Walkie Talkie building in the City of London crowned the ugliest in Britain

A London skyscraper dubbed the Walkie Talkie has been voted the most hated building in Britain.

The tower – which is officially known as 20 Fenchurch Street – was today crowned the ugliest building in the country and handed the annual Carbuncle Cup.

The 37-storey office tower in the City of London, which has melted car parts by reflecting sunlight, was deemed the most hated building in a unanimous decision by judges.

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The Walkie Talkie building, which is officially known as 20 Fenchurch Street and towers over the City of London, has won the Carbuncle Cup, meaning it has been voted the ugliest and most hated building in Britain

The 37-storey office tower, which has melted car parts by reflecting sunlight and is blamed for creating a wind tunnel in the area, was deemed the most hated building in a unanimous decision Building Design magazine

The Walkie Talkie has not only drawn complaints for its reflective abilities, but has also faced criticism that its shape creates a wind tunnel.

Its 'sky roof garden' has also been dismissed as bland and it was revealed this week it may even have to be altered for failing to meet design specifications.

Ike Ijeh, from Building Design magazine which runs the Carbuncle Cup awards, called the Walkie Talkie 'a gratuitous glass gargoyle graffitied on to the skyline of London'.

Meanwhile fellow judge Eleanor Jolliffe, an architectural designer, described it as a 'Bond villain tower, as it could 'melt your car with a solar beam from space'.

Other buildings on the shortlist included a student halls in north London so hated it prompted a resident to stand for Parliament to ban inappropriate development, Southampton's City Gateway - known affectionately as the 'fag butt' - and an uninspiring grey YMCA building in the capital likened to a detention centre.

Other candidates included the Battle of Britain Memorial at Capel-le-Ferne near Folkstone in Kent - slated for its 'kitsch literalism' - and the walkway and glass side entrance linking Manchester’s Central Library and adjacent town hall.

Thomas Lane, Building Design magazine's editor, said the Walkie Talkie - designed by Uruguayan architect Rafael Vinoly for developer Land Securities - received far more nominations than any other building.

Ike Ijeh, from Building Design magazine which runs the Carbuncle Cup awards, called the Walkie Talkie 'a gratuitous glass gargoyle graffitied on to the skyline of London'. Pictured: People can be seen in its sky garden

Eleanor Jolliffe described it as a 'Bond villain tower, as it could 'melt your car with solar beam from space'

He said: 'It was an extremely popular choice, and all the judges unanimously agreed that the Walkie Talkie was the winner.

'It is very hard to find anybody who actually likes it. There are people, but they are in a minority.'

Mr Lane said it was widely criticised because of its impact on the London skyline, with its 'very bloated shape' ballooning out towards the top to maximise the amount of space on the upper levels where rents are highest, defying the principle that buildings should taper towards the top, or have parallel sides.

He added: 'It has also suffered from several environmental problems - the fact that the concave facade concentrated rays on to parked cars causing parts to melt.

The City Gateway in Southampton - a 15-storey tower christened 'the fag butt' - was shortlisted for the award

The link entrance between Manchester's town hall and Central Library was also shortlisted for the Carbuncle

The simple link between the two buildings in Manchester provoked fury with locals slamming it as a 'blob', 'a terrible act of cultural vandalism' which has 'the elegance of a piece of chewing gum stuck between the teeth'

'That has been fixed but it wasn't cheap to do, and subsequently people have complained about higher winds at the base of the building, as the shape of the building scoops wind down and exacerbates wind speeds.'

The wind problem is reportedly so bad that it prompted the City of London to demand independent verification of wind assessments on new schemes.

Mr Lane said the sky gardens were not built to approved designs, and authorities are considering whether they should be changed.