When most people think of “design” the immediately think of how something might look.
But the truth is that good design marries a good visual with useful function.
And bad design, as you’ll see below, often contains neither. So check out these terrible, terrible design choices in buildings and wonder if anyone got fired for these mistakes.
Because they should have.
Let’s hope there aren’t any emergencies.
Stained glass is expensive!
Just roll right through that rail…
Just roll right through that rail…
Let me just plug in my…oh.
Hope your car has good brakes.
Those stairs are for a troll.
That ramp is a tease.
Knob placement, people. Study it.
That operable gate is a bit misplaced.
Follow the path, and when you collide with the railing…you’re there.
Just a shade off…
It’s over the right storefront, but…yikes.
Glitch in a video game.
Don’t run up these stairs.
It looks surprised.
Human for scale.
Maybe it’s a cultural thing!
Can’t you just turn the pipe?
Behind door #2…
It’s eco-friendly.
I feel like this is in a Lewis Carroll book.
Brick window.
That peephole misunderstood the assignment.
The world’s shortest bike path.
You can sit down, but KEEP OUT.
You’re blocking the exit.
That’s one dangerous ramp.
You can get the mail while going to the bathroom. Nice.
They should really make that more noticeable.
When there’s no time to walk around the wall..
OH COME ON!
Well, it’s certainly conveniently located.
Spare change?
Is that…half a ladder?
“Just go right through the double doors…”
That doesn’t mean women can’t use it!
The last door you ever pass through.
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