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35 Times An Architect’s Lack Of Planning Skills Came Back To Haunt Them

We hire architects expecting them to possess the skills needed to avoid costly mistakes. Their professional expertise—gained through education and experience—should guarantee reliable, safe structures that comply with regulations and pass inspection. Unfortunately, the industry is not without its share of incompetent designers.

‘[Bad] Planning’ account on X is a dedicated space posting photographic proof on an account called and publicly calling out architectural fails that tarnish the profession’s reputation. Below, we’ve compiled a list of the funniest architectural atrocities “imposed on our environment” as per the bio of the account, posted online by disappointed homeowners.

#1 You Can’t Plant That There Mate!

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#2 New Housing In The Ponds, In Western Sydney

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#3 Sounds Fun!

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#4 I Can See Clearly Now!

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#5 Tarmageddon!

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#6 This Charming Shopfront In Camden Passage Has Been Ripped Out And Replaced With Grey Upvc Cladding And A Roller Shutter. You Guessed It… Without Planning Permission

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#7 That Looks Much Better!

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#8 When You’re A Tram Driver, And Your Employer Says You’ve Got To Work From Home

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#9 Quite Possibly The Most Depressing Garden I Have Ever Seen – As If The Parents In Their Spotless Marble Perfect House Had To Make One Tiny Concession To The Children And Created The Smallest Saddest Patch Of Fun Possible

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#10 Holding Out

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#11 You Ain’t Seen Me, Right!

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#12 Offencive!

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#13 Guilty Of Multiple Offences!

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#14 We Want A More Modern Look … Yes A Small Municipal Crematorium Would Be Fine!

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#15 Room Without A View!

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#16 What Vent!!

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#17

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#18 British Housing At Its Finest – Setting, Scale, Landscape, Proportion, Details, And Finesse All Completely Absent!

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#19 Happy Bright, Shiny, Stick-On, Grey, Plastic, New Year Everyone!

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#20 “I’ve Got A Mate Who’ll Knock That Up For Half The Price!”

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#21 Did You Ever Think You’d See The Day ? The Mysterious Steps Of Lawn. Manchester

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#22 Who Needs Trees And All That Green Nonsense!

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#23 Rest And Enjoy The View!

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#24 Mehbanism!

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#25 Summerhouse With Views!

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#26 Offf!

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#27 Corridoors!

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#28

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So… had laminate flooring laid in the bathroom.. removed the toilet to get the floor laid properly.. a couple of hours later.. the carpet fitter come and laid a new carpet in the next room we come home and I moved the toilet to find this !!!! …

#29 What You Doing With That Bit Left Over

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#30 Some People Just Like To Watch The World Burn!

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#31 Having Delivered The Building But Left The Trailer Unit It Came On Behind!

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#32 Breaking News: Contract For Crooked House Rebuild Goes To Taylor Wimpey!

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#33 This Weeks Nerdy Fascination Has Been House Doors On Buses. Didn’t Know This Was Even A Thing

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#34 Some People Just Want To See The World Burn!

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#35 Can’t Believe Someone Did This To The Art Deco Building On Commercial Street. Who Paints Portland Stone?

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Shanilou Perera

Shanilou has always loved reading and learning about the world we live in. While she enjoys fictional books and stories just as much, since childhood she was especially fascinated by encyclopaedias and strangely enough, self-help books. As a kid, she spent most of her time consuming as much knowledge as she could get her hands on and could always be found at the library. Now, she still enjoys finding out about all the amazing things that surround us in our day-to-day lives and is blessed to be able to write about them to share with the whole world as a profession.