Without a doubt, the Claude Gibb Building was the least distinguished building in central Newcastle, a sort of 'Fond Farewell to Austerity', whacked up to serve the then new Newcastle Polytechnic. They really tried very hard to design a building without any distinctive feature apart from its size and position that were hard to ignore – but worth the effort. I have no idea who Claude Gibb was, but he deserved better.
A fine video (if you like the idea of watching incredibly bad architecture bite the dust) can be seen here.
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So, that leaves a vacancy. What is Newcastle's latest candidate for 'worst post 1945 building in the City'? It's a strong field.

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