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Mean Architecture stops giant behemoths in their tracks!

Lumbering
Building Style: Behemoth
Known as "The Elephant Building" for obvious reasons. Cute, until you look at the relentless windows.
The Chiang Building
Bangkok
Architect: Dr. Arun Chaisaree and Ong-ard Satrabhandhu
Completed: 1997
Words that come to mind... boxy | gridlike | hulking | monotonous

It’s not only me…

... listed among the “31 Ugliest Skyscrapers in the World”
architecturaldigest.com
Still, it’s hard to hold a grudge against a blocky beast of a building. Especially when it’s a record holder, in this case the largest elephant-shaped structure in the world. This record was once held by Lucy the Elephant, a six-story elephant built in 1882 in Margate City, New Jersey.
atlasobscura.com