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The phrase "awful building" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to describe a building that is in poor condition, unattractive, or poorly designed.
Example: "The city council decided to demolish the awful building that had become an eyesore in the neighborhood."
Alternatives: "terrible structure" or "dreadful edifice".
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What an awful building it is.
But it is an awful building to have to protect.
We also work in an awful building - we have rats, floods and electrical fires.
The Art Deco fuss passed them by with nary a ripple: Sawyer says that York called the Deco Chanin Building, at 42nd and Lexington, "the Chris'ly Awful Building".
The architect of the project, Manuel Castedo, says it was "the last awful building" in the area, and a German beer hall will soon move into the ground floor.
"It's just such an awful building that the only reason to keep it would be as a monument to stupidity," said Mark Wigley, the dean of Columbia University's Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation.
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On the Internet, on community watchdog sites, I watch the plans go up for all kinds of awful buildings.
Every style deserves its museum, but brutalism left some truly awful buildings.
But it does not dishonor the dead or the grieving to say what has been unsaid: these were awful buildings.
"We're going to continue to build an awful lot of buildings," Jamie said.
There's an awful lot of building still to be done in this town, in this country.
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