THIS building

Every time I walk into Leeds these days, I am confronted with a perplexing thought: do I like this building or not?

Each time I see it, I seem to have a different opinion. I can't work it out. From some angles, on sunny days, I love it. From the same angles, on a grey day, I loathe it. It's an eyesore, but when seen against blue skies there is something quite beautiful about its rusty shell.

It rises up from the motorway on one side, and overshadows the old Broadcasting House building on the other, like a tree that has managed to grow through the cracks of some old crazy paving. Like an enormous Transformer toy, from one side its five levels look as if (in some lights) they might start rotating at any moment.

This building is most certainly divisive - everyone I've talked to about it has strong opinions on the matter. Which, I guess, is what the architect intended - for the building to get people talking. And perhaps that's not such a bad thing at all.

Wembley Stadium

I've always loved the idea of the new Wembley Stadium's iconic arch, and since its completion I had often admired it from afar. However I hadn't visited the stadium up close until going to the Coldplay concert there in September.

The sheer enormity of the arch is incredible - it looks massive from far away, but is absolutely gargantuan when you come up close to one of its skeletal feet planting itself to the ground. It really is a stunning design. It also looks absolutely amazing from inside, as illustrated in the above image.

One of the best stadium designs, in my opinion. Giant in its scale, but simple and elegant at the same time. It's not fussy and it doesn't try too hard - it's just cool. Great architecture.

Scottish Parliament building

It may be a controversial building and I'm not particularly keen on the outside, but the inside of this building is certainly interesting and quite beautiful in its own way. To me it looks like some kind of cathedral. Though part of me thinks it may date rather quickly.