The building in major UK city 'so ugly' it's been called the worst of the Millennium

The Deep successful Hull. (Image: Getty)

Some buildings basal retired for their beauty, portion others miss the people and disagreement opinion. 

The UK saw respective high-profile projects built to observe the crook of the millennium, including the London Eye and the Millennium Bridge. 

However, not each of them person been praised, with 1 building precocious being labelled the "ugliest of the millennium."

That would beryllium The Deep, an aquarium successful Hull, which was singled retired by Telegraph Travel arsenic the worst of the UK's millennium architecture. 

The work said: "In a pugnacious race, Hull’s The Deep gathering is astir apt the Millennium’s ugliest concoction. The Deep looks arsenic if portion of Darth Vader’s Star Destroyer has crashed to earth."

The Deep is an aquarium successful Hull. (Image: Getty)

Designed by designer Sir Terry Farrell, The Deep was intended to beryllium a landmark operation for Hull. 

The £45.5 cardinal project, funded by the National Lottery, was completed successful 2002 and sits astatine the gathering constituent of the River Hull and the Humber Estuary. 

The building's plan is meant to lucifer a geological enactment rising from the ground, utilizing steel, aluminium, concrete, and glass. 

Despite the contention implicit its appearance, The Deep remains a large attraction successful Hull. The aquarium is location to implicit 5,000 marine animals, including sharks, rays, turtles, and a colony of Gentoo penguins.

The building's plan is meant to lucifer a geological enactment rising from the ground. (Image: Getty)

It features Europe's deepest viewing passageway and a solid assistance that travels done a 10-metre-deep tank. Visitors tin besides ticker regular feeding sessions and instrumentality portion successful interactive exhibits.

The Deep is not conscionable an aquarium but besides an acquisition and conservation charity. It is simply a subordinate of the British and Irish Association of Zoos and Aquariums (BIAZA) and the World Association of Zoos and Aquariums (WAZA). 

The organisation plays a relation successful breeding programmes and marine research, contributing to planetary efforts to support the world's oceans.

Unlike immoderate publically funded attractions, The Deep does not person ongoing authorities enactment and relies connected summons income to screen its costs. Standard admittance is £23 for adults, £17 for children, and escaped for under-3s.