Donald Trump isn't exactly known for his minimalist taste. The eclectic style displayed in his own residences is ostentatiously heavy on the bling: think sparkling crystal chandeliers, gilded details and plush cream carpets. And no building quite exemplifies his design preferences better than Trump Tower in Las Vegas.

With a glistening, 24-carat gold façade, its eye-catching material choices have rubbed some critics the wrong way over the years. Rightly or wrongly, builders' merchants Buildworld even named it the sixth-ugliest building in America and the 10th-ugliest in the world in their 2023 ranking, which was calculated by analysing the language people used when talking about certain buildings on Twitter.

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