The Marque is the tallest residential development in Cambridge, England.[1][2] The building is nine storeys high [3] and comprises 92 apartments.[1] The three floor penthouse is the highest residence in the city and is 2697 square feet.[citation needed] It was priced at £1.3m, sold to a Chinese investor who immediately sold it on to a British buyer.[2]

The Marque

The building made the shortlist for the 2014 Carbuncle Cup for the ugliest building of the year.[4] [5]

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  1. ^ a b "Meet the Marque". Cambridge News.
  2. ^ a b "A University Town attracts International Buyers". The New York Times.
  3. ^ "Cambridge Leads Oxford in Real-estate Growth". Wall Street Journal.
  4. ^ "Carbuncle Cup: The Marque, Cambridge by Cambridge University department of architecture | Features | Building Design". bdonline.co.uk. Retrieved 5 August 2014.
  5. ^ "Hated Cambridge building The Marque is up for the Carbuncle of the Year award".

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