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So after the Sunbelt Architecture thread it got me thinking we could do one specifically for College Campuses.
For this one we're going to look primarily at campuses with contemporary modern architecture and diverse buildings. Not that the traditional style campuses like Yale and Harvard aren't interesting or the Spanish Revival style of Berkeley and Flagler aren't either. But in general it would be hard to compare those places and there are way too many in a traditional style.
I posted a poll with the 4 + Other because I'm sure I don't know every building on every campus.
IIT: Most notably Mies Van Der Rohe did extensive work on this campus. SOM then came in and did work and most recently Rem Koolhaas (OMA) did a building there. The entire campus has been added to the National Registry of Historic Places.
MIT: The powerhouse of campuses. Its got works by Alvaro Aalto, IM Pei, Steven Holl, Frank Gehry, and Eero Saarinen among others.
University of Cincinnati: The other current school that is developing some new buildings by real architecture powerhouses including: Michael Graves, Peter Eisenmann, Bernard Tschumi, IM Pei, Morphosis, STUDIOS Architecture
FIU: All of the buildings here are by pretty great architects, sadly the information on their architecture is hard to find. I do know Bernard Tschumi, BEA International, Arquitectonica, HOK have works there. I wish I knew all of them.
Notable mention:
University of Minnesota-Minneapolis: A mixture of the traditional and the modern with two most notable works one by Steven Holl and one by Frank Gehry. I don't think it can keep up yet but maybe if those two buildings draw in more in the future.
Really? Most of those photos were from the university websites or Wikicommons. I don't think the schools would mind free publicity. Some (the FIU) were from a classmate of mine that he posted on another forum..
The most beautiful school I have ever seen is Salve Regina in Newport, RI. But for me, a school should have more of a town around it and I like a larger school. UC Boulder is a really pretty school with the Flatirons as a backdrop and the spanish-style architecture. Harvard is a very classic example of what college should look like with the old brick buildings. Hobart and William Smith has a gorgeous location on Lake Seneca as well.
My school, Dalhousie University, is not in the US but I love the way it looks. Half of it is old stone buildings covered in ivy and the other half is more modern expermental buildings (some from the 60s and 70s are pretty ugly, but other new ones have been built "green' are cool with lots of windows and light). The older part of the school is centered around a quad and has no roads. The newer part is built around one street that regularily gets taken over by students. Further down this street is the medical school, dentistry, and engineering on another campus.
EDIT: I didnt realize this was focused on modern architecture. Basically all my answers are older classic archtecture, but that just screams "university" to me.
You've got to be kidding me. I went to OU for our game against them last year. It's kind of a cute little town for middle of nowhere, but it's nothing remotely special compared to pretty much any college town in the country.
Princeton University has one of the best-looking campuses I've seen.
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