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re: What's the most recognizable landmark on your campus?
Posted on 12/20/12 at 2:58 pm to JDM1992
Posted on 12/20/12 at 2:58 pm to JDM1992
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Georgia will post deceiving pictures, but their campus is so disorganized and there are so many ugly buildings. Tennessee's is very similar without the actually decent-looking buildings in-between
North Campus on the UGA campus has a lot of nice architecture. South Campus is ugly as shite. No doubt about that.
Not sure how it's disorganized, though.
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Posted on 12/20/12 at 3:01 pm to FinleyStreet
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Posted on 12/20/12 at 3:21 pm to JDM1992
A&M missed out by planting more Post Oak trees
than Live Oak trees (like The Century Tree) ...
Here are some of my favorite campus spots:
Academic Building (heart of campus)
Simpson Drill Field, Albritton Tower (Kyle Field in the Background)
Reed Arena during Aggie Muster
Research Park
Gameday 'Stepoff' at the Quad:
Nightfall at the Bonfire Memorial
than Live Oak trees (like The Century Tree) ...
Here are some of my favorite campus spots:
Academic Building (heart of campus)
Simpson Drill Field, Albritton Tower (Kyle Field in the Background)
Reed Arena during Aggie Muster
Research Park
Gameday 'Stepoff' at the Quad:
Nightfall at the Bonfire Memorial
This post was edited on 12/20/12 at 3:28 pm
Posted on 12/20/12 at 3:23 pm to TbirdSpur2010
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Texas A&M
Trending in the right direction, but still a ways to go.......
It didn't help that, at the time A&M was going through its hockey-stick curve growth spurt, the prominent architectural trend (especially among college campuses) was toward "brutalist" architecture (as it was cheap and easy to build).
The term actually comes from the French phrase "beton brut", meaning raw concrete. But it aptly describes what it does to your eyes looking at it.
Posted on 12/20/12 at 3:25 pm to Crompdaddy8
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re: What's the most recognizable landmark on your campus? (Posted on 12/19/12 at 7:47 a.m. to UFownstSECsince1950) On UA's campus you'll see a discolored smokestack building, it's actually kind of an eyesore. But the reason it's there is because it is the only building that survives from before the Civil War, during which the Yankees burned down Alabama's campus.
I think the only buildings to survive the fires from the War of Northern Aggression were:
1. Presidents mansion
2. Phi Mu House
3. Jason's Shrine (little octagonal building next to the main library).
I believe that they are the only buildings the University will allow to be painted white. That was what I remember hearing from when I was a student there in the late 80's.
Posted on 12/20/12 at 3:34 pm to alphaandomega
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I think the only buildings to survive the fires from the War of Northern Aggression were:
1. Presidents mansion 2. Phi Mu House 3. Jason's Shrine (little octagonal building next to the main library).
There were more than 3. It's already been posted in this thread.
Posted on 12/20/12 at 3:38 pm to alphaandomega
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3. Jason's Shrine (little octagonal building next to the main library).
Round House
I dont think the Phi Mu house is that old. Gorges House is though.
Posted on 12/20/12 at 3:45 pm to JDM1992
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It just doesn't have a centralized location like all other SEC schools seem to have.
The stadium splits the campus almost exactly in two halves.
Posted on 12/20/12 at 3:46 pm to TreyAnastasio
I found this on the UA homepage
1865
Union troops spared only seven of the buildings on the UA campus. Of the principal buildings remaining today, the President's Mansion and its outbuildings still serve as the president's on-campus residence. The other buildings have new uses. Gorgas House, at different times the dining hall, faculty residence, and campus hotel, now serves as a museum. The Roundhouse, then a sentry box for cadets, later a place for records storage, is a campus historical landmark. The Observatory, now Maxwell Hall, is home to the Computer-Based Honors Program.
1865
Union troops spared only seven of the buildings on the UA campus. Of the principal buildings remaining today, the President's Mansion and its outbuildings still serve as the president's on-campus residence. The other buildings have new uses. Gorgas House, at different times the dining hall, faculty residence, and campus hotel, now serves as a museum. The Roundhouse, then a sentry box for cadets, later a place for records storage, is a campus historical landmark. The Observatory, now Maxwell Hall, is home to the Computer-Based Honors Program.
Posted on 12/20/12 at 4:29 pm to TreeKiller86
The way A&M has their drill field and bell tower set up reminds me quite a bit of the Parade Grounds and Memorial Tower at LSU.
Posted on 12/20/12 at 4:56 pm to UFownstSECsince1950
Auburn
Samford Hall:
Cater Hall:
Davis Arboretum:
Graves Amphitheater:
Toomer's Corner (before Updyke):
Samford Hall:
Cater Hall:
Davis Arboretum:
Graves Amphitheater:
Toomer's Corner (before Updyke):
Posted on 12/20/12 at 5:08 pm to VFL1800FPD
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Apart from the Hill (where Ayres Hall is), UT is pretty damn ugly.
I'm surprised a UT fan hasn't linked the library:
Posted on 12/20/12 at 5:12 pm to UFownstSECsince1950
Mal Moore's hair piece.
Posted on 12/20/12 at 5:37 pm to Jefferson Davis
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The way A&M has their drill field and bell tower set up reminds me quite a bit of the Parade Grounds and Memorial Tower at LSU.
I was not aware of this fact:
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LSU's military history began more than 150 years ago when the university opened under Superintendent William Tecumseh Sherman and was never more evident than during World War II, when it boasted more officers on active duty than any other institution in the nation other than the military academies.
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Posted on 12/20/12 at 6:50 pm to TigersOfGeauxld
I actually don't mind brutalist architecture when its done well. I like some mid-century and contemporary modern architecture, too.
I really don't like buildings that are half-assed in either style. And probably post-modernist and poorly executed faux-historic buildings are my least favorite style.
Arkansas has some brutalist stuff, but none of it is particularly appealing, mainly because of how half-assed it is.
I am actually looking forward to seeing this new modern addition done on our campus, because its at least limestone like the majority of the historic buildings on campus.
Plus, the glass-fin wall, and the lines of it look really cool.
Very highly respected architect for this one:
Since we're talking architecture, here's an example of a brutalist building in Fayetteville that I actually find appealing:
Brutalist buildings done in brick or dryvit or faux stucco just look like hell to me.
Brutalist buildings should either be stone or pour-in-place concrete.
I really don't like buildings that are half-assed in either style. And probably post-modernist and poorly executed faux-historic buildings are my least favorite style.
Arkansas has some brutalist stuff, but none of it is particularly appealing, mainly because of how half-assed it is.
I am actually looking forward to seeing this new modern addition done on our campus, because its at least limestone like the majority of the historic buildings on campus.
Plus, the glass-fin wall, and the lines of it look really cool.
Very highly respected architect for this one:
Since we're talking architecture, here's an example of a brutalist building in Fayetteville that I actually find appealing:
Brutalist buildings done in brick or dryvit or faux stucco just look like hell to me.
Brutalist buildings should either be stone or pour-in-place concrete.
This post was edited on 12/20/12 at 7:03 pm
Posted on 12/24/12 at 4:52 pm to TreeKiller86
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This is Rudder Tower near Kyle Field:
Holy crap the resemblance is uncanny
Posted on 12/24/12 at 7:18 pm to UFownstSECsince1950
Century Tower is the most recognizable.
Other lesser known landmarks I like:
Albert Murphree Statue and Smathers Library:
Keene-Flint Hall:
Sledd Hall:
Walker Hall:
Bryan Hall:
Baughman Meditation Center and Lake Alice:
Other lesser known landmarks I like:
Albert Murphree Statue and Smathers Library:
Keene-Flint Hall:
Sledd Hall:
Walker Hall:
Bryan Hall:
Baughman Meditation Center and Lake Alice:
Posted on 12/24/12 at 7:30 pm to Tolbert1906
Since Vandy fans are as common as Bigfoot here:
Kirkland Hall
Old Mechanical
Peabody Library
Benson Science Hall
The Commons
Kirkland Hall
Old Mechanical
Peabody Library
Benson Science Hall
The Commons
Posted on 12/24/12 at 7:38 pm to TigersOfGeauxld
Posted on 12/24/12 at 7:40 pm to TigersOfGeauxld
Vandy probably has the prettiest sec campus.
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