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UC Davis has the Social Sciences building (aka the "Death Star"): http://www.predock.com/SocialSciences/UC%20Davis.html http://www.predock.com/SocialSciences/UC

by seccess 10y ago

UC Davis has the Social Sciences building (aka the "Death Star"): http://www.predock.com/SocialSciences/UC%20Davis.html http://www.predock.com/SocialSciences/UC%20Davis.html While visually striking, it is a labyrinthine nightmare on the inside and almost impossible to navigate if you have to get to a class.

diggernet 10y ago
Nightmare? I love that building! Of course, I never had any classes in it. And I always imagined that an exact model of it and its surroundings would make the best Quake level ever. So...yeah...nightmare... :)
at-fates-hands 10y ago
The University of Minnesota has a good mix of both good and bad brutalism - http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-SXHJA8qATF8/TmmME0iDt_I/AAAAAAAADRw/VPXbD6wMqQM/s1600/DSCN3170.JPG.jpg http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-SXHJA8qATF8/TmmME0iDt_I/AAAAAAAADR... This is juxtaposed when set next to the Frederick Weisman Museum which was designed by Frank Gehry: https://www.bluffton.edu/homepages/facstaff/sullivanm/minnesota/minneapolis/gehry/034.jpg https://www.bluffton.edu/homepages/facstaff/sullivanm/minnes... Overall, the whole campus is a pretty good study in architecture.
sanswork 10y ago
University of Toronto has Robarts which I think looks like an Evil Wizard Castle. Or a turkey. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robarts_Library#/media/File:Robarts_Library.JPG https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robarts_Library#/media/File:Ro...
- sgift 10y ago
  Perfect headquarter for a secret government authority. I really like the style, at least from the outside.
Amorymeltzer 10y ago
UC Davis also has Briggs (https://localwiki.org/davis/Briggs_Hall https://localwiki.org/davis/Briggs_Hall) and Tupper (https://localwiki.org/davis/Tupper_Hall https://localwiki.org/davis/Tupper_Hall) Halls, two catastrophically ugly buildings that, not coincidentally, are two of the most internally poorly laid out buildings on campus.

by seccess 10y ago

diggernet 10y ago

Nightmare? I love that building! Of course, I never had any classes in it. And I always imagined that an exact model of it and its surroundings would make the best Quake level ever. So...yeah...nightmare... :)

at-fates-hands 10y ago

The University of Minnesota has a good mix of both good and bad brutalism - http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-SXHJA8qATF8/TmmME0iDt_I/AAAAAAAADRw/VPXbD6wMqQM/s1600/DSCN3170.JPG.jpg http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-SXHJA8qATF8/TmmME0iDt_I/AAAAAAAADR... This is juxtaposed when set next to the Frederick Weisman Museum which was designed by Frank Gehry: https://www.bluffton.edu/homepages/facstaff/sullivanm/minnesota/minneapolis/gehry/034.jpg https://www.bluffton.edu/homepages/facstaff/sullivanm/minnes... Overall, the whole campus is a pretty good study in architecture.

sanswork 10y ago

University of Toronto has Robarts which I think looks like an Evil Wizard Castle. Or a turkey. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robarts_Library#/media/File:Robarts_Library.JPG https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robarts_Library#/media/File:Ro...

sgift 10y ago
Perfect headquarter for a secret government authority. I really like the style, at least from the outside.

Amorymeltzer 10y ago

UC Davis also has Briggs (https://localwiki.org/davis/Briggs_Hall https://localwiki.org/davis/Briggs_Hall) and Tupper (https://localwiki.org/davis/Tupper_Hall https://localwiki.org/davis/Tupper_Hall) Halls, two catastrophically ugly buildings that, not coincidentally, are two of the most internally poorly laid out buildings on campus.