Comments on: 10 Cool College Landmarks

By: jd

jd — Fri, 16 May 2008 02:59:04 +0000

The University of Tampa was always a dream school for me growing up. Plant Hall is a beautiful building, and is a symbol of the city. The building is topped with gleaming silver minarets, and was formerly the Tampa Bay Hotel. Built between 1888 and 1891 by Henry B. Plant, it was supposed to be a winter vacation destination. This building is now the administration building, and some of the building has been maintained as a museum for the public to view the hotel’s past grandeur.

By: Andréa

Andréa — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 04:09:09 +0000

anna: I actually applied to Brandeis, and loved the castle! I had a hard time finding facts/photos of the castle online, though, which is why it got left off the list.

By: anna

anna — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 04:00:45 +0000

I went to Brandeis University and we have a castle on campus as well. However it was not all that conventional in design, if there is such a thing as a conventional castle. It was built in the 1800’s by the founder of a vet school which inhabited the campus before Brandeis was founded. The story goes that he modeled it after a Scottish castle that he did not have the blueprints for. So he based it on sketches of the outside only. The inside doesn’t make much sense architecturally. There are staircases and hallways leading nowhere and windows in odd places. The co-creators of the tv show Friends actually went to Brandeis and based the set of The Central Perk on the coffee house located on the first floor of the castle. Just thought I’d share a cool landmark of note.

By: Joy Chase

Joy Chase — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 16:58:55 +0000

Thank you for including a Community College site. Our Library is a pleasure to study and work in and delight to the eyes, too. Joy

By: greenstrawberries

greenstrawberries — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 10:07:00 +0000

Ceej-
My aunt was a French professor at Durham University! We went and visited once, it is pretty cool.

By: Therese

Therese — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 10:58:38 +0000

Thanks for a SUPER post, Andréa! I don’t have any unique college architecture to add, esp. since my own experience was at U of Delaware, which doesn’t have anything particularly out of the ordinary. (But maybe a new student center shaped like a giant Blue Hen would be cool…)

By: Andréa

Andréa — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 03:13:27 +0000

Patrick: Thanks for the explanation on the spires. The USAFA had the quote on the lack of significance to the number, and actually states that the original design called for more, but I like your explanation.

By: Juliana

Juliana — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 02:36:47 +0000

These are all pretty cool. In one of my architecture classes, we took a field trip to see the MIT building. My roommate’s high school graduation was at the ASU building. She didn’t notice its resemblance to a toilet, though.

By: Patrick

Patrick — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 19:49:29 +0000

Correction on the Cadet Chapel at the Air Force Academy. The original design called for 12 spires, for the 12 apostles. This wasn’t enough, so they added 5 (total 17). The five is for the five military chiefs of staff.

By: soph

soph — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 16:48:07 +0000

That auditorium at University of Arizona totally does look like a toilet from above – wow…nice one Frank Lloyd Wright – Does anyone know if it was truly intentional?