<p>Yahoo</a>! Image Detail for static.flickr.com/1377/1369552836<em>524b972529</em>m.jpg these two? don't think so.</p>
<p>Yahoo</a>! Image Detail for static.flickr.com/1114/567631374<em>29576f6a85</em>m.jpg the ones in the right/bottom half of the pics are nice but I don't think the ones at the left/top portion of the pic are that pretty.</p>
<p>so it's a mixed bag to me.</p>
<p>I don't see anything "wrong." =)</p>
<p>Interesting article (though a little old):</p>
<p>11.29.2004</a> - Two major landscape plans plot out UC Berkeley's green future</p>
<p>Duke's West Campus is very nice.</p>
<p>UCLA has many historic beautiful brick buildings in a campus setting that look like like the ivyed halls you see depicting universities in movies. (Heck, often they are the ivyed halls you see depicting universities in movies, they make a fine set...) The most famous is Royce Hall, but you often see pictures of the Powell library, and many of the other buildings (the orginal physics building, the ladies gym...) are also stunning. You can see pictures of them at
Atkinson</a> Photographic Archive || Los Angeles. This archive also has pictures of the other UC campuses. </p>
<p>I couldn't quickly come up with online pictures, but I remember USC as also looking like a traditional brick college campus. And it also is used as a standin for Ivy halls in many, many films and TV shows.</p>
<p>I find Stanford absolutely beautiful, and have used it for many a photo shoot for my amateur photography classes.</p>
<p>The University of Idaho campus is gorgeous. Looks just like the stereotype of any East Coast college - tree-lined paths, big brick buildings, snow-covered fields...</p>
<p>Here's a better photographer than I, and his take on Stanford. (Note, I am not an alumni, and our proximity to Stanford took it off my daughter's list, she's not going anywhere she can run into her mother at the mall.)</p>
<p>Stanford</a> University Pictures - California stock photos, fine art prints by QTL</p>
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<p>Uh, the OP was asking for the overall campus feel, not specifically about buildings. </p>
<p>But in any case, to use your logic, I could say that you don't exactly 'feel' the architecture of Berkeley either. Yes, some buildings such as VSLB, Doe and the Haas minicampus are architecturally impressive. But others, not so much. For example, Wurster Hall? What's up with that? Wurster is the art and architecture building - so it's supposed to look good, right? Yet, we both know it's true that it's one of the biggest eyesores on campus. Is there any other building on campus that looks "worster" than Wurster? </p>
<p>The point is, I think the buildings of Caltech stack up quite comparably to the buildings of Berkeley. Granted, the best buildings at Berkeley are probably better than the best buildings at Caltech, but on the other hand, worst buildings at Berkeley are worse than the worst buildings at Caltech.</p>
<p>harvard doesn't really have much in the way of gothic. Its more Georgian brick. Yale and Princeton are the two ivies dripping with gothic.</p>
<p>Dartmouth is nice in the fall. Among LAC's, Holy Cross and Bowdoin are very pretty.</p>
<p>University of the Pacific
University of Puget Sound
Reed College
Whitman College
University of Montana
University of Idaho</p>
<p>Stanford and UCLA have strong Mediterranean influences, not the traditional Georgian Colonial or Gothic architecture which characterize East Coast schools. Berkeley is a mish-mash of turn of the last century influences such as Beaux Arts, etc.</p>
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Uh, the OP was asking for the overall campus feel, not specifically about buildings.
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<p>Yes, I know, but the OP also said "impressive buildings," and I don't see Stanford's campus to be "comparable to some of the older, more prestigious East Coast universities such as U of Chicago, Harvard, Princeton, etc."</p>
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For example, Wurster Hall?
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<p>I would say that most architecture at Berkeley is nice. I wouldn't say Wurster is ugly, but it isn't as beautiful as some of its other buildings.</p>
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The point is, I think the buildings of Caltech stack up quite comparably to the buildings of Berkeley.
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<p>Really, sakky, this is a matter of opinion, so there's no real point in arguing about it.</p>
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<p>True enough, but at least Harvard's New England Colonial brick style is authentic. Some of the red brick buildings in the Yard date back to colonial times (oldest = 1720). But Yale's Gothic is faux-Gothic - dating back only to the 1930s and is merely an imitation of Oxford/Cambridge architecture.</p>
<p>Some pics of Harvard Yard buildings:</p>
<p>Harvard</a> Yard: Information and Much More from Answers.com</p>
<p>kyledavid80,</p>
<p>You don't think Wurster is ugly? I guess I am just more picky than you. :rolleyes:</p>
<p>^^ the buildings here are ugly:</p>
<p>The</a> 20 Ugliest College Campuses in the USA - A List of all Ugly Colleges</p>
<p>I don't think Wurster is that ugly.</p>
<p>^I do second that Stanford's architecture is nothing like those in the east coast. I wouldn't say it's worse though. It's just different and it's not everyone's cup of tea. But everyone that I know and visited it was very impressed (apparently, they have no problem with the architecture) and you can't deny it's extremely well-kept.</p>
<p>Yes, Stanford's campus is very well-kept, and despite bearing little to no semblance to, say, Yale's architecture, it's pretty. I'm just one for variance -- the homogeneity of the architecture bores me.</p>
<p>indeed, Yale's gothic is fake. Then again, fake isn't so bad. Penn has plenty of genuine modern buildings which are...well, genuinely hideous abortions. So maybe fake isn't always a bad thing</p>
<p>Except when Princeton tries to shoehorn a new gothic dorm into their campus in the 21st century. Now that is tacky and backwards looking</p>
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<p>Uh, I wasn't talking about Stanford. I was talking about Caltech. Was that a typo of yours? </p>
<p>Secondly, I don't think we should be characterizing Chicago as an "older" East Coast School. Chicago is actually younger than Berkeley and is precisely ONE YEAR older than Caltech and Stanford. Yes, I know it wasn't you who said it - it was the OP - but nevertheless, I think needs to be made that Chicago is not an old school. It is actually a quite young school. </p>
<p>And frankly, I don't think UChicago is all that beautiful either. True, it has an old gothic feel. But I would hardly say that it looks better than Caltech (or Berkeley or Stanford). </p>
<p>Speaking of Harvard? The same. With the exception of HBS, Harvard's campus frankly isn't all that beautiful. I would actually say that Berkeley, Stanford, and Caltech actually look better than does Harvard (minus HBS which beats them all hands down). You go to Harvard for many reasons, but not for the beauty of the campus or the buildings. Now granted, I agree that Harvard looks better than MIT. But, honestly, that's really not saying much. </p>
<p>Now, something like Princeton? That is indeed a beautiful campus. But I would say it's quite comparable to Caltech.</p>
