<p>in your opinion, which ivy school has the best architectural design on their buildings?</p>
<p>It depends on what you like. I personally think that Yale's gothic campus is the most attractive, but then again I found a certain charm in Harvard's red brick buildings. I also like Dartmouth's rural beauty and I once saw this gorgeous image of a white building on an absolutely green lawn. So, I guess it depends on what particular architectural style you like best.</p>
<p>I like the look of gothic buildings too, but the classical buildings of Columbia are, to me, brighter and friendlier.</p>
<p>I've seen Penn and columbia.</p>
<p>columbia - classic (greek/roman) architecture. very nice. Whole campus is encased by walls/gates, is that cool or what?</p>
<p>penn-scattering of buildings, no particular theme as i can tell.</p>
<p>-Yale's gothic buildings are very nice, but they're all fake. Yale originally looked like its 'old campus' section. Now it's like a little Epcot world village bubble (but it's still hella nice)</p>
<p>-I love Columbia's campus that puts an emphasis on classical Western virtues of symmetry, grandeur, and perfection. It's my favorite--but I didn't want to do undergrad in NYC</p>
<p>-Penn probably has the most architectural diversity (for better or for worse). Unlike Columbia (which was clearly built from a Master Plan), Penn's campus has been built in a wholly piecemeal fashion, expanding as the university acquired new land and money. You have traditional collegiate gothic buildings, gorgeous Furness victorian work, and of course several 1950s-70s (ugh) modernist buildings (all of which are eyesores to me with but a few exceptions). Fortunately, most of the ugly buildings are slated for eventual demolition and replacement with more exciting postmodernist buildings like the Venturi buildings, several works under construction as we speak, and Huntsman Hall (which, love it or hate it, is at least an interesting work and a far more innovative and efficient use of space).</p>
<p>The university has also been doing an admirable job of expanding a New Urbanist architectural fabric throughout the surrounding urban area (exemplified in University Square and 40th St). With the acqusition of the Postal Lands, Penn has acquired a whole new canvas (and the majestic art-deco Post Office building).</p>