UCLA has the best campus out of all UCs?

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of California - Los Angeles
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<p>Is this true? Idk when I visited UCLA, the campus was VERY different from Berkeley's...I thought it would be something similar.</p>

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<p>That’s completely subjective.</p>

<p>Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.</p>

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<p>it depends what kind of atmosphere you like, because UCLA is in fast pacing city and Cal is not the same. depends person to person</p>

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<p>“UCLA is in fast pacing city and Cal is not the same.”</p>

<p>That’s an interesting comparison of Westwood to Berkeley!</p>

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<p>Westwood is not in downtown LA, so don’t think it is. It’s in a very rich suburb-type area. I personally love it, and I think that UCLA is one of the prettiest schools I have ever visited and seen. I find myself comparing other schools to it (ie I was not impressed with Miami’s appearance compared to UCLA).</p>

<p>To show how nice it is: they have filmed many movies there, including Legally Blonde.</p>

<p>I think it’s nicer than San Diego and Irvine, the two other UCs I’ve seen.</p>

<p>But then again, beauty is not a reason to choose a school.</p>

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<p>If Westwood is fast-paced then Berkeley must have tumbleweeds.</p>

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<p>Haha, yeah. Westwood is pretty laid back. I’ve visited 15+ times to see my sister, and it’s nothing like downtown where my dad works.</p>

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<p>The architecture at UCLA is just average. Only the center court containing Powell and Royce look good. The architects did a good job at making the school appear scholarly and I would say that we have the best looking center amongst all the UCs; however, the other parts of the UCLA campus look rather patchy.</p>

<p>UCLA has numerous architectural disasters. Bunche Hall comes to mind really quick. Broad ooks like it was built on a budget. Kerckhoff was built in the Gothic style in honor of the student union at Berkeley. Big mistake. The M&S Building looks like a big high school building. As a matter of fact, practically every part of the UCLA campus look horrendous other than the center court.</p>

<p>The exceptions are probably Sunset Village, De Neve Plaza, and Rieber Court. The exterior of our dorms look nice. The plaza rooms are rented out for events at De Neve. The sculpture garden is okay.</p>

<p>I think there are UCs with better overall architecture than UCLA but they don’t recieve as much attention because they tend to be far less prestigious. For example, UC Santa Cruz has award winning architecture. Each one of its colleges has a nicely planned themes and you don’t come across architectural “mistakes” every hundred yards.</p>

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<p>Kerkhoff looks awesome at sundown.</p>

<p><a href=“http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a6/Kerkhoff_Hall,_night,_UCLA.jpg[/url]”>http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a6/Kerkhoff_Hall,_night,_UCLA.jpg&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>PAB is a nice building, and Young isn’t that bad. I think some of the stuff further south is ok too. Franz and Knudsen are hilariously awful. Bunche is a terrible building, inside and out.</p>

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<p>We used to call Bunche Hall the “waffle building”. It makes it more endearing. I think.</p>

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<p>Maybe some helicopters should come and carry Bunche away :rolleyes:</p>

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<p>Or pour maple syrup on it. :smiley: Yum!</p>

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<p>The Bunche building makes me shiver D: (I have a weird phobia of too many ‘holes’)</p>

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<p>I agree with sentimentGX4.</p>

<p>The central campus with Royce and Powell is gorgeous, but beyond that UCLA’s buildings appeared to be several afterthoughts and lacked conceptualization. Kerckhoff is a great example. Beautiful building, but it does not go with anything else on campus and it’s location is very random. As one radiates out of the central campus the buildings are reminiscent of poor funding. The buildings are bland, boxy and are not maintained very well. It is quite sad. The same can be said about Berkeley, but Berkeley is known for it’s ‘unique’ students and campus. I believe Berkeley is unique in the sense that it’s one of the few universities in California that does not primarily build Romanesque or Spanish architecture. Stanford, USC, and UCLA are all known for their Romanesque campuses. Some people love it, others do not. The same architecture can be found at Chico State. However, in their defense, it is part of the California culture and history.</p>

<p>Case and point.
UCLA
<a href=“http://www.lindsaydeutsch.com/media/photos/LACO/RoyceHall.jpg[/url]”>http://www.lindsaydeutsch.com/media/photos/LACO/RoyceHall.jpg&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Chico State
<a href=“http://www.tammyvertrees.com/images/Chico_State’s_Kendall_Hall.jpg[/url]”>http://www.tammyvertrees.com/images/Chico_State’s_Kendall_Hall.jpg&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Stanford
<a href=“http://static.panoramio.com/photos/original/6912702.jpg[/url]”>http://static.panoramio.com/photos/original/6912702.jpg&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;