Ugliest college buildings in the US

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<p>Ugly</a> college buildings across the world</p>

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<p>Without even looking, I was thinking how ugly the main library is at Northwestern. Sure enough, it was listed.</p>

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<p>This isn’t technically a building, but it is a structure: Belk Tower at UNC Charlotte. It looks like a giant pump needle reaching into the sky.</p>

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<p>I like how they just put the whole Colorado State University as one.</p>

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<p>I actually think both of the Stony Brook buildings (2 & 8) look pretty cool! I think having weirdly shaped buildings makes the college more interesting :D.</p>

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<p>Yeah, I liked a couple of them. The Oral Roberts building is very mid-century modern.</p>

<p>The Northwestern library is ugly but the old one (still standing) is even uglier. UW-Madison has some real winners too–the humanities building and Vilas Hall are legendary for their hideousness.</p>

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<p>@pandamic:</p>

<p>I don’t think there’s a problem with unusual architecture. But some things just don’t look right. And that dreary grey color really made that Stony Brook lecture hall look like something out of a prison. But, too each his own. Haha.</p>

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<p>I am surprised that they missed the business school building at Case Western.</p>

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<p>Oof, those are pretty darn ugly. I’ve never like the college buildings that look like some guys just dumped a bunch of concrete down from the sky.</p>

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<p>They could have put a whole bunch of bldgs from Calif schools on the list.</p>

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<p>I third the ugliness of Northwestern’s library! It’s a Brutalist eyesore. </p>

<p>Sally - when you say the old library, do you mean Deering Library?? That’s very lovely, and they just opened up the entrance so you can enter the main library through Deering. Long, long overdue in my opinion. Hard to call this ugly </p>

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<p>How could they miss [File:Wurster</a> Hall SW.jpg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia](<a href=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Wurster_Hall_SW.jpg]File:Wurster”>File:Wurster Hall SW.jpg - Wikipedia)</p>

<p>Or [File:Maples</a> Pavilion NW entrance.JPG - Wikimedia Commons](<a href=“http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Maples_Pavilion_NW_entrance.JPG]File:Maples”>File:Maples Pavilion NW entrance.JPG - Wikimedia Commons)</p>

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<p>Yes, PG, I was referring to Deering Library! The same one Frank Lloyd Wright said looks like a “pig on its back.” I like the windows but the overall shape is weirdly proportioned, in my opinion. Would love to go back and see it with the new opening, though.</p>

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<p>Great post! I am surprised that no buildings from the University of British Columbia were on the list. Vancouver is one of the most beautiful cities on the planet and we were so excited to go to the University of British Columbia for a half day side trip to see the aboriginal art display. The campus was green and lush, but the buildings for the most part were horrible. One of the most beautiful spots in the world smack in the middle of pristine nature and nasty architecture. Great school no doubt, but drab, weather stained, run down nastiness…</p>

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<p>The Javis Lecture Hall (Stony Brook 2) looks great if you’re about to be nuked (good fall out shelter).</p>

<p>It’s interesting to me that most are either concrete or avant garde.</p>

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<p>Surprised no one has mentioned the entire campus of Hampshire College. Almost 100% Brutalist, except for the barn.</p>

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<p>I’m not sure what its official name is, but UC Davis has a building called the “Death Star”. Impossible to both navigate and look at.</p>

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<p>^That is truly awful.</p>

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<p>A few buildings from the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities could have made this list as well</p>