I..Am..Speechless

[Via Chicago]

http://campussqueeze.com/static/20-ugliest-colleges-in-the-USA.html
i saw this posted on Chicagoist and am dumbfounded. Campus Squeeze (blog) named IIT the 9th ugliest campus in the U.S. But this is the comment that made my jaw drop...

They need to get better architects at these schools.

Whaaaa??? Its a sad, sad world we live in.

[sentinel]

What do you expect from a bunch of net nerds that are apparently 11 years old LOL - it's like a list of who's cute and who's ugly in a grade school lunch room (like the South Park episode!!).

[Via Chicago]

Originally Posted by sentinel

What do you expect from a bunch of net nerds that are apparently 11 years old LOL - it's like a list of who's cute and who's ugly in a grade school lunch room (like the South Park episode!!).

oh, im not saying the source holds any sort of credibility at all. but it still made my head do a 360. my brain just couldnt process the information it was being fed

[PuyoPiyo]

Hmm.. some of the buildings in that link aren't THAT ugly.

[wrab]

Maybe he was just having a bad day when he visited IIT, hung over, not enough coffee, who knows? But UIC should've been a contender.

[Via Chicago]

Originally Posted by wrabbit

But UIC should've been a contender.

I would have no argument there

[cbotnyse]

Originally Posted by wrabbit

But UIC should've been a contender.

I quickly skimmed the first post and saw "campus" and "ugly" in the same sentence, I thought for sure it must be UIC.

[Dr. Taco]

hey, screw you guys!

[i_am_hydrogen]

Originally Posted by cbotnyse

I quickly skimmed the first post and saw "campus" and "ugly" in the same sentence, I thought for sure it must be UIC.

Agreed. UIC should definitely be on that list. It's far and away the ugliest campus I've ever seen.

[Cbautz]

^ LOL I totally Agree!!!!!!!

[Steely Dan]

UIC's problem for me has always been that the pieces don't hang together all that well. there are some absolutely fantastic works of brutalism like university hall or the science and engineering offices, but then there are those atrociously ugly walter netsch "snow flake" buildings like the art and architecture building that are just bad, bad, bad.

[Tom Servo]

i agree with you there dan...

They need to get better architects at these schools.

HAAAAAAHAHAHAHA!!!
wow... yeah, mies... what a crappy choice... and jahn and koolhaas... don't get me started! EWWWY!!

The low-rise buildings are so nasty and dull that they feel like a blast from the past.

yeah, mies sux... they should've gone with something much more beautiful and timeless like...



http://campussqueeze.com/the-20-most-beautiful-colleges-in-the-usa/


IIT is a suxy blast from the past... EW!

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/225/469335943_f9de6dd4d1_o.jpg




http://www.arcspace.com/architects/koolhaas/McCormick-Tribune/

http://blog.livedoor.jp/modernarchitecture/archives/cat_50016623.html

http://chicagoist.com/images/2004_jahn_iit_dorms.jpg


http://www.lynnbecker.com/repeat/Jahn/jahn.htm

http://www.landliving.com/image/IIT_8.jpg



http://www.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/kgi/projekte/rub_expo/k5/k5_t4.htm
what a bunch of low rise crap

oh and BTW... to the dumbass who wrote the review of IIT... crown hall is not the main building... the burnham & root armour building is...




IIT is so ugly that the only thing that could save it is to tear the whole thing down and rebuild something really timeless like something gothic or classical... 'cause that's what beautiful schools like princeton look like...






http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/fnart/fa267/mies.html



IIT's dullness just makes me yuck!!

[X-fib]

Originally Posted by i_am_hydrogen

Agreed. UIC should definitely be on that list. It's far and away the ugliest campus I've ever seen.

You can put UW Oshkosh in contention for this honor! The article author is either: 1) Not a Mies fan or, 2) Doesn't know Mies from Pres. Bush!

[Alliance]

Oh My God...that guy is a complete and flaming retard.

Urine must tast good to him.

Sorry, there were more beautiful "campus" pictures on his "worst" list than his "best"

[big T]

Being an IIT alum with pictures I took of the campus hanging on the wall I'm looking at right now, this very much feels like a personal insult and pisses me off to no end. The beauty of blogs -- people yapping about things they don't have the first clue about. I suddenly feel Lecom's pain and share his bleak outlook on the Interweb in general (re: Lecom's recent skybar thread for those who've seen it)

BTW thanks for the pictures Adrian

[Tony]

lol, Some people's ignorance knows no bounds.

[mhays]

The buildings in AdrianXSands' post and the Campus Squeeze page apparently appeal to a lot of architects, but do you really think the general public likes them, on average?

Personally I agree with the general public. The majority of these buildings are hideous. Some are cool, and others are cool in some ways. But yeah, most of us will take a high quality faux historic building over Mies anyday.

[bnk]

Originally Posted by wrabbit

Maybe he was just having a bad day when he visited IIT, hung over, not enough coffee, who knows? But UIC should've been a contender.

I doubt he ever visited the campus.

This guy is a total tool that knows nothing about architecture.

He embarrasses himself and does not even know it.

But I figure when they let the comments come back on-line he will get an ear full from some of our more qualified forumers on this topic.


"They need to get better architects at these schools. " ??? Ahaahaah!

[Visiteur]

Just because we like certain buildings doesn't mean the general public does.

I could have done without the bashing bashing IC in order to compliment Cornell.

[Alliance]

Originally Posted by bnk

"They need to get better architects at these schools. " ??? Ahaahaah!

Maybe he could post more pictures of POMO crap or palm trees to show us what "beauty" is.