Rate my University... Building?!

[pitchfork]

Bloody hell I almost didn't recognise the RL buidling without the horribly oxidised copper.

Wasn't a fan when I was at Plymouth, some of the buildings were ok, but most were ****e. Especially cookworthy, that was like an oven.

I'd like to have gone to an old established university for the architecture, but couldn't stand the elitism and the big city life.

 

[Maccapacca]

Terrible building for somewhere that has art design and architecture as a main faculty

 

[manic_man]

I'll have a go, spent enough time at Manchester uni now that I have been taught (or have spoken in at least) quite a few of the notable buildings.

First has to be the Whitworth building. I always love that this thing is almost in the city centre. Arguably UMISTS old flagship building is more impressive architecturally, but I prefer the neo-gothic thing that this one has:

Following on from that I suppose should be the universities new flagship building (this is arguable but hey), I present: "The Gas Drum", sorry I mean "University Place":

Finally, one I really like, the Alan Turing maths building, it's one of a few in the same style, but I prefer the Alan Turing one because I'm a geek!

 

[Devrij]

Aberdeen Uni didn't have any nice buildings, the campus in old Aberdeen was nice, but I spent most my time in Fraser Noble which was hideous

ST. Matt's campus at UWE, where I did my Sociology Degree. I believe they've shut it down now and moved everything to the red brick nightmare that is Frenchay, but I always liked it

 

[Dunks]

Bringing back some memories with Fraser Noble, Devrij! Graduated last year from Aberdeen in Mechanical Engineering

 

[Devrij]

Bringing back some memories with Fraser Noble, Devrij! Graduated last year from Aberdeen in Mechanical Engineering

Then you did what I could not! I started a BEng there waaaaaay back in 2004, but I had a few personal issues to iron out, as well as my father passing away so I ended up bailing out after my 2nd year, which is how I ended up in bristol doing my BA. I should have stayed!

The first common year nearly killed me with the electrical eng modules though.

 

[Cleisthenes]

As soon as I read the title I thought of my uni (plymouth) and the roland levinski building!

 

[Dunks]

Then you did what I could not! I started a BEng there waaaaaay back in 2004, but I had a few personal issues to iron out, as well as my father passing away so I ended up bailing out after my 2nd year, which is how I ended up in bristol doing my BA. I should have stayed!

The first common year nearly killed me with the electrical eng modules though.

Same, they were pretty brutal! Complex notation with AC, eurgh.

 

[physichull]

Boom.

Snap, physics building on the left edge of the crescent and the odd lecture in a theatre just off the Great Hall.

 

[Irish_Tom]

Arts University Bournemouth (or The Arts Institute Bournemouth while I was there).

 

[jon86]

Does it have a name? I was at UEA and I don't remember it ever having a name. Then again, I'm really unobservant.

I was at UEA too ('04 - '07) and it was called the 'Arts building' when I was there. There was two main entrances from the concrete walkway, aptly named Arts 1 and Arts 2.

 

[Skidder]

i was at Royal Holloway for my undergrad and lived in founders for a year (the nice red brick building in the OP). I then went to UCF in Florida where the buildings were big and shiny but nowhere near as attractive.

 

[tomparker95]

Not a uni, a school/college. Got built in 2012, and just started my second year of 6th Form there, Year 13. Nice building .....In Lancing, West Sussex

 

[wingman]

Not a Uni, but I spent two years completing my AAT here;

Baskerville House, Broad St, Birmingham.

 

[ethan]

I think my old uni wins the wooden spoon award. I present to you Bowland Tower in all it's splendour.

Concrete jungle innit.

Hanley (old) bus station

 

[DanTheMan]

This thread has made me realise that Manchester has no nice looking buildings. They may be very technologically advanced such as university place which has a main lecture theatre that has a fully retracting wall to create two separate theatres but the building is ugly as hell.

 

[daz]

Maughan Library at KCL

 

[Devrij]

This thread has made me realise that Manchester has no nice looking buildings. They may be very technologically advanced such as university place which has a main lecture theatre that has a fully retracting wall to create two separate theatres but the building is ugly as hell.

One of the rooms in St Matthias had a fully retracting wall, but you had to do it manually. It was a bit stiff and creaky too. It's old tech bro!

That said, I would have traded aesthetically pleasing old buildings with no double glazing for a warm "state of the art" room any day.

 

[craptakular]

Second one is Royal Holloway is it not?

It was a nice building, but I think the Georgian Architecture would have got too much after a while.

I'll post a few up:

Being a 60's Uni, a lot is concrete, but pretty sure that Norman Foster designed quite a bit of it way back when.

Ziggurats: Listed building, recently was on the cover of one of The Streets Albums.

The main building. Don't even know what it's called.... It's so big that frankly you have to look at it from Google Maps.... I think until recently it was the longest building in Europe.

TPSC, newer building, quite nice, not too bad

kd

same for me

 

[Friss]

Finally, one I really like, the Alan Turing maths building, it's one of a few in the same style, but I prefer the Alan Turing one because I'm a geek!

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