Coolest looking/Ugliest building on campus

[CycloneErik]

Ross Hall is butt ugly unless you have a thing for blockish concrete with no windows in the classrooms.

I'm sentimental for Ross Hall as a history degree, but yeah, it is pretty ugly, inside and out.

[Al_4_State]

Ross is a soulless building, aesthetically. Some of those Science (Science I and II, etc) buildings are pretty drab as well.

[Frak]

the engineering/computer science/stats buildings west of the library are all incredibly boring looking

The Stats building (Snedecor) was renovated recently and it doesn't look too bad now. But Atanasof right next to it is definitely ugly. Another one to add to the ugly list would be the Zaffarano physics addition.

[CloneIce]

Town Engineering - Ugly, old, the building was built purely for functionality with no aesthetics in mind. I guess that would make it perfect for Civil Engineering. It also stinks from the Asphalt Lab on the 1st floor. Yep, had to spend the majority of my collegiate time there, I'd go over to the Design Building for lunch and it was like a completely different world.

[Bipolarcy]

Some holiday weekend discussion: What buildings do you think are the best looking on campus and which ones do you walk by and think "Man, either they ran out of money or the architect was pretty bad".

I'll say that the buildings that I like the most are Lagomarcino and the renovated Morrill. My "WTF were they thinking" buildings would start with Science 2 and Town Engineering.

BTW, if anyone wants to see how some of the new buildings are coming along, here are some webcams:

ISU Facilities Planning and Management

I always thought Memorial Union was impressive. It has all kinds of nooks and crannies and it looks tall and not so tall at the same time. I don't know any other way to describe it. It's almost like an optical illusion.

And it has different appearances depending on which direction you're looking from, almost different styles of architecture. Looking from one direction, it looks like some low-slung, edifice with a terrace to catch the summer breeze that you might see on the Mediterranian shore, and from another angle, it looks like a stone fortress in the Austrian Alps or a five-star hotel in New York.

[Sousaclone]

Ross and Carver aren't going to win any beauty awards any time soon. Town isn't exactly a looker either.

[Frak]

Town Engineering - Ugly, old, the building was built purely for functionality with no aesthetics in mind. I guess that would make it perfect for Civil Engineering. It also stinks from the Asphalt Lab on the 1st floor. Yep, had to spend the majority of my collegiate time there, I'd go over to the Design Building for lunch and it was like a completely different world.

I had a job in one of the Town labs on the first floor as an undergrad. It was the environmental lab. Basically testing all kinds of environmental samples...from water from Sailorville lake to hog/cattle lot lagoons. Testing manure for Nitrogen was pretty much cooking poop. That was probably the smell you're talking about.

[CloneIce]

I had a job in one of the Town labs on the first floor as an undergrad. It was the environmental lab. Basically testing all kinds of environmental samples...from water from Sailorville lake to hog/cattle lot lagoons. Testing manure for Nitrogen was pretty much cooking poop. That was probably the smell you're talking about.

MMM... good stuff. Stinky, ugly, and mostly devoid of women. That's how I remember Town.

Always liked how Howe, Design, and the Parks Library looked. Also liked Moli Bio.

I think Gilman had to be the windiest building on campus, loved how there was a wind tunnel running through their and papers flying everywhere.

[IcSyU]

Nothing worse than Gilman.

Gilman actually doesn't look too horrible anymore now that it has new windows. Same goes for Physics and Sci 1.

Ross is a soulless building, aesthetically. Some of those Science (Science I and II, etc) buildings are pretty drab as well.

Ross is godawful. As are Heady and East.

The Stats building (Snedecor) was renovated recently and it doesn't look too bad now. But Atanasof right next to it is definitely ugly. Another one to add to the ugly list would be the Zaffarano physics addition.

QFT.

[azn4cy]

Gilman actually doesn't look too horrible anymore now that it has new windows. Same goes for Physics and Sci 1.

Gilman has new windows? I bet it's still 8000000000 degrees in there though.. any season.

[iccyfan]

When I first stepped foot on the ISU campus, there were "temporary" WWII surplus structures in the courtyard west of Bearshear / north of Carver / south of the Hub, and this was in 1981. You youngsters have no idea how far that campus has come...

I don't like the blue-glass library addition - never have - should have matched the architecture of the original building...

How can people profess love for Beardshear and leave out it's cross-campus counter anchor, Curtis?

[Al_4_State]

When I first stepped foot on the ISU campus, there were "temporary" WWII surplus structures in the courtyard west of Bearshear / north of Carver / south of the Hub, and this was in 1981. You youngsters have no idea how far that campus has come...

I don't like the blue-glass library addition - never have - should have matched the architecture of the original building...

How can people profess love for Beardshear and leave out it's cross-campus counter anchor, Curtis?

I love Curtiss. Underrated building for sure.

[IcSyU]

Gilman has new windows? I bet it's still 8000000000 degrees in there though.. any season.

Yep. Tinted as all hell too. They're damn near pitch black. I don't know if they went in with Physics' windows last year or this year's set that are going in now.

[linkshero]

The Physics department set out to create a space void of any creativity. They accomplished the nearly impossible feat, and it was eventually named Carver Hall, and given to Math and Business......



The Design building is interesting from the outside, but I once had an Art professor who said no real art could ever come from that place. I don't think he liked the way the inside was arranged, or the fact the rooms and doors had numbers on them. He was a great teacher....one of the best I had.

[BryceC]

I spent most of my undergrad in Ross. Just a terrible building.

I like Beardshear for the size. Catt is pretty cool. Lago was always nice to chill in the courtyard between classes.