Meet the new buildings; same as the old buildings? This morning, the Chronicle of Higher Education looks at a handful of campuses to answer the question of how a university builds upon architectural perfection. (Spoiler alert: "Give up imitation, hire a good architect, and then get out of the way.") The measuring stick used? Why, dear ol’ UVA, of course.
"[Jefferson’s] white columns and Chinese Chippendale balustrades became the required vocabulary for almost everything built there in the past century," notes the Chronicle. "[E]ven though a 366,000-square-foot basketball arena with a 1,500-space parking garage has no business whatsoever pretending to look like Monticello." Ouch!
Speaking of white columns, C-VILLE spent some time at the UVA lacrose matches at Klockner Stadium this weekend. Read HOOYA’s accounts of the games here and here, and pick up tomorrow’s issue for more.
