<p>One of the oldest knocks against Wesleyan is that no two of its buildings are alike. I prefer to think of it as a virtual museum of American architectual styles. As such, three of its architects figure prominently in the recently published, “America’s 100 Favorite Buildings” issued by the AIA:</p>
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<p>Listed at #7 - The Lincoln Memorial designed by Henry Bacon (who also designed Olin Library, Eclectic, Clark Hall and Van Vleck Observatory)</p>
<h1>!7 - The Metropolitan Museum of Art, “a who?s who of American architecture” with major additions designed by McKim Mead & White (who also designed Harriman Hall, Shanklin Laboratory and the old Squash Courts)</h1>
<p>as well as Kevin Roche (who also designed the Center for the Arts.)</p>
<p>Other college buildings to make the top 100: Harvard’s Sever Hall (#77.) It was designed by Henry Hobson Richardson who thanks to a book by Lewis Mumford titled “The Brown Decades”, gave his name to an entire school of architecture. If you look closely, you can see some “Richardsonian” elements in the newly stripped down Fayerweather, next to “The Uz”; The Air Force Academy’s Cadet Hall (#51); Furness Fine Arts Building, Univ. of Pennsylvania (#54); and, the Legal Research building of UMich (#94.)</p>
<p>While you’re at it: Don’t forget #27, Monticello, who’s architect (Thomas Jefferson) designed the entire original Grounds for UVA, including the Rotunda and Lawn Pavilions.</p>
<p>Yes, it’s a fun site. For example, Earo Saarinen’s Gateway Arch in St. Louis is #14. Saarinen is perhaps best known in Connecticut as the architect behind Yale’s Stiles and Morse dormitories.</p>
<p>And Cass Gilbert, whose U.S. Supreme Court Building comes in at #15, is the architect responsible more than any other for Oberlin’s stately charm (three buildings there, including Finney Chapel, Allen Museum of Art and Cox Administration Building.)</p>
<p>Among other modernist entries are the Rose Center for Earth and Space (#33) designed by James Stewart Polshek who is also responsible for the brand new Williams College student center,</p>
<p>The Apple Store Fifth Avenue (#53) designed by Bohlin Cywinski Jackson who will be in charge of much of the disruption at Williams for the next four years with the addition of three modernist buildings to their central campus, </p>
<p>And, of course, Louis Kahn, who taught at Penn for many years (and designed their iconic Biochemistry Building) is represented by his Library at Philips Exeter (#80.)</p>
<p>Too bad there’s no Frank Gehry stuff on the list or we could include the Bard College Fisher Center. <a href=“http://fishercenter.bard.edu/about/[/url]”>http://fishercenter.bard.edu/about/</a></p>
<h1>99. Walt Disney Concert Hall.:D</h1>
<p>Great! That legitimizes my contribution to the thread.</p>
<p>And I guess I have to own up to these, too:
UVA’s Cocke, Rouss, and Old Cabell Halls were all done by Stanford White who also rebuilt The Rotunda after a fire. White said he’d be “damned throughout eternity” (or something close) for closing off TJ’s Lawn with Cabell Hall, and his abortion of a rehab of the Rotunda wasn’t corrected until around 1976 when it was returned to it’s original form.</p>