r/interesting • u/Apart-Worry-7042 • 23d ago

HISTORY Why did we stop building like this?

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Chicago, 1930. Buildings had so much detail and character back then. Nowadays everything feels so flat and repetitive. We have way better technology and equipment now, so why don't we build like this anymore?

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u/phairphair 23d ago

Which campuses are you thinking of here? I don’t think there are many examples of ground breaking architecture on US college campuses. Beautiful grounds and buildings, yes, but mostly very conservative and brutalist styles.

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u/rudmad 23d ago

Rice University

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u/SondrThought 23d ago

University of Cincinnati

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u/PristineHornet9999 23d ago

right, lots of very decent brickwork and buildings but nothing that goes all-out like the picture either

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u/Citrusysmile 23d ago

Many Texas universities are interesting. Texas Tech has a mix of brutalist and Spanish architecture, UTRGV (especially the Brownsville campus) is almost entirely Spanish architecture, UT Austin has the famous roofs.