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Anonymous wrote:Taste is individual, so don't get angry at me if this is your thing, but I was quite underwhelmed. Campus looks like Taco Bell and the inside classrooms look like a strip mall insurance broker's office. At first I thought it looked like La Quinta hotels, but honestly La Quinta has much nicer interiors that most of the Stanford buildings. It may be newer but that isn't an excuse of bad architecture. Duke was built less than a 100 years ago and its campus is stunning.

Stanford's primary architectural style is the style of that region - it's old - not something new - and heavily influenced by Mission Revival and Romanesque. Taco Bell and La Quinta are copying that style. If you don't like it, that's your opinion and that's ok but your post comes across as immature and insulated. As a kid, I didn't care for most CA architecture. But as an adult, I have at least grown to accept and appreciate the historical and cultural influences of that region. I personally prefer the stone east coast (European influenced) campuses too, even over the pretty red-brick ones but they all have their place in history.

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Anonymous wrote:OP do you mean Spanish mission architecture? We go to different Taco Bells, and clearly you haven't spent much time in California. Please don't go around spouting off this uninformed opinion. It makes you sound petite bourgeoisie.

Op people are riffing on you but this actually is ugly and I love Spanish style architecture. This really looks like Mexican restaurant anchor strip mall

That's exactly what Stanford looks like--a chain Mexican restaurant in a strip mall.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This post is like a 2 year old providing their thoughts on a university. Incredible thoughts.

Everyone who has read this thread is now just a little bit dumber because of it.

+1

Anonymous wrote:taco bell has been remodeling, so, not anymore!

Anonymous wrote:For the culturally ignorant:

Mission Revival: https://noehill.com/architects/style_mission_revival.aspx

Spanish Colonial Revival:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_Colonial_Revival_architecture

California has an incredibly rich and diverse architecture, unlike the monoculture back East. Mission-style, Arts & Crafts, mid-century modern, energy efficient houses, googie, Victorian …

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Anonymous wrote:You people complaining about Stanford’s looking like a Taco Bell:

You remind me of my young nephew after he heard Led Zeppelin for the first time. He said “They are ripping off Greta Van Fleet!”

(And like me 30 years earlier hearing Howlin Wolf saying “he is covering Led Zeppelin”).

Think, for a minute, about the order of things.

Then go ahead and post.

Fine, Taco Bell looks like Stanford and both are ugly. Better?

Anonymous wrote:Taste is individual, so don't get angry at me if this is your thing, but I was quite underwhelmed. Campus looks like Taco Bell and the inside classrooms look like a strip mall insurance broker's office. At first I thought it looked like La Quinta hotels, but honestly La Quinta has much nicer interiors that most of the Stanford buildings. It may be newer but that isn't an excuse of bad architecture. Duke was built less than a 100 years ago and its campus is stunning.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This post is like a 2 year old providing their thoughts on a university. Incredible thoughts.

Everyone who has read this thread is now just a little bit dumber because of it.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Fine, Taco Bell looks like Stanford and both are ugly. Better?

Cry more.

Anonymous wrote:Fine, Taco Bell looks like Stanford and both are ugly. Better?

Anonymous wrote:You people complaining about Stanford’s looking like a Taco Bell:

You remind me of my young nephew after he heard Led Zeppelin for the first time. He said “They are ripping off Greta Van Fleet!”

(And like me 30 years earlier hearing Howlin Wolf saying “he is covering Led Zeppelin”).

Think, for a minute, about the order of things.

Then go ahead and post.