{"id":19166,"date":"2022-05-09T16:43:45","date_gmt":"2022-05-09T20:43:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/?p=19166"},"modified":"2022-05-09T16:43:45","modified_gmt":"2022-05-09T20:43:45","slug":"why-is-oneill-so-ugly-from-the-exterior","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/2022\/05\/09\/why-is-oneill-so-ugly-from-the-exterior\/","title":{"rendered":"Why is O&#8217;Neill so ugly from the exterior?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/aw050922-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"318\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/aw050922-1.jpg\" alt=\"Why is O'Neill so ugly from the exterior? Why would they build a brutalist library when all of the surrounding buildings are collegiate gothic?\" class=\"wp-image-19120\" srcset=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/aw050922-1.jpg 318w, https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/aw050922-1-298x300.jpg 298w, https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/aw050922-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/aw050922-1-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 318px) 100vw, 318px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Why is O&#8217;Neill so ugly from the exterior? Why would they build a brutalist library when all of the surrounding buildings are collegiate gothic?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Brutalism had a surge in popularity mid-century, and Bapst had run out of space just around the tail end of that era. Brutalist buildings on otherwise collegiate gothic buildings are fairly common. If you want to see a brutaist campus in its full glory, take a visit to UMass Dartmouth; it is truly jaw dropping. To learn more about brutalism, check out the Bapst NA682.B7 range.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brutalism had a surge in popularity mid-century, and Bapst had run out of space just around the tail end of that era. Brutalist buildings on otherwise collegiate gothic buildings are fairly common. If you want to see a brutaist campus in its full glory, take a visit to UMass Dartmouth; it is truly jaw dropping. &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/2022\/05\/09\/why-is-oneill-so-ugly-from-the-exterior\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Why is O&#8217;Neill so ugly from the exterior?&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19166","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19166","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19166"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19166\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19167,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19166\/revisions\/19167"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19166"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19166"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19166"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}