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West - I am disappointed, too, in the details of how they are building students residences -- and also in the massive scaling! -- which is really the antithesis of the humanist ideal. And, for a college that promotes and identifies itself with the 'humanities' (let's hear it for Stokes Hall!) it...

Even with "vines" you need good architecture underneath. Vines are the 'garnish', if you will, but architecture is the 'meal'! To those who would denigrate BC for adopting a 'Disney-like', neo-gothic theme, you would have to include many, many other colleges and universities guilty of that --...

Re: Boston College Master Plan debut Hmm, Neo-Renaissance palazzo with 21st Century glass addition stuck on it. What an aesthetic contrast! I would have stuck with the palazzo...

Re: Boston College Master Plan debut St. Mary's Hall is looking better than ever with its restoration, and there's an interesting looking "courtyard" on the northeast side, atop a new below-grade parking garage. Can only see it by a webcam on the BC site. Wonder if anybody has seen it and has...

Re: Boston College Master Plan debut Italian?! That's a breeze compared to the statistics course I took in Carney! May I strike the match...? Seriously, besides being an aesthetic wasteland, how is it that its one redeeming feature, the grassy courtyard formed by the three-sided building...

Re: Boston College Master Plan debut Reliable inside sources have told me that Carney will be next to go down (in the near future), to be replaced by a collegiate gothic style dining hall, with, possibly, a cathedral ceiling. McElroy will be replaced sometime down the road with yet another...

Re: Boston College Master Plan debut Such a good school and such lousy facilities. Until now. You must remember that BC's fortunes about twentyfive years ago were a joke. When I was an undergraduate there in the '70s it was on the verge of insolvency. That's when former president Monan took...

Re: Boston College Master Plan debut Anybody have information on what is being done (added?) to the east side of St. Mary's Hall, even as the exterior renovation appears to be complete?

Re: Boston College Master Plan debut Do you mean the way it looks now?!;) Seriously, though, the only (somewhat) redeeming feature of St Thomas More Hall was the stone clad exterior walls. Would that that were the case with the new dorm.

Re: Boston College Master Plan debut "a downgrade" -- but better than what it's replacing.

Re: Boston College Master Plan debut Yes, BC has done (and continues to do) a wonderful job of restoring its old, academic buildings and erecting new ones. I complain when I see dorms built or designed along the 'mega mindset'. A sense of human scale is lacking and, as a result, they will...

Re: Boston College Master Plan debut I wonder which architectural firm will be used for this project.

Re: Boston College Master Plan debut Looks like it will have the same stone/brick combination used on Stayer Hall --again, not visually pleasing. And, that brick color... It's too bad that more emphasis isn't being put into its appearance, as it will be the first main campus building one sees...

Re: Boston College Master Plan debut Agreed, mixing modern (exterior glassed-in stairwells?) with neo-gothic looks more suitable for a strip-mall -- the kind of architecture that was dubbed "trashitecture" by an 80's tv show called "Pride of Place" (I think that's the name...). I don't mean to...

Re: Boston College Master Plan debut Thank you for the link, racer. I saw the renditions of the new dorm that will replace More Hall. I wish they would re-think the design. It is just too large and clunky. Five stories above ground with a mix of pitched and flat roofs. It has gables and looks...

Re: Boston College Master Plan debut That's a lot of capital for construction/improvements! I wonder what will be next on the list -- demolition of More Hall for a new dormitory?

Re: Boston College Master Plan debut The Jesuits will return to St. Mary's after the renovations, although the newly built residence (part of the Brighton Campus) for them will continue to house some. Additionally, the south wing of St. Mary's (I believe) will be converted to academic use...

Re: Boston College Master Plan debut I wonder if they'll take on two projects at once. They are, after all, far removed from each other. palindrome, have you seen any designs for the dorm?

Re: Boston College Master Plan debut BeeLine, Thank you for posting those excellent pictures! Indeed, if BC continues to build with such high quality I look forward to the next addition(s) to campus. I've heard from inside sources that Carney Hall on Middle Campus is next slated for the...

Re: Boston College Master Plan debut Any other shots of the arches -- clear of obstacles?