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12. SMU, 30 Most Beautiful College Campuses in Texas

Postby deucetz » Wed Oct 11, 2017 9:20 am

https://lendedu.com/blog/30-beautiful-c ... ses-texas/

12) Southern Methodist University – Dallas, TX

With a total 237 acres among the wide sprawl of urban Dallas, SMU is a respite from the surrounding city bustle. The majority of the buildings are done in the Georgian Revival style, supposedly designed after the University of Virginia’s Rotunda by the team of Boston architects that first spearheaded the campus development. The oldest building on campus is Dallas Hall, named in honor of the supporting local community, and the most substantial project in recent years has been the development of the George W. Bush Presidential Center, which holds the former president’s library and museum. The school also prides itself on its many open green spaces and its numerous tree-lined walkways.
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Re: 12. SMU, 30 Most Beautiful College Campuses in Texas

Postby NavyCrimson » Wed Oct 11, 2017 10:03 am

Lol. Whatever. Well everybody has their own opinion of beauty.
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Re: 12. SMU, 30 Most Beautiful College Campuses in Texas

Postby Stallion » Wed Oct 11, 2017 10:57 am

Geez Texas A&M No. 1-which is butt-ugly and Texas Tech ahead of SMU-yeah right

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Re: 12. SMU, 30 Most Beautiful College Campuses in Texas

Postby mustangxc » Wed Oct 11, 2017 3:12 pm

The only one that can reasonably be ranked ahead of SMU in Texas is Rice. This list is garbage.
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Re: 12. SMU, 30 Most Beautiful College Campuses in Texas

Postby tristatecoog » Wed Oct 11, 2017 9:41 pm

Now that's Fake News.
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Re: 12. SMU, 30 Most Beautiful College Campuses in Texas

Postby ponyboy » Thu Oct 12, 2017 1:48 pm

mustangxc wrote:The only one that can reasonably be ranked ahead of SMU in Texas is Rice. This list is garbage.


Drive by there every day M-F. It is a nice campus, especially with the addition of the modern coffee shop outside their Fondren Library.
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Re: 12. SMU, 30 Most Beautiful College Campuses in Texas

Postby gostangs » Thu Oct 12, 2017 5:18 pm

I like Rice's campus but I bet 7 out of 10 would say ours is nicer.

A&M is the ugliest of all Texas campus's. This must be satire.
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Re: 12. SMU, 30 Most Beautiful College Campuses in Texas

Postby PonyTime » Fri Oct 13, 2017 8:37 am

If that is the author - then it is a 20 year old kid from New Jersey who went to Univ. of Deleware. He knows nothing - probably never even set foot in the state of Texas.
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Re: 12. SMU, 30 Most Beautiful College Campuses in Texas

Postby b_caesar » Fri Oct 13, 2017 10:21 am

Plenty of other opinions out there...here are two lists of the most beautiful campuses in the USA, not just in Texas...

http://www.businessinsider.com/most-bea ... as-texas-5

https://www.cntraveler.com/galleries/20 ... in-america
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Re: 12. SMU, 30 Most Beautiful College Campuses in Texas

Postby SoCal_Pony » Fri Oct 13, 2017 2:04 pm

just curious, but which buildings are NOT in the Georgian style?
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Re: 12. SMU, 30 Most Beautiful College Campuses in Texas

Postby b_caesar » Fri Oct 13, 2017 3:08 pm

SoCal_Pony wrote:just curious, but which buildings are NOT in the Georgian style?


As far as I am aware, the Neuhoff Catholic Student Center, across the street East of the Simmons School buildings, is the only one that doesn't conform. The plans got approved and it was built using SMU-style bricks, but clearly it is not "in the Georgian style."

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Re: 12. SMU, 30 Most Beautiful College Campuses in Texas

Postby smusic 00 » Fri Oct 13, 2017 5:25 pm

Meadows is contemporary/mid century. Umphrey Lee doesn’t really comply, too.
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