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Stanford University

By: Joncas, Richard [author.].
Contributor(s): Neuman, David J [author.] | Turner, Paul V [author.] | SpringerLink (Online service).
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: The Campus Guide: Publisher: New York, NY : Princeton Archit.Press, 2006.Edition: second edition.Description: IX, 191 p. online resource.Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781568986647.Subject(s): Architecture | Architecture / Design | Architecture, generalDDC classification: 720 Online resources: Click here to access online
Contents:
The Stanford Campus: Its Place in History -- The Stanford Campus: Into Its Second Century -- to the Guide -- The Stanford Farm and Other Early Buildings -- The Original Campus: 1886–1906 -- The Beaux Arts Era: 1906–1940 -- The Post-War Campus 1945–1980 -- The Arrival of Modernism: 1945–1980 -- Nearing the Centennial: 1980–1991 -- Restoration and Renewal: 1989–2000 -- Into the Next Millenium: 2001–2005.
In: Springer eBooksSummary: During the almost thousand-year history of universities, campuses have always been physical spaces. As we end the twentieth century, some univ- sity interactions have moved to cyberspace and the level of activity there grows at a breathtaking speed. At this stage of development, however, the university is still localized in time and space.The university as a place has found its most striking expression in the Anglo-Saxon world. Oxford, Cambridge, Harvard,William and Mary,Yale, Princeton,Virginia, and Stanford are all physical places, campuses to which students remove th- selves for a number of years.They are also places students feel connected with for the rest of their lives. For alumni, memories of their colleges or universities clearly include the physical setting and the architecture or architectures that make up the campuses. I am not aware of “exit interviews” that ask graduating seniors about “environmental influences” on their education in anything other than a metaphorical sense. On the other hand, students and alumni returning to their alma mater frequently display a feeling of “homecoming” that parallels what may be experienced on a return visit to one's hometown: famous landmarks and cozy corners trigger associations that are historical, aesthetic, personal.
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The Stanford Campus: Its Place in History -- The Stanford Campus: Into Its Second Century -- to the Guide -- The Stanford Farm and Other Early Buildings -- The Original Campus: 1886–1906 -- The Beaux Arts Era: 1906–1940 -- The Post-War Campus 1945–1980 -- The Arrival of Modernism: 1945–1980 -- Nearing the Centennial: 1980–1991 -- Restoration and Renewal: 1989–2000 -- Into the Next Millenium: 2001–2005.

During the almost thousand-year history of universities, campuses have always been physical spaces. As we end the twentieth century, some univ- sity interactions have moved to cyberspace and the level of activity there grows at a breathtaking speed. At this stage of development, however, the university is still localized in time and space.The university as a place has found its most striking expression in the Anglo-Saxon world. Oxford, Cambridge, Harvard,William and Mary,Yale, Princeton,Virginia, and Stanford are all physical places, campuses to which students remove th- selves for a number of years.They are also places students feel connected with for the rest of their lives. For alumni, memories of their colleges or universities clearly include the physical setting and the architecture or architectures that make up the campuses. I am not aware of “exit interviews” that ask graduating seniors about “environmental influences” on their education in anything other than a metaphorical sense. On the other hand, students and alumni returning to their alma mater frequently display a feeling of “homecoming” that parallels what may be experienced on a return visit to one's hometown: famous landmarks and cozy corners trigger associations that are historical, aesthetic, personal.

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