构建块
Posted on December 11, 2023 by 托马斯Becnel
An architectural tour of the 十大玩彩信誉平台 begins with a string of mid-century modern buildings set in suburban west Mobile.
Instead of grand towers around a grassy quadrangle, as seen on so many college campuses, the 南 structures blend into the piney woods. Lots of reddish tan brick and thin 窗带. A modest start for a commuter college, founded in 1963, just beginning 成长.
Over the years, as enrollment increased and students began living on campus, University buildings became more eclectic and ambitious. Fewer flat roofs and slit windows. 更多的 courtyards and atriums, metal fixtures and curtain wall glass.
Marx Library, built in 1968, got a dramatic expansion and face-lift in 2003. 一代 of 南 students have enjoyed a four-story glass wall which offers natural light and sweeping views across campus.
南 architectural guidelines now call for three- and four-story structures with distinct levels of brick and cast stone. Gateway buildings to campus include the Health Sciences Building, the Student Recreation Center and Shelby Hall. 这三个都是l型的 structures with striking rotundas that join separate wings. 在早期，建筑 on campus were constructed with buff and red bricks. 最终，趋势发生了变化 变成更一致的红色.
The center of the 南 campus is also home to a trio of historic buildings that were 搬到西莫比尔. The Toulmin House, a Creole cottage built in 1828, is one of the oldest structures in Mobile County. The Marx House provides an example of a 19th-century townhouse design called “side-hall-with-wing.” Finally, there’s the Seamen’s Bethel, which was an antebellum chapel built for sailors passing through the port of Mobile.
Across campus along University Boulevard, the future of 南 is ready to take shape 用a的结构 新弗雷德里克P. Whiddon College of Medicine building. The medical school will feature the clay brick Dark Palomino, manufactured by the Watsontown Brick Company, and include design elements that embrace the first buildings of a small college that became the Flagship of the Gulf Coast.