This ancient building is where I was tortured with the most challenging class so far in my pursuit of a bachelor’s in electrical engineering degree, “Circuits Lab 2.” Is the university keeping this building for nostalgia’s sake? I have breathed enough asbestos and dust to last me a lifetime. The bathrooms are always hot and sweaty, and everyone is scrunched up in front of the urinals shoulder to shoulder. Don’t even get me started on how disgusting this building becomes during game days. As an unlucky engineering student, we have to work through such social activities, so, needless to say, I was there working on designing circuits while just outside the doors, you can hear the drunk game watchers running around unrestrained! As I was leaving for the day, the stench of the beer smell, the sight of the beer cans all over the place made me feel sad for the site. I understand the university keeps it open so that people can use the restrooms there and get out of the heat for a little while, but we can do much better! Oh, boy! Ok, my Yelp review is over! I hope to see everyone back in the fall!

Designed and built in 1965 in Heber Springs, Arkansas, by E. Fay Jones, the Shaheen-Goodfellow Weekend Cottage was originally built as a gettaway cottage for landscape architects Bob Shaheen and Curt Goodfellow. Also known as Stoneflower due to the slim upper-story part of the house that appears to grow out of the stone base, the cottage was designed to be budget-friendly while staying unique. This lead Jones to develop an idea for supporting the ceiling by intersecting wooden beams. This method gave the house its iconic, vertically-focused appearance.

The Pinecote Pavilion was designed by E. Fay in Jones in 1985 and is located in Picayune, Mississippi. The pavilion utilizes an exposed light wood frame system, allowing every architectural element to be exposed inside and out, and was designed to be a symmetrical shed. The structure was built entirely out of indigenous material and native pine while resting atop a base of earth-toned brick. These elements combined with the vertical columns that lead to a thin, sprawling roof help the structure mimic the surrounding theme of nature; tall trees and the wings of birds.

Designed and built by E. Fay Jones in 1988, the Mildred B. Cooper Memorial Chapel is considered to be the sister to the Thorn Crown Chapel which was also designed by Fay almost a decade earlier. The chapel was built mainly out of steel and glass on a hill overlooking Lake Norwood in Bella Vista, Arkansas. Again, Fay drew most of his inspiration from gothic style architecture with 15 main arches that vault 50 ft. into the sky.

The Thorn Crown Chapel is primarily a wood and glass chapel nestled in the Ozark Mountains. Designed and built by E. Fay Jones in 1980 for Jim Reed, a retired school teacher who wanted a chapel for his friends, families, and visitors to the Ozarks to become closer to God. The ceiling consists of a network of crisscrossing pine wood beams with the outer facades being mainly composed of glass panels to allow occupants a full view of the surrounding scenery from inside the chapel. Jones drew his inspiration of the chapel from the gothic Chapel of Paris.

This building is the town hall for the town of Eystur, Denmark. Its architect is internationally famous architect Henning Larsen. The building is incredibly unique, because it’s built to fit right into the ground. The roof of the building is covered in the natural grass surrounding the building. It’s even built over a stream. Pretty incredible and very sustainable.

The Moesgaard Museum, Located in Denmark, was designed by international architect Henning Larson. Dedicated to archaeology and ethnography of Denmark. A beautiful building and a physical representation of Scandinavian architecture.

The Copenhagen Opera House, located in Denmark, is a national opera house and one of the most modern opera houses in the world. It’s architect is Henning Larsen, an internationally known Scandinavian architect. Completed in 2004, the building cost over half a billion US dollars to complete, making it one of the most expensive buildings on Earth.

This building, located in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, was designed by internationally known Scandinavian architect Henning Larsen. This building house the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and deals with any foreign relations. It is known for Larsen’s blend of Scandinavian and Arabian style of architecture.

Bizzell Library has always stood out to me as the heart of OU’s campus. I remember touring the campus my senior of high school and when we toured the inside of the library, I distinctly remember thinking “this is where I want to go to college”. The Cherokee Gothic style architecture always reminded me of Gothic style buildings that I had seen growing up and it’s always left me with a sense of grandeur every time I pass it on campus.