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[LefseBison]

I don't know if there are any older architecture graduates here (I am most certainly not a graduate at all) but I have a ton of architecture friends from my days as a volunteer historic preservationist. Anyway, they had class or drawing stuff or whatever in those QUONSET huts. I kid you not. It would be freezing in winter, hot in summer, putting on sweaters, pulling off, etc. But dang, the architects I knew turned out fabulous. The Renaissance Hall Arch Dept as well as Klai Landscape are so beautiful. Night and day. Call me crazy but did they keep one of those Quonset huts as a keepsake reminder or something?

[IndyBison]

I don't know if there are any older architecture graduates here (I am most certainly not a graduate at all) but I have a ton of architecture friends from my days as a volunteer historic preservationist. Anyway, they had class or drawing stuff or whatever in those QUONSET huts. I kid you not. It would be freezing in winter, hot in summer, putting on sweaters, pulling off, etc. But dang, the architects I knew turned out fabulous. The Renaissance Hall Arch Dept as well as Klai Landscape are so beautiful. Night and day. Call me crazy but did they keep one of those Quonset huts as a keepsake reminder or something?

I had 3rd year studio in that quonset hut. It was a joy. Early 90s.

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[GreenfieldBison]

I'm told that I lived in one of those quonsets back in the mid fifties. They were married student housing back then. I wasn't married at the time but I was related to a student who was.

[56BISON73]

I had 3rd year studio in that quonset hut. It was a joy. Early 90s.

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They were around in the 70s as well.

[LefseBison]

They were around in the 70s as well.

And apparently on good authority, the "mid-50s" as well.

[The_Sicatoka]

Glad to hear NDSU raised the funds to get the State grant (25% NDSU / 75% State).
It was getting late to hit the number to get the State dollars.

The UFO* has got to go, and many labs need updates (if not for facilities, for safety).
And this will force Xcel to update their infrastructure so they don't have another on-campus transformer leak (and the ensuing remediation).


*The circular building was introduced to me as "the UFO" ... partly because of its shape, partly as an abbreviation for "ugly freakin' officebuilding".

[LefseBison]

Bumping this up for the announcement.

[roadwarrior]

Richard Offerdahl - Class of 1965 - $25 million gift!

[GCWaters]

I had 3rd year studio in that quonset hut. It was a joy. Early 90s.

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They were in use in '93, when I got here. I remember that getting rid of them was one of Chapman's priorities....didn't one of them get moved over to the west side of the campus and used for surplus or something?

[LefseBison]

They were in use in '93, when I got here. I remember that getting rid of them was one of Chapman's priorities....didn't one of them get moved over to the west side of the campus and used for surplus or something?

I know one was close to the area where the Football Complex was, but it was a while ago. As a former historic preservationist, I think we need to keep reminders of our past. Cannot just tear things down indiscriminately. The "round" building, yea, it can go. Just think if a decision was made to tear down the former Northern School Supply Building but Doug Burgum came along and made it into Renaissance Hall. Same with Lincoln Mutual and John Klai came along to make it Landscape Arch. And the old Pioneer Mutual with its crazy red blinking sign - and it was made into Barry Hall.

The Quonsets have an incredible history, maybe a War relic, Architectural studios and egads! ....An early-day home to Greenfield Bison.