Concrete critique: staffer ranks campus buildings

The P-Building’s placement as the best building on campus has nothing to do with the fact that The Oracle’s headquarters are located there, but everything to do with the fact that it is objectively the best building at Gunn. Situated right across from Spangenberg Theater, the P-Building shares all the aesthetic value of its next- door neighbor, with the added benefit that students are actually...

Such a high placement of the N-Building on this list may offend campus purists who are used to mocking the N-Building for its no-frills, almost Brutalist architecture. Indeed, at first glance, the N-Building sticks out like a sore thumb, and it’s not difficult to make an argument for it being the ugliest building at Gunn either. However, like all good things, the N-Building grows on students over...

The library is the perfect place to get away from the noisy hustle and bustle of high school thanks to its out-of-the-way location (and by virtue of it being, well, a library). The bathrooms are always clean and, at least for the girls’ bathroom, always empty, which means maximum privacy with minimum hassle—plus, the dispensers are always stocked with soap. Students can settle in at a quiet desk...

Disclaimer: this ranking is an objective evaluation of the buildings themselves, not of the classes or clubs that take place within them. That being said, the V-Buildings, also known as the Village (affectionately or derogatorily, depending on whom one talks to), is the most painfully located, visually disgusting “building” most students have ever had the misfortune of encountering. The V-Buildings...