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Many of UI’s buildings add to the flavor of the community. Each building on campus has something unique about its design relating back to the state of Iowa, such as the Boyd Law Building, which looks like a corn silo, or walkways that look like giant ears of corn. Most of the buildings on campus offer more than just classroom space—many of the facilities include a lounge and/or a small cafeteria. One of the best features on campus is the Pentacrest, which contains four different education and administrative buildings, and houses the old capitol building from back when the state capitol used to reside in Iowa City. In a freak accident during renovations some years ago, the gold dome of the building caught on fire, but has since been restored. Students enjoy the old capitol not only for its history, but because it’s a quiet place to study.

UI has a bad habit with its facilities, and this is starting to catch up with them. For example, the University will build a state-of-the-art facility, and over time, as renovations are needed, it will ignore them until the last possible moment. Then, it will knock down the old building and replace it with something new and state-of-the-art, which has become a problem in recent years because of significant budget cuts. The quality of the facilities largely depends on what your major is and where most of your classes are located. Although UI will claim “tradition” in many of its buildings, the reality is that they’re old and need to be improved.

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kristinaakolo

Civil Engineering '15

3.5

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Pretty Decent

Most of the buildings at Iowa are either fairly new or have been renovated recently. Van Allen (Physics Building) is pretty crappy regardless though. A brand new Rec Center was just built last year, its AWESOME to say the least. Open until midnight every night, great equipment too.

May 27, 2012

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GoHawksIA

Nursing '13

5.0

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Pristine Facilities

I never noticed this until I visited other colleges and universities. Iowa has some of the nicest facilities around. All computers on campus are name-brand and updated frequently. We have over 4 workout facilities and all of them have the latest equipment. Even the grass and landscaping at Iowa is something to see. The campus is absolutely gorgeous! It's a Big Ten institution and you can tell they put a lot of money into keeping everything updated and looking fresh!

May 12, 2012

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laurenkeltner53

Biology '15

4.6

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Campus Is Beautiful

The buildings are old, but very well maintained and restored. The downtown scene is very good with lots of good restaurants and bars to go to. The dorms are typical, nothing special and nothing horrible, though some don't have air conditioning. The rec center is massive and brand new. You'll always have something to do and a different sport or exercise to try. I was and continue to be very impressed with it.

May 02, 2012

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