Architecture critics across the country have taken notice of UC's remade campus. Photo/Jay Yocis

"Many students praise the 'modern and nice' campus as 'an urban oasis of amazing architecture' with amenities galore."   -- Princeton Review

"One of the most impressive collections of contemporary architecture on any American campus."   -- Los Angeles Times

"An international cultural destination."   -- Places Magazine

"One of the most architecturally dynamic campuses in America."   -- New York Times

"The spectacular revamp is one of the most significant acts of campus planning since Thomas Jefferson laid out his 'academic village' at the University of Virginia."   -- Chicago Tribune

"When it was deciding on its adventurous building program, the university embarked upon an equally venturesome master planning process. The steps they . . . are taking to carry out its mandates are in many ways models for the healing of America's stressed campuses."   -- Washington Post

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