OU is, of course, well-known for football, with the recent south endzone renovation to Gaylord Family Memorial Stadium shown in this first shot.
However, as we'll see in this photo essay, the campus is also known for its distinctive architectural style. Here we have Bizzell Memorial Library...
Bizzell's architecture, like that of other buildings at OU, reminded me of the Collegiate Gothic style, exemplified by the University of Chicago and UCLA's Kerckhoff Hall. Gothic architecture includes such features as towers, pointed arches, gargoyles, and other assorted frills. However, OU's architecture has a name of its own, Cherokee Gothic, which none other than Frank Lloyd Wright coined during a visit to the campus.
A similar style is seen at Carpenter Hall, a facility for music, dance, and theatre, shown in the next two photos straight-on and from further back on the lawn...
Jacobson Hall (home of the Visitor Center) may not be as Gothic as some of the other buildings at OU, but it features something unique of its own: A replica of the famous Robert Indiana LOVE sculpture (look for the blue letters toward the left-hand side of the photo).
Next is the Price College of Business. OU recently opened up the new Rainbolt Graduate School of Business off-campus in Oklahoma City, so presumably only undergraduate programs remain at Price.
Readers interested in learning more about OU are encouraged to check out the book The American College Town, which I reviewed here. The author, Blake Gumprecht, attended graduate school at OU and he writes a lot about it.
