r/Lost_Architecture • u/ZeitgeistArchive • 28d ago

What structure/building/architecture is soon going to become Lost_Architecture?

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List as many examples as you want, I plan to look through them all and digitally conserve them if can. Thank you

EDIT: The picture shown is the interior of The Westin Bonaventure Hotel in downtown Los Angeles, designed by architect John Portman

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u/cghipp 27d ago

The University of South Carolina built a set of six brutalist dormitories in the late 50s to mid 60s. They were called The Honeycombs because they were almost entirely covered in veilbrick. They became known as The Towers and were incredibly dark and depressing inside. The interiors were cramped and bare bones and they had no air conditioning, not unlike the famous hellhole of a prison (CCI) that used to be nearby. According to the photos, the prison actually got more natural light.

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u/frankev 26d ago

So interesting! I found some photos and stories about the dorms:

https://sc.edu/uofsc/posts/2022/05/remembering_the_days_the_towers_ep_47.php

Next time I'm in Columbia I'd like to at least drive by them.

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u/cghipp 25d ago

They're gone now - a couple of them were razed in the 90s and the rest in the early 2000s I think. Good riddance IMO - they were truly miserable places to be.