ABSTRACT
It was Winston Churchill who once famously remarked that: ‘We make our buildings, and afterwards they make us.’ For example, in the case of university campuses built during the 19th century, it is absolutely conceivable that in the minds of the architects there was a link between outward expressions of grandeur and the importance of the learning that was going on within. One of the many examples could be the main University College London (UCL) building designed by William Wilkins, a leading architect of the Greek Revival in England (see Figure I.I.1). With steps leading up to an enormous Corinthian portico reminiscent of the British Museum and a dome behind, this building expressed the underlying character and value system fostered by UCL at that time.
