At many universities, Deans and Masters of residential colleges live on campus with the students in homes that are right by or attached to the dorms. They supervise the students, engage in campus life, and arrange for parties and dinners and the like. Their families live there, and they conduct their whole lives from these homes as if they had bought the house themselves. And they drive cars. And therefore have garages. And therefore have garage doors.
So what kind of garage doors do the best of the best utilize? These brilliant men and women, the top intellectuals in the nation: what do they put on the facade of their homes? It's an interesting question, something most people wouldn't even have thought of. But who else to look for for good decisions than the smartest men and women in the nation.
For all that buildup, the reality is a little disappointing. To be honest, they're kind of basic. For all the beautiful architecture that graces campuses around the country, nobody seems to take notice of the way a garage door can totally effect the look of a building. I see lots of metal, some basic dark green painted doors, and some black composite doors. Ho hum.
Why don't they look into some nice wooden carriage style doors? Or cottage-looking ones for the places whose architecture fits that description? Or something with a little design-y flair? Why not something that at least matches the building its attached to? It's so strange to see marble buildings and then little dinky aluminum garage doors with no personality. It's a little jarring.
Honestly, looking around campus makes me realize that many of the buildings are made quite ugly by poor choice in garage door. It's a mistake that should be rectified, especially since new construction is happening all the time.