Looks Like Teen Spirit

The University Gateway Project, latest in the Figueroa facelift,  jettisons its hijab.

Bricks and chunky massing, Brutalism with a masonry veil, giantic volumes masquerading as decoration.

Neo-trad(itional) to the max, bookending the more laudable Galen events center, shunning revered, Islamo eccentric neighbor, The Shrine Auditorium.  

Ugly.  Effective?  TBD.....