architecture of Doe Library in UC Berkeley?

Question

I have to write a paper about the architecture of the Doe Library in UC Berkeley and how it's similarities to Greek temples. There are questions that I have no idea what the answer are..How is the Greek architecture appropriate for a modern university? How is it appropriate for a library? What are the differences from a Greek temple (for example the Parthenon) to the Doe Library?

PLEEASE help, i am going crazy over this paper.

Answer 1

It's all about image. Classical Greek architecture evokes images of Aristotle, Socrates and other great philosophers. Since Berkeley is regarded as a rather 'high brow' university, it seems fitting that it would want to relate to classical Greece.