text: No, I drove past it during construction almost everyday. It's real brick. The construction appeared to be high quality. My problem is the unimaginative design. With the size of the architecture department and all the architects in this town, it's rather amazing how poor the buildings are in this little city. Almost all newer ones are formulaic and, in a word, boring.
  Like it or not, Thom Mayne's "new" federal courthouse is a breath of fresh air. As the surrounding landscape grows up around it, it will soften. I'm mystified by those who call it a glass building, It has a lot of it, of course, as do all modern buildings. But it's far from the Jaqua center or the proposed Eugene City Hall...