It was the most modern building in the academic oval (at least in my time) with an architecture markedly different from that of Palma, Melchor, and Malcolm Halls. Compare that to where we are now in a state-of-the art building in the heart of the Bonifacio Global City.
The imagery of the two structures juxtaposed in my mind is enough symbolism for how fast things have changed (and improved!) in that span of time. Change In the last two to three decades, the world has become a very different place transformed by digital revolution and technological advances in almost every field and industry.