Green Building (MIT)
The Cecil and Ida Green Building, also called the Green Building or Building 54, is an academic and research building at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The building houses the Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences (EAPS). It is one of the tallest buildings in Cambridge.
| Cecil and Ida Green Building | |
|---|---|
Occupied spaces of the Green Building begin 30 feet (9.1 m) above ground level. | |
| Alternative names | MIT Building 54 |
| Etymology | Cecil Howard Green (MIT BSEE and MSEE, 1924) |
| General information | |
| Type | Research labs, education |
| Architectural style | Brutalist |
| Location | MIT Campus - East |
| Address | 21 Ames Street |
| Town or city | Cambridge, Massachusetts |
| Country | US |
| Current tenants | MIT Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences Department (EAPS) |
| Construction started | 1962 |
| Opened | 1964 |
| Height | |
| Architectural | 277 feet (84 m) |
| Tip | 295 feet (90 m) |
| Technical details | |
| Structural system | Shear wall |
| Material | Reinforced concrete |
| Floor count | 18 |
| Floor area | 130,502 square feet (12,124.0 m2) |
| Lifts/elevators | 3 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | I. M. Pei (MIT BArch, 1940) Araldo Cossutta |
| Website | |
| https://calendar.mit.edu/building_54 | |
| References | |
| I. ^ "Green Building". Emporis. Archived from the original on April 16, 2019. | |
The Green Building was designed by I. M. Pei, who received a bachelor's degree in architecture from MIT in 1940, and Araldo Cossutta. Principal donor Cecil Howard Green received a bachelor's degree and master's degree from MIT and was a co-founder of Texas Instruments.
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