Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Simmons Hall (Cambridge, MA) : Some of the 5,500 two feet square windows perforating the concrete block, with reveals painted in primary colors

Creator:

Holl, Steven, 1947-

Published/Created:

229 Vassar Street, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
opened 2002

Physical Description:

382 ft (length)

Date Depicted:

6/14/2008

Materials:

reinforced concrete block; glass; steel

Notes:

At the cost of $78.5 million, it is MIT's most expensive dormitory built on campus since Baker House. Ten stories tall, housing 344 undergraduates, plus faculty housemasters, visiting scholars, and graduate resident tutors (GRTs, MIT's equivalent of an RA

Topics:

Architecture -- United States -- 21st century -- (YVRC)

Period/Style:

Twenty-first century

Culture:

American

Accession Number:

1A1-HST-SH-A06

Genre:

architecture (AAT)
dormitories (buildings) (AAT)

Format:

Image

Content Type:

Sculptures, Models, & Architecture

Rights:

Copyright Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc
The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.

Access Restrictions:

Yale Community Only

Digital:

buildings; dwellings; dormitories (buildings)

Source Creator:

Gilchrist, Scott

Source Title:

Archivision Addition Module Eight

Source Created:

2878 Chamonix, Montreal QC
Archivision, Inc.
6/14/2008 12:00:00 AM

Source Note:

Purchase, Visual Resources Collection, May, 2013; photographer Scott Gilchrist

Yale Collection:

Visual Resources Collection

Digital Collection:

Visual Resources Collection

Local Record Number:

4654

OID:

10890604

PID:

digcoll:2306540