Kresge Auditorium
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Location:
MIT
48 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge
Massachusetts
USA
coordinates: 42.3580704,-71.0950165
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Building names(s): Kresge Auditorium
Architect/Designer: Eero Saarinen
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Completion date: 1995
structure: thin-shell structure, one-eighth of a sphere rising to a height of 50 feet, and sliced away by sheer glass walls so that it comes to earth on only three points. Thin shelled concrete technology was innovative for the times. The dome weighs only 1200 tons and is clad with copper. Sitting on a circular brick platform. facilities: concert hall (with seating for 1226 people), theater (seating 204), two rehearsal rooms, dressing rooms, offices, bathrooms, and lounges.
updated on: 18 August 2010 | suggested on: 23 August 2010 |
Suggested By LT