Green Building (MIT)

The Cecil and Ida Green Building (Building 54) is an academic building at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts. It was designed by noted architect I. M. Pei, a graduate of the institute.

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Cambridge, Massachusetts - Architect - I. M. Pei

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The Green Building was constructed 1962-1964. It is 21 stories tall, with a concrete facade that more or less matches the older limestone around it. The basement of the building is below sea level and connects to the MIT tunnel system. Three elevators operate in the Green Building. There are staircases on both the east and west sides of it. On the "Lower Level" (actually one story above ground level), is 54-100, a large lecture hall. The 2nd floor contains the Lindgren Library, part of MIT's library system.

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1962 - 1964 - Limestone - Sea level - Tunnel - Elevators - Staircases - Lecture hall

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This is the main building for the Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Science (EAPS), which is known as Course 12 by most MIT students. The department headquarters is on the 9th floor of the building. The lower floors of the building contain the Planetary Science section. The middle floors have the Earth Science section (Geology, Geophysics, and Geochemistry. The upper floors house the Atmospheric Science section (which also includes Oceanography and Climatology). The professors' offices face the Charles River and Boston, while the labs and graduate student offices look out on Cambridge.

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Headquarters - Planetary Science - Earth Science - Geology - Geophysics - Geochemistry - Atmospheric Science - Oceanography - Climatology - Professors - Charles River - Boston - Graduate student

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