May 7, 2004

MIT Splices Whimsy Into Its Architectural DNA

By LAWRENCE BIEMILLER

Sprouting cubes and cones, Frank O. Gehry's new building melds student life and learning

Map: Showing the Ray and Maria Stata Center, Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyBy LAWRENCE BIEMILLER

A nine-story assemblage of tumbling cubes and toppling cones has been stealing attention lately from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's shallow classical domes and the iconic "infinite corridor" that connects all of its academic buildings. And MIT officials couldn't be

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