MIT Building 54

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MIT Building 54 is a prominent high-rise tower on the MIT campus that houses the Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences and is known for its meteorological and geophysical research facilities.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf academic building
campus landmark
high-rise building
university building
affiliation Massachusetts Institute of Technology
alsoKnownAs Cecil and Ida Green Building
Green Building
architect Araldo Cossutta
I. M. Pei
architecturalStyle Modernist architecture
campus MIT main campus
campusArea MIT East Campus
completionDate 1964
country United States
feature elevator core with exterior offices
rooftop meteorological instruments
seismological instruments
weather radar and sensors
wind-measurement equipment
floorCount 21 stories
function atmospheric sciences research
geophysical research
meteorological research
hasFacility classrooms
faculty offices
graduate student offices
research laboratories
hasViewOf Boston skyline
height approximately 277 feet
approximately 83 meters
houses MIT Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences
locatedIn Cambridge, Massachusetts
Massachusetts Institute of Technology campus
United States
material glass
reinforced concrete
namedAfter Cecil H. Green NERFINISHED
Ida Green
notableFor iconic part of MIT skyline
prominent tower visible across the Charles River
numberOfFloors 21
openingDate 1964
overlooks Charles River
owner Massachusetts Institute of Technology
primaryUse education
offices
research
tenant Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences faculty offices
Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences laboratories

Referenced by (2)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Cecil H. Green ("Cecil H. and Ida Green Building at MIT")
hasNamesake
Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences
locatedInBuilding

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