MIT Stata Center

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academic building landmark research facility university building

MIT Stata Center is a strikingly unconventional academic complex at MIT designed by architect Frank Gehry, known for its deconstructivist architecture and housing research labs, classrooms, and offices.

Aliases (2)

Ray and Maria Stata Center ×5
Stata Center ×3

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	academic building → landmark → research facility → university building →
architect	Frank Gehry →
architecturalStyle	deconstructivism →
campus	MIT campus →
campusAddress	32 Vassar Street, Cambridge, MA →
constructionStartDate	1999 →
contains	auditorium → cafeteria → classrooms → faculty offices → research laboratories → student spaces → underground parking →
country	United States →
defendantInLawsuit	Gehry Partners, LLP → Skanska USA Building Inc. →
developer	Massachusetts Institute of Technology →
engineer	Skidmore, Owings & Merrill →
hasAlternateName	Building 32 →
hasDesignFeature	brick facades → fragmented forms → glass curtain walls → irregular shapes → multi-colored facades → stainless steel cladding → tilted walls →
hasIssue	drainage problems → mold growth concerns → water leakage problems →
hasLegalIssue	construction defects lawsuit →
housesDepartment	MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory → MIT Department of Linguistics and Philosophy → MIT Laboratory for Information and Decision Systems →
knownFor	complex geometry → deconstructivist design → unconventional architecture →
locatedIn	Massachusetts Institute of Technology →
locatedInCity	Cambridge, Massachusetts →
locatedInNeighborhood	Kendall Square →
namedAfter	Maria Stata → Ray Stata →
officialName	Ray and Maria Stata Center →
openingDate	2004 →
owner	Massachusetts Institute of Technology →
plaintiffInLawsuit	Massachusetts Institute of Technology →
previousSiteOf	MIT Building 20 →
structuralEngineer	Skidmore, Owings & Merrill →

Referenced by (10)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
MIT Cambridge campus ("Stata Center") → MIT Cambridge campus ("Ray and Maria Stata Center") →	hasBuilding
Building 32 ("Ray and Maria Stata Center") → MIT Stata Center ("Ray and Maria Stata Center") →	officialName
Building 32 ("Stata Center") →	alsoKnownAs
Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory ("Ray and Maria Stata Center") →	building
Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory →	campus
Cambridge, Massachusetts →	hasLandmark
Maria Stata ("Stata Center") →	nameOf
MIT Building 20 ("Ray and Maria Stata Center") →	replacedBy