Imagining MIT
Designing a Campus for the Twenty-First Century
$39.04
- Paperback
152 pages
- Release Date
25 February 2011
Summary
The story of the decade long, billion-dollar building boom at MIT and how it produced major works of architecture by Charles Correa, Frank Gehry, Steven Holl, Fumihiko Maki, and Kevin Roche.
In the 1990s, MIT began a billion-dollar building program that transformed its outdated, run-down campus into an architectural showplace. Funded by the high-tech boom of the 1990s and and driven by a pent-up demand for new space, MIT’s ambitious rebuilding produced five major works of arch…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262516112 |
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| ISBN-10: | 026251611X |
| Author: | William J. Mitchell |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 152 |
| Release Date: | 25 February 2011 |
| Weight: | 680g |
| Dimensions: | 191mm x 279mm x 10mm |
| Series: | The MIT Press |
| Audience Age: | 18 |
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“William J. Mitchell writes with wit and insight. He is the ideal guide to the architecture of the MIT campus.” Cesar Pelli , architect “William J. Mitchell writes with wit and insight. He is the ideal guide to the architecture of the MIT campus.”–Cesar Pelli, architect
About The Author
William J. Mitchell
William J. Mitchell was the Alexander W. Dreyfoos, Jr., Professor of Architecture and Media Arts and Sciences and directed the Smart Cities research group at MIT’s Media Lab.
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