Building News:
Boston Tower
2007-
Renzo Piano Building Workshop
1000ft high, 75 storeys
for Redevelopment Authority of Boston / Developer Steve Belkin
Controversial tower, subject to change / delay at time of writing

Key Boston Architecture (alphabetical):
Insititute of Contemporary Art
2006
Diller + Scofidio
Location: Harbour, south Boston Waterfront
6000sqm: Gallery + Theatre + Cafe + Bookshop + Digital Media Centre

John Hancock Tower, Copley Square, Back Bay district
1968-76
I.M. Pei, Architect
The John Hancock Tower : tallest building in New England
790ft high, 60 storeys
Hancock Place due to be overtaken by Renzo Piano's Boston Tower
Tallest building in Boston for 3 decades

MIT Chapel, Cambridge
1955
Eero Saarinen

Simmons Hall, MIT
2003
Steven Holl Architects

Stata Center for Computer, Information & Intelligence Sciences, MIT
2004
Frank Gehry



Boston Skyscrapers:
Prudential Tower
-

Trans National Place – proposed tower
1175 ft high

South Bay Tower – proposed tower
800 ft high

South Station Tower – proposed tower
800 ft high

Moshe Safdie Principal Office: Boston, 1978-
Boston architects - Moshe Safdie

Boston Airport

Logan International Airport - Concourse

Modern Projects:

Baker Dormitory, MIT campus
1947-48
Alvar Aalto

MIT Chapel, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge
1955
Eero Saarinen, Architect

Schlesinger Library - Renovation, Harvard University, Cambridge
2004
Venturi, Scott Brown and Associates

Massachusetts Architecture



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