Simmons Hall.

Simmons Hall is a dormitory on the Massachusetts Institute of Technology campus, Vassar Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts. It was designed by architect Steven Holl, and dedicated in 2002. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology, or MIT, is a research and educational institution located in the city of Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. MIT is a world leader in science and technology, as well as in many other fields, including management, economics, linguistics, political science, and philosophy. ... City Hall - Cambridge MA Cambridge is a city in the Greater Boston area of Massachusetts, United States. ... Steven Holl (born 1947, Bremerton, Washington) is an American academic architect best known for the 1988 Kiasma Contemporary Art Museum in Helsinki, Finland and the controversial 2003 Simmons Hall at MIT. Holl graduated from the University of Washington in 1970, established his offices in New York City in 1976, and...

It is 382' long and 10 stories tall, housing 350 undergraduates, faculty housemasters, visiting scholars, and graduate assistants. The structure is concrete block perforated with some 5,500 two-foot square windows. An 18" wall depth provides shade in summer while allowing the winter sun to help heat the building.

Simmons Hall won the 2003 American Institute of Architects Honor Award for Architecture, and the 2004 Harleston Parker Medal, administered by the Boston Society of Architects and awarded to the "most beautiful piece of architecture building, monument or structure" in the Boston area. The American Institute of Architects (AIA) is the professional organization for architects in the United States. ... Alternative meanings: Boston (disambiguation) The 18th-century Old State House in Boston is surrounded by tall buildings of the 19th and 20th centuries. ...