Kresge Auditorium, also known as MIT Building W16, located at 48 Massachusetts Avenue in Cambridge, Massachusetts, was built from 1954 to 1955 and was designed by Eero Saarinen. It sits near the MIT Chapel that Saarinen also designed, in the West Campus of MIT. (Source: AIA Guide to Boston.‹›
Kresge Auditorium

Eero Saarinen

Exterior · Cambridge, United States · 1955

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Kresge Auditorium, also known as MIT Building W16, located at 48 Massachusetts Avenue in Cambridge, Massachusetts, was built from 1954 to 1955 and was designed by Eero Saarinen. It sits near the MIT Chapel that Saarinen also designed, in the West Campus of MIT. (Source: AIA Guide to Boston.

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