Kresge Auditorium
Paths outward
- Location
- Cambridge, United States
- Year
- 1955
- Typology
- Education
- Materials
- Concrete, Glass, Metal cladding, Steel
- Context
- Modernism, Mid-century Modern
- Map
- Open location
Kresge Auditorium is an auditorium structure at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, located at 48 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts. It was designed by the Finnish-American architect Eero Saarinen, with ground-breaking in 1953 and dedication in 1955. The building was named for its principal funder, Sebastian S. Kresge, founder of S. S. Kresge Stores and the Kresge Foundation.
