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WEBOct 24, 2019 · Absent the occasional police car or fire engine appearing at its top, outwardly MIT’s Great Dome has remained as it was since 1916, a symbol of the classical ideals of education and...
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WEBA permanent installation there is One.MIT, a mosaic image depicting the MIT Great Dome, formed by etching more than 270,000 names on a 6-inch-diameter silicon wafer. The names of all the people known to be associated with MIT from its founding (1861) to 2018 were incorporated into the etched image, as well as an enlarged 6-foot (1.8 m) image on ...
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WEBWelcome to Dome at the MIT Libraries. Search the MIT Libraries' digital collections -- images, media, maps, and more... Featured Collections. Intrinsic Attributes of Built Form Assemblage. (4530 items) Digitized images from the teaching, research, and projects of MIT Professor Maurice K. Smith.
MIT’s Great Dome is reborn
WEBFeb 15, 2013 · Starting Feb. 27, the reading room will be open 24 hours a day, seven days a week to members of the MIT community. The dome’s ingeniously engineered oculus is reopened, letting natural light flood the rotunda of the Barker Library reading room.
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WEBFeb 20, 2013 · The dome of the reading-room rotunda is nested inside the 100-foot-wide Great Dome; the two domes converge at the room's circular skylight, or oculus, which is 27 feet in diameter and set in the center of both. The “luminous ceiling” that was installed in the early 1950s. Photo: MIT Museum.
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WEBEstablished in 1861, MIT has since played a key role in the development of modern technology and science and has been ranked among the top academic institutions in the world. The MIT School of...
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WEBOn the MIT campus. Stop by Killian Court and the Great Dome, one of the most iconic spots on campus. Take in the galleries and exhibits at the MIT Museum, where art, science, and technology intersect. Explore public art on campus, including works by Picasso, Calder, and other major artists.
Great Dome renovation, Building 10 - Massachusetts Institute of …
WEBGreat Dome renovation, Building 10. This highly visible restoration project resolved water leaks above Barker Library and restored the integrity of MIT’s most recognized landmark – the Great Dome.
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WEBStop by Killian Court, the leafy oasis where we hold each year’s Commencement, and gaze up at the Great Dome. (At 8,800 square feet, it’s larger than the domes of St. Paul’s in London and the U.S. Capitol Building.
Great Dome skylight restoration, Building 10
WEBSunlight once again shines through the oculus in MIT’s Great Dome, thanks to the restoration of the skylight as originally designed in 1913 by MIT alumnus William Welles Bosworth. MIT blacked out the skylights in buildings 7 and 10 during World War II to evade detection by potential enemy bombers.