Monday, August 16, 2010

MIT : Massachusetts Institute of Technology

       MIT or Massachusetts Institute of Technology is private research and technology university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded by William Barton Rogers in 1861 in order to respond the dramatically increasing of industrial demand of the United States with strong emphasis on scientific and technological research.You can reach this destination by taking T subway and get off at Kendall/MIT.There are many  architecturally fansinating buildings in campus which was the first in the United States named MIT's School of Architecture and it also has a history of commisioning progressive buildings.Let's see some interesting building below, you will be impressed by MIT's work.

MIT design

The Stata Center
       The picture above shows stainless steel jet architectural buliding design which is a place of Department of Linguistics and Philosophy.The abstract City Beautiful movement influenced Bosworth's architecture which features the Pantheon-esque Great Dome,
faculty the Barker Engineering Library, which overlooks Killian Court, where annual Commencement contests are held. The friezes of the limestone-clad barrio about Killian Court are engraved with the names of important scientists and philosophers. The great dome located next to Charles river which there is a fire truck on the top of great dome by students on Septemner 11,2006.
MIT Great dome
At front of great dome
        By the time I went there didnt' see the fire truck on the roof, maybe it was removed for some reasons but great dome still looks elegant by its unique architectural design.


English tip for today.

        Behind and In back of
In back of is very informal.
INFORMAL :
        Jack, put your bicycle in back of the house.
BETTER :
        Jack, put your bicycle behind the house.

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