Kline Biology Tower

Kline Tower
Kline Biology Tower on Science Hill.
General information
Status	Completed
Type	University
Location	219 Prospect Street New Haven, Connecticut 06511
Coordinates	41°19′02″N72°55′21″W / 41.3172°N 72.9224°W / 41.3172; -72.9224
Construction started	1962
Estimated completion	1966
Cost	$12 million [1]
Height
Roof	251 ft (77 m)
Technical details
Floor count	16
Design and construction
Architect(s)	Philip Johnson
Developer	Yale University
References
[2]

Kline Tower is a skyscraper in New Haven, Connecticut. Formerly Kline Biology Tower, this building is currently the tallest on the Yale University campus and the sixth-tallest building in New Haven. ^{[3] [4]} It was the tallest building in the city from 1966 to 1969, and was designed by Philip Johnson, ^[3] who also designed the nearby—and architecturally related—Kline Geology and Chemistry Laboratories. ^[5]

The building was previously home to the Yale Department of Biology. On September 22, 2023, the building was rededicated as Kline Tower, with “Biology” no longer in its name. It now houses the Yale departments of Astronomy, Mathematics, and Statistics and Data Science, as well as part of the department of Physics and the Yale Institute for Foundations of Data Science (FDS). The department of Biology, which formerly was in the building and was reflected in its previous name (Kline Biology Tower), is now housed nearby in Yale’s new Science Building. ^[6]

References

1. Kline Biology Tower, New York Times
2. "Emporis building ID 126827". Emporis . Archived from the original on March 7, 2016.
3. Infonewhaven.com ^{[ permanent dead link ]}
4. Skyscraperpage.com
5. yale.edu Archived 2013-01-31 at the Wayback Machine
6. Locklear, Mallory (2023-09-29). "Reimagined Kline Tower promotes connections, collaboration". YaleNews. Retrieved 2024-07-01.

Preceded by Southern New England Telephone Company Administration Building	Tallest Building in New Haven 1966–1969 (76 metres (83 yd))	Succeeded by Knights of Columbus Building