Kline Biology Tower

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Kline Biology Tower
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Kline Biology Tower on Science Hill.
Kline Biology Tower
General information
StatusCompleted
TypeUniversity
Location219 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 started1962
Estimated completion1966
Cost$12 million [1]
Height
Roof250 ft (76 m)
Technical details
Floor count16
Design and construction
Architect(s) Philip Johnson
Developer Yale University
References
[2]

Kline Biology Tower is a skyscraper in New Haven, Connecticut. The building is home to the Yale University Department of Biology and is currently the tallest building on the Yale campus and the fourth-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]

On September 22, 2023, the building was rededicated as the 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]

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References

  1. Kline Biology Tower, New York Times
  2. "Emporis building ID 126827". Emporis . Archived from the original on March 7, 2016.
  3. 1 2 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 Tallest Building in New Haven
19661969 (76 metres (83 yd))
Succeeded by