Yale University, Modern Buildings, New Haven Photos

Being one of the important architecture schools in the USA, Yale University of New Haven, CT, has integrated some modern architecture by significant architects.

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Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library (1963) at Yale is noted for its translucent marble walls. Architect: Gordon Bunshaft of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill.

Payne Whitney Gymnasium (1932) (70 Tower Parkway).
Style: Gothic. Architect: John Russell Pope.

Whitney Gym seen through concrete walls of Morse College.

Samuel F.B. Morse College (1960-2) an innovative college community of rubble & concrete. Architect: Eero Saarinen.

Saarinen's sculpted wall decoration on Morse College.

Wall texture on Morse College.

Modern sculpture of Morse College.

Art & Architecture Building (1963) (180 York St.) (9 floors).
Architect: Paul Rudolph.

David S. Ingalls Rink (1958) (73 Sachem St.) aka "The Whale" on Yale Campus. Architect: Eero Saarinen.

Ingalls Rink roof line.

Overhanging light fixture of Ingalls Rink entrance.

Roof curves of Ingalls Rink.

Kline Biology Tower (1965) (219 Prospect St.) 16 floors on Yale Campus.
Architect: Zion & Breen + Philip Johnson + Richard Foster Assoc.

Bass Center for Molecular & Structural Biology (1992) to right of Sterling Chemical Laboratory behind column of Kline Biology Tower. Architect: Kallmann McKinnell & Wood Architects.

Environmental Science Center (2001) in front of Kline Biology Tower. Style: Modern version of Collegiate Gothic. Architect: David M. Schwarz Architectural Services.

Modern Head sculpture by Roy Lichtenstein on Yale University Campus.

Henry R. Luce Hall (1994) (34 Hillhouse Ave.) on Yale Campus. Architect: Barnes & Lee Assoc.

Modern sculpture before Henry R. Luce Hall.

Engineering Research Building (2005) beside red brick Watson Hall on Yale Campus. Architect: Cesar Pelli.

British Art Center (1977) (1080 Chapel St.) at Yale University. Architect: Louis I. Kahn (finished by Marshall Meyers).

Atrium entrance of British Art Center.

Corner of British Art Center at Yale University.


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