List of RPI buildings
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This is a list of notable buildings of the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
These include:
Amos Eaton Hall[]
Amos Eaton Hall was built in 1928.
Carnegie Building[]
Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies[]
Chapel + Cultural Center[]
Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center[]
The Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center is known as EMPAC.
Folsom Library[]
Greene Building[]
The Greene Building is home of the at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI).[1]
Named for Benjamin Franklin Greene, it has its own library for use by the architecture students.[2] The second floor contains a gallery for students’ work. The basement, third, and fourth floors contain multiple studios; which open 24 hours a day for students and faculty to complete projects. The architecture library contains 30,000 books and 100,000-plus slides.[1]
The majority of the first basement level houses the wood shop. This state-of-the-art shop includes a milling machine, two laser cutters, many wood working machines, and space for students to construct models. The remainder of the first basement level contains a few more class spaces while the second basement level and mezzanine contain offices.
History[]
The building was completed in 1931 at a cost of $400,000, shortly after the School of Architecture was founded. The building was named in memory of Benjamin Franklin Greene, Director of Rensselaer from 1847 to 1859, who first proposed a school of architecture at the institute. The names of fifteen of the most renowned deceased American architects were cut in stone above the second-story windows: Bulfinch, Burnham, Goodhue, Hooker, Hunt, Jefferson, Latrobe, McComb, McIntyre, McKim, Mills, Renwick, Richardson, Sullivan, and Upjohn.
Gurley Building[]
Hirsch Observatory[]
Houston Field House[]
Jonsson Engineering Center[]
Low Center[]
West Hall[]
Winslow Building[]
References[]
- Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
- Buildings and structures in Troy, New York
- Lists of university and college buildings in the United States
- Lists of buildings and structures in New York (state)