Northeastern University Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Complex Opens

Boston firm Payette designed the new 234,000-square-foot building.

Students at Boston’s Northeastern University kicked off the spring semester last week in a new 234,000-square-foot science and engineering building designed by local firm Payette. The six-story Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Complex includes labs and classrooms organized around a central atrium, which the firm describes as the building’s “cultural melting pot.” Judging by the reaction on Twitter, the atrium and its spiral staircase appears to be one of the stars of the new complex.

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Sara Johnson

Sara Johnson is the former associate editor, design news at ARCHITECT. Previously, she was a fellow at CityLab. Her work has also appeared in San Francisco, San Francisco Brides, California Brides, DCist, Patchwork Nation, and The Christian Science Monitor.

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