Elevation 21 m Floors 5 Contractor Rudolph and Sletten | Opened January 1996 Floor space 13,006 m² | |
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Architecture firms Robert A.M. Stern Architects, Fong and Chan Similar Hewlett Teaching Center, Braun Music Center, Stanford Clock Tower, Hoover Tower, Stanford Memorial Church | ||
The Gates Computer Science Building, or "Gates building" for short, is an L-shaped building that houses the Computer Science Department as well as the Computer Systems Laboratory at Stanford University, California, United States. It's located at 353 Serra Mall, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305-9025, USA. Construction on the building began in 1994 and was completed in 1996 at a cost of $36 million. It was named after Microsoft founder Bill Gates, who donated $6 million for the building's construction.
Map of Gates Computer Science, 353 Serra Mall, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
The building is organized into an A wing (the western ell) and a B wing (the northern ell). It is secured by an Intellikey system. Blueprints of the building are available online.
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Gates Computer Science Building, Stanford Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA