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The Information Sciences and Technology Building (commonly known as the IST Building) is a classroom building at Pennsylvania State University. It is one of the newest buildings on the Penn State campus. Construction was completed in January 2004.
Map of Information Sciences and Technology Building, University Park, PA 16802, USA
The building was designed by the acclaimed architect Rafael Vinoly. According to the Penn State IST website, the design of the building "began as an inkpen sketch on a paper dinner napkin." He characterizes the building as "a labor of love . . . my own personal obsession for years", stating that, in the beginning, it seemed "crazy and extreme" to construct an S-shaped building over North Atherton Street. According to the Penn State IST Website, "His firm, Rafael Vinoly Architects, New York, partnered with Perfido Weiskopf Architects, Pittsburgh, for the design inspired by the Ponte Vecchio in Florence."