The Stata Center.....

By far this was the most unusual building we spotted. Designed by renowned architect Frank Gehry, it opened in 2004, with an unfinished appearance.

A mirrored side allowed for a selfie and the steps provided a great place to eat lunch from the cafeteria inside.

Inside we also found Non-Object (Plane) by Anish Kapoor, most famously known for Cloud Gate (aka The Bean) in Chicago. This 16-feet tall and 7-feet wide concave form of mirror-polished stainless steel provides a counterpoint to the eccentric forms and metal cladding of the building in which its housed.

Like Kapoor’s Vertigo in Tilburg, we appeared upside down in the mirror...

...until we were close enough to appear upright. Unlike in Holland, this sculpture has another hanging above it which interacts with the mirror...

...a giant cascade of paper birds.

According to MIT’s website: The word hack at MIT usually refers to a clever, benign, and “ethical” prank or practical joke, which is both challenging for the perpetrators and amusing to the MIT community (and sometimes even the rest of the world). Note that this has nothing to do with computer (or phone) hacking (which we call “cracking”). In 1991, a group of hackers turned a fire hydrant into a drinking fountain in front of the largest lecture hall on campus. The Fire Hose Drinking Fountain was quite appropriate because former MIT President Weisner coined a colorful and often quoted description of the MIT educational experience: Getting an education from MIT is like taking a drink from a fire hose. 

The side of the building facing the street was also quite funky.