Stata Center

Ray and Maria Stata Center
Stata Center in November 2013
Alternative names	Building 32
General information
Architectural style	Deconstructivist
Address	32 Vassar Street
Town or city	Cambridge, Massachusetts
Country	United States
Opened	March 16, 2004
Owner	Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Design and construction
Architect(s)	Frank Gehry

Stata Center, officially the Ray and Maria Stata Center and sometimes referred to as Building 32, is a 430,000-square-foot (40,000 m²) academic complex designed by architect Frank Gehry for the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). The building opened for initial occupancy on March 16, 2004. It is located on the site of MIT's former Building 20, which had housed the historic MIT Radiation Laboratory, at 32 Vassar Street in Cambridge, Massachusetts.