BU Makes a Statement with New Building
Photo by Boston Business Journal / Gary Higgins
Boston University’s newest addition to campus, the Center for Computing and Data Sciences, has been touted for its design, both environmentally and architecturally. The decade-long, $300 million project runs entirely free of fossil fuels and has earned the title of Boston’s largest all-electric building.
The building, which has gained a reputation for its likeness to a stack of books, is a large step towards BU’s goal of becoming carbon neutral by 2040. BU President Robert A. Brown described the project as a statement.
Excerpted from “BU Opens Head-Turning, All-Electric Tower” (Boston Business Journal, 12/08/22):
"We wanted to put something there that was distinctive. Everyone knew it was going to be [remarkable] […]We saw this building as a statement for climate change.”