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Excerpt from BU Today | By: Amy Laskowski | October 16, 2024 | Photo: Julian Massari (ENG’26)<\/p>\n

Have you ever looked at BU\u2019s Center for Computing & Data Sciences and wondered why it doesn\u2019t tip over? Or why it\u2019s described as fossil fuel\u2013free? Then you\u2019ll want to tune into the Smithsonian Channel on Sunday at 9 pm for a quick explainer.<\/p>\n

CDS stars in the newest episode of How Did They Build That?<\/em> a show that explores the most architecturally complicated buildings around the world and the features that make them so. Hosted by actor Jay Ellis (Top Gun), the show covers a range of topics, including towers, cantilevers, roofs, arches, biomes, hotels, opera houses, and seismic stations.<\/p>\n

Sunday\u2019s segment includes interviews with the architects, engineers, and BU staff who collaborated to make the 19-story, 345,000-square-foot CDS building one of the most eye-catching and sustainable in New England when it opened in January 2023. Designed by Toronto-based KPMB Architects and built by Boston-based Suffolk Construction, the CDS tower gets its striking profile from its massive cantilevered sections, often described as resembling a stack of books or a game of Jenga. As the city\u2019s largest fossil fuel-free and carbon-free building, it\u2019s one of the biggest components of BU\u2019s Climate Action Plan, which aims to reduce the University\u2019s carbon emissions to net zero by 2040.<\/p>\n

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