Kline Biology Tower is a
skyscraper
A skyscraper is a tall continuously habitable building having multiple floors. Modern sources currently define skyscrapers as being at least or in height, though there is no universally accepted definition. Skyscrapers are very tall high-ris ...
in
New Haven
New Haven is a city in the U.S. state of Connecticut. It is located on New Haven Harbor on the northern shore of Long Island Sound in New Haven County, Connecticut and is part of the New York City metropolitan area. With a population of 134,023 ...
,
Connecticut. The building is home to the
Yale University
Yale University is a private research university in New Haven, Connecticut. Established in 1701 as the Collegiate School, it is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and among the most prestigious in the worl ...
Department of Biology and is currently the tallest building on the Yale campus and the
fourth-tallest building in New Haven.
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/ref> It was the tallest building in the city from 1966 to 1969, and was designed by Philip Johnson
Philip Cortelyou Johnson (July 8, 1906 – January 25, 2005) was an American architect best known for his works of modern and postmodern architecture. Among his best-known designs are his modernist Glass House in New Canaan, Connecticut; the po ...
,[ who also designed the nearby—and architecturally related—Kline Geology and Chemistry Laboratories.yale.edu]
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Yale University buildings
Buildings and structures completed in 1966
Skyscrapers in Connecticut
Skyscrapers in New Haven, Connecticut
Modernist architecture in Connecticut
Brutalist architecture in Connecticut
University and college academic buildings in the United States