The dormitory is a curving snake slithering on its site and reflects many of Aalto's ideas of formal strategy, ... "AD Classics: MIT Baker House Dormitory / Alvar Aalto" 29 May 2010.

Students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have dropped a piano from their dormitory roof, marking a tradition dating from 1972. The event, at the Baker House dormitory in Cambridge, US ...

The tradition began in 1972 at the Baker House dormitory and has been observed sporadically until 2006, when it became an annual event, said Michael Plasmeier, who heads the dorm's student ...

At the formal opening of Senior House on June 11, 1949, the building soon to be renamed Baker House (in honor of dean of students Everett Moore Baker) was touted as more than a residence: it was a ...

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - One of the highlights of the school year at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology only lasts a few seconds but has a big impact.

MIT Students Hurl Piano Off Dorm Roof Onto Another Piano Annual piano smash tradition becomes a more formal event than in year's past By RODRIQUE NGOWI • Published April 27, 2012 • Updated on ...

Students Drop Piano From Roof In Annual Ritual MIT Marks Last Day Of Classes ...

AD Classics: MIT Baker House Dormitory / Alvar Aalto Alvar Aalto designed the Baker House in 1946 while he was a professor at the Massachussets Institute of Technology, where the dormitory is ...

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Residents of a Massachusetts Institute of Technology dorm dropped an upright piano from their roof Thursday to celebrate the last day students can drop classes without having ...

The tradition began in 1972 at the Baker House dormitory and has been observed sporadically until 2006, when it became an annual event, said Michael Plasmeier, who heads the dorm’s student ...