The Ray and Maria Stata Center is a 720,000-square-foot academic complex designed by Pritzker Prize-winning architect Frank Gehry for the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The building opened for initial occupancy on March 16, 2004. In contrast to the MIT custom of referring to buildings by their numbers rather than their official names, the complex is usually referred to as “Stata” or “the Stata Center.”  Above the fourth floor, the building splits into two distinct structures: the Gates Tower and the Dreyfoos Tower, often called “G Tower” and “D Tower” respectively.  I took advantage of the nice spring-like day to visit during my lunch hour.