Check out Boston’s must-see buildings below:
Ray and Maria Stata Center
Architect: Frank Gehry
Built: 1964
Type: Institutional
Address: 32 Vassar St, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
Open to the Public: Yes
Website: csail.mit.edu
Simmons Hall Dormitory
Architect: Steven Holl
Built: 2010
Type: Student Housing
Address: 229 Vassar St, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
Open to the Public: Yes
Website: simmons.mit.edu
Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA)
Architect: Diller Scofidio + Renfro
Built: 2016
Type: Museum
Address: 25 Harbor Shore Drive, Boston, MA 02210, USA
Open to the Public: Yes
Hours: Tuesday to Sunday: 10:00am – 5:00pm (9:00pm Thursday & Friday)
Cost: $15 (Free Thursday nights from 5:00 -9:00pm)
Website: icaboston.org
Baker House Dormitory, MIT
Architect: Alvar Alto
Built: 1948
Type: Student Housing
Address: 362 Memorial Dr, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
Open to the Public: Yes (Tours)
Website: baker.mit.edu
John Hancock Tower
Architect: I.M. Pei
Built: 1976
Type: Office
Address: 200 Clarendon St, Boston, MA 02116, USA
Open to the Public: Yes
Kresge Auditorium, MIT
Architect: Eero Saarinen
Built: 1955
Type: Auditorium
Address: W16, 48 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
Open to the Public: Yes
Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, Harvard University
Architect: Le Corbusier
Built: 1963
Type: Institutional
Address: 24 Quincy St, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
Open to the Public: Yes
John F. Kennedy Federal Building
Architect: Walter Gropius
Built: 1966
Type: Civic
Address: 15 Sudbury St, Boston, MA 02203, USA
Open to the Public: Yes
Hours: Monday to Friday: 8:00am – 5:00pm
Website: gsa.gov
Boston City Hall
Architect: Kallmann McKinnell & Knowles
Built: 1968
Type: Civic
Address: 1 City Hall Square, Boston, MA 02201, USA
Open to the Public: Yes
Hours: Monday to Friday: 8:00am – 5:00pm
Website: cityofboston.gov
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
Architect: Willard T. Sears
Built: 1903
Type: Civic
Address: 25 Evans Way, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Open to the Public: Yes
Hours: Wednesday to Monday: 11:00am – 5:00pm (9:00pm on Thursday)
Cost: $15
Website: gardnermuseum.org
Trinity Church
Architect: Henry Hobson Richardson
Built: 1877
Type: Civic
Address: 206 Clarendon St, Boston, MA 02116, USA
Open to the Public: Yes
Website: trinitychurchboston.org
Architect: Henry Hobson Richardson
Built: 1877
Type: Civic
Address: 206 Clarendon St, Boston, MA 02116, USA
Open to the Public: Yes
Website: trinitychurchboston.org
Architect: Willard T. Sears
Built: 1903
Type: Civic
Address: 25 Evans Way, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Open to the Public: Yes
Hours: Wednesday to Monday: 11:00am - 5:00pm (9:00pm on Thursday)
Cost: $15
Website: gardnermuseum.org
Architect: Kallmann McKinnell & Knowles
Built: 1968
Type: Civic
Address: 1 City Hall Square, Boston, MA 02201, USA
Open to the Public: Yes
Hours: Monday to Friday: 8:00am - 5:00pm
Website: cityofboston.gov
Architect: Walter Gropius
Built: 1966
Type: Civic
Address: 15 Sudbury St, Boston, MA 02203, USA
Open to the Public: Yes
Hours: Monday to Friday: 8:00am - 5:00pm
Website: gsa.gov
Architect: Le Corbusier
Built: 1963
Type: Institutional
Address: 24 Quincy St, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
Open to the Public: Yes
Architect: Eero Saarinen
Built: 1955
Type: Auditorium
Address: W16, 48 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
Open to the Public: Yes
Architect: I.M. Pei
Built: 1976
Type: Office
Address: 200 Clarendon St, Boston, MA 02116, USA
Open to the Public: Yes
Architect: Alvar Alto
Built: 1948
Type: Student Housing
Address: 362 Memorial Dr, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
Open to the Public: Yes (Tours)
Website: baker.mit.edu
Architect: Diller Scofidio + Renfro
Built: 1972
Type: Museum
Address: 25 Harbor Shore Drive, Boston, MA 02210, USA
Open to the Public: Yes
Hours: Tuesday to Sunday: 10:00am - 5:00pm (9:00pm Thursday & Friday)
Cost: $15 (Free Thursday nights from 5:00 -9:00pm)
Website: icaboston.org
Architect: Steven Holl
Built: 2010
Type: Student Housing
Address: 229 Vassar St, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
Open to the Public: Yes
Website: simmons.mit.edu
Architect: Frank Gehry
Built: 1964
Type: Institutional
Address: 32 Vassar St, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
Open to the Public: Yes
Website: csail.mit.edu