Bradfield Hall

Bradfield Hall is a notable academic building at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, designed in the striking brutalist style by architect Ulrich Franzen and completed in 1969. It serves as the home for several key departments, including Crop and Soil Science and Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, featuring climate-controlled laboratories without windows on the first ten floors. The building also houses the Northeast Regional Climate Center, a computer lab, and a library. Named after esteemed professor Richard Bradfield, it has been recognized as one of the 'World's 10 most spectacular university buildings,' making it a point of interest for both tourists and researchers.