USA - California Institute of Technology - Cahill Center For Astronomy and Astrophysics

The Cahill Center for Astronomy and Astrophysics at California Institute of Technology. The three story 100,000 square foot building was designed by architect Thom Mayne, founder of Morphosis based in Santa Monica, CA. The unusual building features red/orange colored panels with angled cracks running down the building's sides. The building's address is 1216 California Blvd. 1216, in angstroms, is the wavelength of ultraviolet light emitted by hydrogen atoms. The Cahill building will allow 300 of Caltech's astronomy and astrophysics faculty and grad students to work and teach in. (Photo by Ted Soqui/Corbis via Getty Images)