For zombie fans, it isn't much of a stretch to imagine the luckless protagonists of the Walking Dead holed up here, fenced off from the rest of the world by six-story high glass walls. (Alternatively, it would make a great lair for the Governor.) Of course, in such a scenario, it's plausible that the virus capable of raising the dead would have originated inside the lab itself. As is often noted, the building is as highly prized by scientists as it is by architects. It was here, in Saarninen's quarter-mile fortress, that has housed some of the last century's most significant scientific discoveries.
On Aug 6, 2006, at 1:18 PM, Architexturez. wrote:
End of the Line for Bell Labs, Birthplace of the Cellphone?
Story by Margaret Foster / Aug. 2, 2006
The Eero Saarinen-designed New Jersey laboratory where the cell phone, laser, and transistor were invented will likely be torn down for a new office park.
Built between 1957 and 1962, the two-million-square-foot Bell Labs in Holmdel, N.J., is one of the largest office buildings in the country, once housing almost 6,000 people.
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http://www.nationaltrust.org/Magazine/archives/arc_news_2006/080206.htm------------
From Preservation Online, the online magazine of the National Trust for Historic Preservationwww.preservationonline.org