Editing MIT Media Lab (section)

==Buildings==
{{Further|Wiesner building}}
[[File:MIT Media Lab (E14).jpg|thumb|200px|The new media lab expansion (Building E14). Original Wiesner Building (E15) is visible at left.]]
In addition to the media lab, the combined original Wiesner building (E15) and new (E14) buildings also host the [[List Visual Arts Center]], the [[MIT School of Architecture and Planning|School of Architecture and Planning]]'s Program in Art, Culture and Technology (ACT), and MIT's Program in Comparative Media Studies.

In 2009, the media lab expanded into a new building designed by [[Pritzker Prize]]-winning Japanese architect [[Fumihiko Maki]].<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.boston.com/ae/theater_arts/articles/2009/12/06/mit_media_lab_elevates_transparency/ | work=The Boston Globe | title=Media Lab aims to elevate transparency | first=Robert | last=Campbell | date=December 6, 2009}}</ref> The local architect of record was Leers Weinzapfel Associates, of Boston.  The Maki building has predominantly glass walls, with long lines of sight through the building, making ongoing research visible and encouraging connections and collaboration.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2006/media-lab-building.html |title=Web.MIT.edu |date=2006-09-26 |access-date=2011-10-23}}</ref>