Gates Computer Science Building, Stanford

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The Gates Computer Science Building, or Gates building for short, is an L-shaped building that houses the Computer Science Department as well as the Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence at 353 Jane Stanford Way, Stanford University, California. Construction on the building began in 1994 and was completed in 1996 at a cost of $36 million. It was named after Microsoft founder Bill Gates, who donated $6 million for the building's construction.
The building is organized into an A wing and a B wing. Blueprints of the building are available online. The building was designed by Robert A.M. Stern Architects of New York City. The building was renovated in 2020-2021, while many Stanford buildings were closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
In 1996, Stanford graduate students Larry Page and Sergey Brin developed what would become Google in the just-completed Gates building. The company's unusual name was born in a September 1997 brainstorming session in room 360 in the B wing.