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The Building Sciences Block (BSB)

Academic Facilities , Campus Buildings

The Building Sciences Block (BSB) was the first administrative and departmental building to be completed on the IIT Madras campus. It was completed in August 1961. It housed the administrative offices, Director’s office and the Senate Hall until 1968, after which the current Administration Block was built and brought into use. According to the Convocation Brochure of 1966, the laying of the foundation of the first building of the Institute, the Building Sciences Block, commenced in October 1959. The Convocation Brochure reports a shortage of building materials, especially steel during the first phase of construction owing to which the construction slowed down.