LeConte Hall

LeConte Hall is a three-story physics building at UC Berkeley with a rectangular form, red-tile roofs, and a copper and glass skylight. The structure holds classrooms, offices, laboratories, and mechanical spaces that support physics education and research activities.

Ernest Lawrence built the first working cyclotron inside this building in 1928, marking a major milestone in particle physics research. This breakthrough work later led to the founding of Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory.

The building housed eight Physics Nobel Prize-winning faculty members and four alumni, establishing its role in scientific advancement.

The building sits centrally on campus and is easily accessible on foot. Keep in mind that it remains an active research facility, so access to certain areas may be restricted.

The building housed laboratories where groundbreaking experiments were conducted that changed our understanding of atomic physics. These early works laid the groundwork for one of the world's most important research centers.

Location: Berkeley

Architects: John Galen Howard

GPS coordinates: 37.87260,-122.25600

Latest update: December 10, 2025 16:27