The MIT Media Lab Extension provides a prominent, functionally advanced, architecturally distinguished home for technological innovation, design, and the arts at MIT. Housing a unique, cross-disciplinary intellectual community consisting of the Media Laboratory, the Center for Bits and Atoms, the Media Arts and Sciences academic program, and other related groups, the range of activities at the Lab extends from quantum computing to opera. Its multi-level research laboratories are arrayed around a spectacular central atrium, together with event and display spaces, lecture and conference rooms, and a cafe on the top floor - all overlooking the Charles River and the Boston skyline.