Armour Research Foundation Engineering Research Building, Chicago, Ill. Mies van der Rohe, Ludwig, 1886-1969 College buildings Armour Research Foundation (U.S.) Photograph of Armour Research Foundation Engineering Research Building. The building was designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. Five bays of this building, known then as the Diesel Lab Building, were constructed in 1944, with five new bays following later that year. In 1945, an additional 7 bays were begun. Only upon their completion in 1946, did the ARF Engineering Research Building reach its final dimensions. The university library was housed in the south section of the building before the construction of the John Crerar Library in 1962. The building is also known as: Armour Research Foundation Automotive Research Laboratory (1945), Armour Research Foundation Engineering Research Building (1946-1963), Illinois Institute of Technology Research Institute Engineering Research Building (1963-2011). Date of photograph is unknown. Date range listed is approximate. Photographer unknown. 1940-1959 Still image Photograph image/tiff islandora:15096 0360401-SS1-13-06 http://hdl.handle.net/10560/3956 Office of Communications and Marketing photographs, 1905-1999 Illinois Tech Libraries Illinois Institute of Technology en Chicago (Ill.) In Copyright - non-commercial use permitted http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-NC/1.0/