Architecture and the Illinois Tech Campus

Throughout Illinois Institute of Technology’s history, campus architecture and the College of Architecture have been closely linked. From the turn of the century brick Main Building to Mies van der Rohe’s modernist landmarks, campus plans have been shaped by the Architecture pedagogy and faculty, while the College has drawn inspiration and reputation from the campus.

Though University Archives and Special Collections is not the official repository for the papers of Mies van der Rohe, we do hold collections related to Mies’ built and planned campus buildings as well as documentation of his tenure at IIT. More extensive holdings include collections related to later campus plans and construction, including the Lohan Master Plan, Peter Lindsay Schaudt’s campus landscaping redesign, and the design contest that resulted in the construction of the McCormick Tribune Campus Center. Collections from the College of Architecture include promotional materials, documentation of symposia and exhibits, and administrative records. We hold plans, designs, and drawings related to many, but not all, campus buildings.

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Title: Armour Research Foundation construction, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, 1959-1960
Date: 1959-1960
Description: Photograph of the Armour Research Foundation Chemistry Research Building (now Technology Business Center) during construction, with ARF...
Show morePhotograph of the Armour Research Foundation Chemistry Research Building (now Technology Business Center) during construction, with ARF Mechanical Engineering Research Building I visible to the north. Date of photograph is unknown. Date range listed is approximate. Photographer unknown.
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Collection: Office of Communications and Marketing photographs, 1905-1999

Title: Armour Research Foundation construction, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, 1959-1960
Date: 1959-1960
Description: Photograph of the Armour Research Foundation Chemistry Research Building (now Technology Business Center) during construction, with the...
Show morePhotograph of the Armour Research Foundation Chemistry Research Building (now Technology Business Center) during construction, with the Stateway Gardens housing project visible to the south. Date of photograph is unknown. Date range listed is approximate. Photographer unknown.
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Collection: Office of Communications and Marketing photographs, 1905-1999

Title: Armour Research Foundation Chemistry Research Building during construction, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, ca. 1960
Date: 1960
Description: Photograph of the Armour Research Foundation Chemistry Research Building (now Technology Business Center) during construction. Date of...
Show morePhotograph of the Armour Research Foundation Chemistry Research Building (now Technology Business Center) during construction. Date of photograph is unknown. Date range listed is approximate. Photographer unknown.
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Collection: Office of Communications and Marketing photographs, 1905-1999

Title: Illinois Institute of Technology Architcture faculty and students walking in the Loop, Chicago, Illinois, ca. 1940-1941
Creator: Larson, George W.
Date: 1940-1941
Description: Photograph of faculty and student members of the Illinois Institute of Technology architecture program circa 1940-1941, taken by George W....
Show morePhotograph of faculty and student members of the Illinois Institute of Technology architecture program circa 1940-1941, taken by George W. Larson, a 1942 graduate. From left to right: Leon Przybylski, (perhaps) William Hasskarl, Mary Elizabeth Spies Droste, Ludwig Hilberseimer, George Storz, Elizabeth Wright (Ingram), and Alfred Caldwell.
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Collection: George W. Larson photographs, 1940-1941

Title: Illinois Institute of Technology Department of Architecture faculty, 1948
Date: 1948
Description: Photograph of the 1948 Illinois Institute of Technology Department of Architecture faculty. Left to right: George Danforth, Ludwig...
Show morePhotograph of the 1948 Illinois Institute of Technology Department of Architecture faculty. Left to right: George Danforth, Ludwig Hilberseimer, Thomas Burleigh, Alfred Caldwell, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Edward Duckett, Daniel Brenner, Earl Bluestein, A. James Speyer. Photographer unknown.
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Collection: Office of Communications and Marketing photographs, 1905-1999

Title: Illinois Institute of Technology campus plan, 1940
Creator: Alschuler, Alfred S. (Alfred Samuel), 1876-1940
Date: 1940
Description: Reproduction of Alfred Alschuler's 1940 campus plan for Illinois Institute of Technology. While he helped design at least one building on the...
Show moreReproduction of Alfred Alschuler's 1940 campus plan for Illinois Institute of Technology. While he helped design at least one building on the Illinois Tech campus, Alschuler's campus plan would never be realized. instead, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe's plan was chosen and built beginning in 1943.
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Collection: John P. Makielski papers, 1940-1950

Title: North Hall, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, ca. 1960
Creator: Illinois Institute of Technology
Date: 1960
Description: Photograph of North Hall, located at 71 East 32nd Street, Chicago, Ill. The building was designed by Mittelbusher & Tourtelot, and was...
Show morePhotograph of North Hall, located at 71 East 32nd Street, Chicago, Ill. The building was designed by Mittelbusher & Tourtelot, and was constructed in 1959. Date of photograph is unknown. Date range listed is approximate.
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Collection: Office of Communications and Marketing photographs, 1905-1999

Title: Institute of Gas Technology, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, ca. 1950s
Date: 1950-1959
Description: Photograph of the Institute of Gas Technology's North Building, designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. The building is located at 3410 South...
Show morePhotograph of the Institute of Gas Technology's North Building, designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. The building is located at 3410 South State Street, and was constructed 1947-1950. Photographer unknown. Date of photograph is unknown. Date range listed is approximate.
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Collection: Office of Communications and Marketing photographs, 1905-1999

Title: Commons Building site clearance, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, ca. 1952
Date: 1952
Description: Photograph of the future site of the Commons Building at 32nd Street and State Street. Photographer unknown. Date of photograph is unknown....
Show morePhotograph of the future site of the Commons Building at 32nd Street and State Street. Photographer unknown. Date of photograph is unknown. Date listed is approximate.
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Collection: Office of Communications and Marketing photographs, 1905-1999

Title: Reginald Malcolmson with model of "Metro-Linear: the Regional Metropolis," Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, ca. 1960
Creator: Ryan, Dan
Date: 1960
Description: Malcolmson studied under Mies van der Rohe at IIT from 1947-49, and taught in architecture department from 1949-1964. Date of photograph is...
Show moreMalcolmson studied under Mies van der Rohe at IIT from 1947-49, and taught in architecture department from 1949-1964. Date of photograph is unknown. Date listed is approximate.
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Collection: Office of Communications and Marketing photographs, 1905-1999

Title: Henry Heald, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, and James Cunningham at Mies' appointment dinner, Chicago, Illinois, 1938
Creator: Foto-Ad
Date: 1938-10
Description: Photograph of (L-R) Henry Heald (President of the Armour Institute of Technology), Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, and James Cunningham (chairman of...
Show morePhotograph of (L-R) Henry Heald (President of the Armour Institute of Technology), Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, and James Cunningham (chairman of the Armour Institute of Technology Board of Trustees) at a banquet to honor Mies and his appointment as head of the Armour Institute's Department of Architecture at the Palmer House hotel. Photograph labeled as property of Public Relations.
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Collection: Office of Communications and Marketing photographs, 1905-1999

Title: Ludwig Mies van der Rohe with students James Speyer (left) and George Danforth (right), fourth year studio critique, 1939.
Date: 1939
Description: Ludwig Mies van der Rohe with students James Speyer (left), George Danforth (right), and other unidentified students at an architecture studio...
Show moreLudwig Mies van der Rohe with students James Speyer (left), George Danforth (right), and other unidentified students at an architecture studio critique in 1939. Photographer unknown.
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Collection: Office of Communications and Marketing photographs, 1905-1999

Title: North Hall, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, ca. 1965
Date: 1963-1969
Description: Photograph of North Hall, located at 71 East 32nd Street, Chicago, Ill. The building was designed by Mittelbusher & Tourtelot, and was...
Show morePhotograph of North Hall, located at 71 East 32nd Street, Chicago, Ill. The building was designed by Mittelbusher & Tourtelot, and was constructed in 1959. Date of photograph is unknown. Date range listed is approximate. Photographer unknown.
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Collection: Office of Communications and Marketing photographs, 1905-1999

Title: View of the Illinois Institute of Technology campus, looking north, Chicago, Illinois, 1953
Date: 1953
Description: Photograph of the Illinois Institute of Technology campus, looking north. Photographer unknown.
Collection: IIT Campus Aerial photographs, 1940-2002

Title: Alfred Caldwell with students, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois
Date: 1944-1959
Description: Photographer unknown. Date of photograph is unknown. Date range listed is approximate.
Collection: Office of Communications and Marketing photographs, 1905-1999

Title: Aerial view of the Illinois Institute of Technology campus, Chicago, Illinois, ca. 1965
Creator: Brandt & Associates
Date: 1964-1965
Description: Aerial photograph of the Illinois Institute of Technology campus, looking northwest. Date of photograph is unknown. Date range provided is...
Show moreAerial photograph of the Illinois Institute of Technology campus, looking northwest. Date of photograph is unknown. Date range provided is approximate.
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Collection: IIT Campus Aerial photographs, 1940-2002