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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Institute of Gas Technology, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, ca. 1950s
Commons Building site clearance, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, ca. 1952
Reginald Malcolmson with model of "Metro-Linear: the Regional Metropolis," Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, ca. 1960
Henry Heald, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, and James Cunningham at Mies' appointment dinner, Chicago, Illinois, 1938
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe with students James Speyer (left) and George Danforth (right), fourth year studio critique, 1939.
North Hall, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, ca. 1965
Alfred Caldwell with students, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois
Machinery Hall, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, ca. 1962-1979
Carr Chapel interior with wall hangings, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL, 1978
Engineering 1 Building at night, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, ca. 1970
Snow on campus, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, 1980s
College of Architecture faculty with Dirk Lohan in S.R. Crown Hall, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, ca. 1980s
Glessner House, Chicago, Illinois, 1945

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