This interview with Robert Gordon, Illinois Tech architecture alumnus, architect, planner, artist, and author, was conducted on June 6, 2017... Show moreThis interview with Robert Gordon, Illinois Tech architecture alumnus, architect, planner, artist, and author, was conducted on June 6, 2017 by Ralph Pugh and Adam Strohm. Show less
Alfred Caldwell was among the first full- time American professors Mies van der Rohe hired at the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT). Many... Show moreAlfred Caldwell was among the first full- time American professors Mies van der Rohe hired at the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT). Many have admired Mies’s architecture since the 1920s, and know that his ideas were also transmitted as a professor, first at the Bauhaus in Europe and then as Director of the Department of Architecture at IIT. Caldwell, a practicing landscape architect and protégé of Jens Jensen, is perhaps less widely known, but was a major influence on IIT’s program especially in the areas of construction, landscape, and architectural history. Caldwell completed a Master of Science in City Planning with a thesis entitled The City in the Landscape: A Preface for Planning, which can be considered a manifesto of both his professional ideas and IIT’s planning pedagogy. In addition to his own works, Caldwell collaborated with Mies and architect Ludwig Hilberseimer, Director of City and Regional Planning at IIT and former Head of Building Theory at the Bauhaus, on the design of built works which left behind artifacts representing the ideal of “the city in the landscape.” This communication examines the broader perspective on urban design influenced by the symbiotic disciplines of architecture, city-regional planning and landscape as manifested in the individual and collaborative built work and pedagogy of Caldwell, Hilberseimer, and Mies. Show less
Sketchbook containing sketches of various Mayor's Committee meetings, including the Streetscape Committee, Parks & Open Space Committee, and... Show moreSketchbook containing sketches of various Mayor's Committee meetings, including the Streetscape Committee, Parks & Open Space Committee, and Landscape Task Force. The sketches date from February to July 2001, and include such projects as Soldier Field and the "Central Area," Jackson Park, Grant Park, and the 31st Street overpass. One sketch includes an unbuilt Santiago Calatrava design for a pedestrian bridge at Queen's Landing in Grant Park. Show less
Spiral-bound facsimile of Alternatives For Planning, a booklet designed and compiled by Robert Gordon for the Kenwood-Oakland Community... Show moreSpiral-bound facsimile of Alternatives For Planning, a booklet designed and compiled by Robert Gordon for the Kenwood-Oakland Community Organization (KOCO) in March, 1986, with plans by Robert Gordon. The page order in the facsimile copy does not match the order in the original booklet; the pages have been reordered here to match the order of the original booklet. Show less
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. Show less
