College of Architecture Archive

  • College of Architecture Hosting 2024 Pritzker Prize Laureate Lecture and Panel Discussion at Crown Hall on Thursday

    College of Architecture Hosting 2024 Pritzker Prize Laureate Lecture and Panel Discussion at Crown Hall on Thursday

    The Pritzker Architecture Prize and Illinois Institute of Technology’s College of Architecture, in partnership with the Chicago Architecture Center, present Community: The Architect as Catalyst for Change, the 2024 Laureate Lecture and Panel Discussion, taking place at the university’s historic S.R. Crown Hall on Thursday, May 16th at 6:00pm CDT. Riken Yamamoto, 2024 Laureate of the Pritzker Prize, will uncover his personal journey in the discovery of communities throughout the world, inspiring his socially-driven architecture that blurs the boundaries between public and private dimensions.

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  • Come to Mies’ 138th Birthday Soirée on April 3

    Come to Mies’ 138th Birthday Soirée on April 3

    Please mark your calendars and join the Mies Societey and College of Architecture on Wednesday, April 3, 2024, for an evening soirée of architectural tribute and storytelling by Mies’ students, enthusiasts, and scholars.

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  • Alfred Caldwell Lecture: The Intersection of Public Space, Art, and Social Justice

    Alfred Caldwell Lecture: The Intersection of Public Space, Art, and Social Justice

    Join the College of Architecture’s Master of Landscape and Urbanism program on April 12, 2023, beginning at 5 p.m. for the annual Alfred Caldwell Lecture to explore the intersectionality of public space, art, and social justice. Devon Henry, Franklin Cosey-Gay, and Makeba Kedem DuBose will discuss how memory and representation have expanded the narrative about the built environment. What do we want to collectively remember (or forget) through the symbols that we rise (or raze) in cities?

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  • Event at Galvin Tower Will Demonstrate How Music, Dance Impact Architectural Designs

    Event at Galvin Tower Will Demonstrate How Music, Dance Impact Architectural Designs

    The Mies van der Rohe Society, Interprofessional Projects (IPRO) Program students of Mindful Modern Buildings, and the College of Architecture are pleased to share an evening that demonstrates how music and dance can fill our senses and impact our architectural designs. Together, we will enjoy live piano performance by acclaimed VanderCook College of Music faculty and musicians, Olivia and Yang, and dance recital by Alberto Velazquez and Amanda Assucena, world-renowned artists from Joffrey Ballet.

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  • Join the Mies Crown Hall Americas Prize Awards Dinner

    Join the Mies Crown Hall Americas Prize Awards Dinner

    The College of Architecture welcomes the public to the 2023 Mies Crown Hall Americas Prize, a biennial ceremony recognizing the excellence of built works in the Americas. Six finalists from across the continent will showcase their projects at a symposium on March 24 at 2 p.m. at S. R. Crown Hall. A private award ceremony and dinner will follow at 7:30 p.m., where the winner will be announced. Register for the symposium and/or purchase tickets for the ceremony and dinner on the MCHAP website.

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  • Chicagoland: A Laboratory for 20th Century Design Innovation

    Chicagoland: A Laboratory for 20th Century Design Innovation

    Experts reveal the overlaps in design ideas and approaches among creatives who called Chicago home over the past 100 years.

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  • Student Journal Now Accepting Submissions

    Student Journal Now Accepting Submissions

    The Student Publishing Group is pleased to announce a new student-led journal out of the College of Architecture. Petri Dish is a platform to talk about the spaces and places we all live in.

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  • Learning Cultures | Learning Spaces Symposium

    Learning Cultures | Learning Spaces Symposium

    Join us for the first collaborative multidisciplinary Symposium on Learning Cultures and Active Learning Spaces led by the College of Architecture, Institute of Design, and the Center for Learning Innovation on Friday, October 23.

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  • Symposium on Learning Cultures and Active Learning Spaces

    Symposium on Learning Cultures and Active Learning Spaces

    Join us for the first collaborative multidisciplinary Symposium on Learning Cultures and Active Learning Spaces led by the College of Architecture, Institute of Design, and the Center for Learning Innovation on Friday, October 23.

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  • Mies Society’s Hilbs’ Day Celebration

    Mies Society’s Hilbs’ Day Celebration

    Join the Mies Society in recognition of Ludwig Karl Hilberseimer, the German architect and urban planner best known for his ties to the Bauhaus and to Mies van der Rohe.

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