Mies and Modernism: The IIT Campus

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    Crown Hall. Photo by Peter J. Sieger.

The Illinois Institute of Technology is home to the largest group of buildings designed by Mies van der Rohe—the most influential figure in American Modernism.

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    Crown Hall. Photo by Peter J. Sieger.

This tour traces the evolution of the campus with a special emphasis on the years 1938—1958—the time during which Mies was the head of the School of Architecture.

Duration
2 hours
Site Type
Neighborhoods
Location
Southside
Architects and Styles
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Inside Perlstein Hall, 10 W. 33rd St.

The tour also visits more recent projects, including the McCormick Tribune Campus Center (designed by Pritzker Prize-winning Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas) and the Helmut Jahn-designed State Street Village residence hall. The tour is operated with the assistance of the Illinois Institute of Technology.

Know before you go:
  • Building interiors will not be featured and bathrooms will not be available on this tour.

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  • An interior photo of Crown Hall.

    Crown Hall. Photo by Peter J. Sieger.

  • An exterior photo of the Materials & Metals Building.

    Materials & Metals Building. Photo by Peter J. Sieger.

  • An interior photo of the McCormick Tribune Campus Center

    McCormick Tribune Campus Center. Photo by Eric Allix Rogers.

  • An exterior photo of the McCormick Tribune Campus Center

    McCormick Tribune Campus Center

  • An interior photo of the McCormick Tribune Campus Center

    McCormick Tribune Campus Center. Photo by Eric Allix Rogers.

  • An exterior photo of Perlstein Hall.

    Photo by Joe Ravi, licensed under Creative Commons BY-SA 3.0.

  • An exterior photo of Perlstein Hall.

    Photo by Joe Ravi, licensed under Creative Commons BY-SA 3.0.

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