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Mies and Modernism: The IIT Campus

Embark on a modernist journey at IIT, showcasing Mies van der Rohe’s visionary designs and the campus’s architectural evolution.

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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. 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.

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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.

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Building interiors will not be featured and bathrooms will not be available on this tour.

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Crown Hall. Photo by Peter J. Sieger.
Materials & Metals Building. Photo by Peter J. Sieger.
McCormick Tribune Campus Center. Photo by Eric Allix Rogers.
McCormick Tribune Campus Center
McCormick Tribune Campus Center. Photo by Eric Allix Rogers.
Photo by Joe Ravi, licensed under Creative Commons BY-SA 3.0.
Photo by Joe Ravi, licensed under Creative Commons BY-SA 3.0.

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