Home of the architecture school Mies led for two decades, built to his own description as the clearest expression of his philosophy: a single glazed room raised half a level above grade, its entire roof suspended so that no column stands inside the space it covers. Mies called it, of everything he built, "the clearest structure we have done, the best to express our philosophy."
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Year Created LocationIllinois Institute of Technology campus, Chicago, Illinois, United States 1 Architectural StyleInternational Style modernism, structural expressionism 1 Structural SystemA column-free 120 by 220 foot hall: the roof hangs from four exposed steel plate girders carried above the roofline on eight exterior columns, so no interior support interrupts the floor. 1 Primary Material Building TypeAcademic building (college of architecture) 1 Commissioned ByIllinois Institute of Technology, built with a gift from the Crown family in memory of Sol R. Crown 1 Current UseIIT College of Architecture building; designated a National Historic Landmark in 2001 1 Visitor AccessOpen during university hours; public tours available 1 Connections
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Source Gardner's Art Through the AgesFred S. Kleiner (after Helen Gardner)
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Home of the architecture school Mies led for two decades, built to his own description as the clearest expression of his philosophy: a single glazed room raised half a level above grade, its entire roof suspended so that no column stands inside the space it covers.
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Fred S. Kleiner (after Helen Gardner), Cengage LearningIn Form: Architecture, chapters on architectural history across periods
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