Mar 18th 2020

An Important Update Regarding Spring 2020 Events

UPDATE 3/18/20: On March 16, in light of the evolving coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, Illinois Institute of Technology made the decision to limit all campus gatherings to 10 individuals or fewer over the next eight weeks to ensure the health and safety of our students, staff, and faculty. Accordingly, all lectures and events at the College of Architecture will be suspended for the rest of the semester until further notice.

Your wellbeing is our concern; please visit www.iit.edu/reopening for up-to-date information and communication regarding university plans and policies as well as important information from government authorities regarding COVID-19.

For more information, please visit chicago.gov/2019-nCoV or cdc.gov/coronavirus, email coronavirus@chicago.gov, or call 312.746.4835.


January 22
Jong-Soung Kimm, Founding Principal of SAC International
“Romanesque Architecture Photo Essay”
6–8 p.m.
S. R. Crown Hall, North Core
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January 27
Lee Bey, Critic, Photographer, and Artist
“Southern Exposure: The Overlooked Architecture of Chicago’s South Side”
New Books Lecture Series
6­–7:30 p.m.
S. R. Crown Hall, Center Core
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February 5
Maurice Cox, Commissioner of Chicago Department of Planning and Development
6 p.m.
S. R. Crown Hall

February 19
David Benjamin, Founding Principal of The Living
AIAS Guest Lecturer
6 p.m.
S. R. Crown Hall, Center Core
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February 26
Gregg Pasquarelli, Founding Principal of SHoP Architects
The Rowe Family College of Architecture Dean’s Lecture Series
6 p.m.
S. R. Crown Hall
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March 4
Thomas Roszak, Founding Principal of Thomas Roszak Architecture
College of Architecture Graduate Program Lecturer
1 p.m.
S. R. Crown Hall, Center Core

March 11
Panel Discussion: Modes of Practice
The Rowe Family College of Architecture Dean’s Lecture Series
Benjamin Ball (Ball-Nogues Studio), Doris Sung (DOSU Studio), and Alison Von Glinow (Kwong Von Glinow Design Office)
6 p.m.
S. R. Crown Hall

March 24
Alex Krieger, Professor in Practice at Harvard Graduate School of Design
“City on a Hill: Urban Idealism in American from the Puritans to Present”
New Books Lecture Series
6 p.m.
S. R. Crown Hall, Center Core

March 26
Mies Birthday Party
3-10 p.m.
S. R. Crown Hall, Center Core
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April 1
Katherine Darnstadt, Founder and Principal of Latent Design
Inaugural “Next Chicago” Lecture
6 p.m.
S. R. Crown Hall

April 4
AIAS "City & U" Student Film Festival
All Day
S. R. Crown Hall, Center and Lower Cores
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April 9
Sandra Barclay and Jean Pierre Crousse, Founders of Barclay & Crousse
The Victor A. Morgenstern Family Foundation Lecture
6 p.m.
S. R. Crown Hall, Center Core

April 15
Ruth Baumeister, Associate Professor at Aarhus School of Architecture
Graduate Studies Program Lecture
6 p.m.
S. R. Crown Hall, Center Core

May 8
College of Architecture Open House
S. R. Crown Hall