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Assistant Professor Youngjin Hwang and his team received a United States patent for a novel climate-adaptive, dynamic, opaque-building-envelope system called HydroSIP — Full Story

Sydney Rose Maubert, a researcher of Afro-Indigenous communities in the southern United States and Caribbean, is the College of Architecture’s newest Jeanne and John Rowe Fellow.  — Full Story

Every year, the Institute for Advanced Study welcomes more than 250 of the most promising postdoctoral researchers and distinguished scholars from around the world advance their research—and now Associate Professor Sean Keller is one.  — Full Story

Illinois Tech student Brendan Hall (MLA/M.Arch. 4th Year) was one of five students nationwide selected to join the Landscape Architecture Foundation’s newest Ignite cohort. — Full Story

The exhibition surveys the process of book design and the relationships between content, agency, and design. — Full Story

On Wednesday, October 23, we invite you to join us as we open an exhibit called “Polis,” which features the work of spanish architects who have been celebrated by the prestigious “european prize for urban public space.” — Full Story

Sustainable urban growth models and other citywide projects are among the subjects that the renown Italian architect will speak on during a lecture at S. R. Crown Hall at 5 p.m. on October 25. — Full Story

The Centro Comunitario Productivo Las Tejedoras (the Community Productivo Center Las Tejedoras) won the fifth cycle of the biennial Mies Crown Hall Americas Prize Award for Emerging Practice.  — Full Story

Not specifically out of the ordinary, a flyer on the wall of S. R. Crown Hall caught the eye of Thomas Lozanovski (B.ARCH. 5th Year). The piece of paper highlighted the results of a competition hosted by the National Park Service’s Heritage Documentation Programs, which was enough to push Lozanovski to learn more. — Full Story

For the past year, the College of Architecture has worked to implement a new curriculum for its Bachelor of Architecture and Master of Architecture programs that puts sustainability, carbon neutrality, and zero-energy design at the forefront of their pedagogy. This has earned the two programs a Zero Energy Design Designation (ZEDD) from the United States Department of Energy. — Full Story

Four distinct projects completed within the past two years by newly practicing architects in Central and South America have been selected as finalists in the 5th cycle of MCHAP.emerge.  — Full Story

College of Architecture Assistant Professor Dillon Pranger has won first place in this year’s Architizer 2024 A+Awards for a unique pop-up pavilion. — Full Story

Renowned industrial designer and Chicago native Stephen Burks will showcase his first independent work at S. R. Crown Hall on August 28 beginning at 5 p.m. — Full Story

College of Architecture Professor Michelangelo Sabatino showcases the writings and works of the famed modernist architect responsible for Mies Campus. — Full Story

From Africa to Singapore, Joyce Tan Vela (B.ARCH ’04) lived across the world before finding her home in the architecture of Chicago. — Full Story

Cox, an esteemed architect and champion for cities, and Hovey, former faculty member and CEO of Optima Inc., are recognized for their innovation and dedication to architecture and city planning. — Full Story

The 2024 Spring Awards event celebrates College of Architecture students after months of creative work and finished projects. — Full Story

Community: The Architect as Catalyst for Change, brings Riken Yamamoto to S. R. Crown Hall to discuss his personal journey to socially-driven architecture at a lecture and panel discussion at 6 p.m. on Thursday, May 16. — Full Story

A semester of student work exploring 3D printing, CNC milling, and more is on display at Paul V. Galvin Library until May 12. — Full Story

For those interested in the design of new urban structures—particularly those that greatly increase density—is it better to focus one’s study on the principles of engineering, or architecture? One visiting fellow at Illinois Institute of Technology's College of Architecture asked during a recent student workshop: Why not both at once? — Full Story

Juliana Cardozo Chamorro (M.L.A.+U ’24) spent a years searching for her future in architecture—then she came to Mies Campus. — Full Story

Explore the history of the Illinois Tech campus and the Bronzeville neighborhood in an exhibition displayed in Galvin Tower. — Full Story

This year—with the intensely integrated input of a globally renowned, Chicago-based architectural institution—one of Illinois Institute of Technology’s most unique graduate degree programs is tackling new, sustainable uses for high-rise buildings at a time when city leaders across the country are searching for new solutions to fill them. — Full Story

Explore IIT College of Architecture’s 2024 Open House virtually or in-person at S. R. Crown Hall. — Full Story