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In 1960 Ludwig Mies van der Rohe was honored with the American Institute of Architects (AIA) Gold Medal, one of the most prestigious awards in architecture. It would take 62 years for another Chicago architect to earn the prize—IIT College of Architecture Adjunct Professor Carol Ross Barney. — Full Story

The history of Bronzeville’s Black Belt—an early twentieth-century refuge in Chicago for Black residents who abandoned the American South for a chance at a better life—is spotlighted in an art exhibition by IIT College of Architecture alumni Roland Knowlden (B.ARCH ’20) and Davey Friday (M.L.A.+U. ’22), both multi-talented graduates who are well-acquainted with the city’s art scene. — Full Story

Chicago, much like the rest of the nation, is in the midst of an affordable housing crisis, and while policymakers work to find solutions, IIT College of Architecture students are exploring how a cozy backyard home could change the dynamic of residential neighborhoods. — Full Story

IIT College of Architecture, in partnership with the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH), has launched a new, one-of-a-kind program that addresses rapid urbanization and its most prominent architectural feature: the tall building. The Master of Tall Building and Vertical Urbanism program welcomed its first students this fall. — Full Story

IIT College of Architecture mourns the passing of James DeStefano (ARCH ’61), a supportive and outstanding member of the alumni community, on August 30, 2022, at the age of 84. — Full Story

Where some people see an abandoned building as an annoyance or something to be demolished, Assistant Professor of Architecture Ryan Roark sees an opportunity. Roark, who joined IIT College of Architecture at the beginning of the fall 2022 semester, is interested in the adaptive reuse of older and historic structures. — Full Story

Join the authors of Who Is the City For? Architecture, Equity, and the Public Realm in Chicago—written by longtime Chicago Tribune architecture critic Blair Kamin and with photography by Lee Bey, a renowned architectural photographer, author, Chicago Sun-Times architecture critic, and IIT College of Architecture adjunct faculty member—for a book launch and discussion at S. R. Crown Hall on Monday, November 21, co-sponsored by American Institute of Architects Illinois. — Full Story

Creating a sustainable future by understanding how cities function at various scales is this year’s theme for the sixth annual International Graduate Student Symposium, organized by IIT College of Architecture Ph.D. students. Paper submissions are being accepted now.  — Full Story

Akima Brackeen, IIT College of Architecture’s inaugural Jeanne and John Rowe Fellow, is studying the lack of access to water in majority Black neighborhoods across the city—and the struggles residents face because of it. — Full Story

Join Pat Bosch, design director and principal at Perkins&Will, and Joan Soranno, design principal at HGA and fellow of the American Institute of Architects, in discussing women in the field of architecture. — Full Story

IIT College of Architecture will welcome Chris T. Cornelius, founding principal of studio:indigenous and chair of the Department of Architecture at the University of New Mexico, as part of the fall lecture series at S. R. Crown Hall. — Full Story

IIT College of Architecture invites everyone to join Nader Tehrani, founding principal of NADAAA and dean of Cooper Union’s Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture, in a lecture and book launch of My House Is Better Than Your House on Wednesday, October 12, at S. R. Crown Hall. — Full Story

S. R. Crown Hall will host a lecture from Drawing Agency, an architectural practice based in New York on Friday, October 7. The lecture, “Territories of Territory Extraction,” focuses on the international trade in Southeast Asia waterways, particularly around Singapore. — Full Story

IIT College of Architecture invites everyone for a lecture from Deborah Berke, founder of Deborah Berke Partners and dean of the Yale School of Architecture, on Wednesday, September 28, at S. R. Crown Hall.  — Full Story

IIT College of Architecture welcomes Marlon Blackwell, principal of Marlon Blackwell Architects (MBA) and a fellow of the American Institute of Architects, for a lecture on Wednesday, October 5, at S. R. Crown Hall. — Full Story

The Colosio Embankment Dam project by Taller Capital, which marks a unique intersection of infrastructure and architecture, has earned the 2022 Mies Crown Hall Americas Prize (MCHAP) Emerging Practice Award. — Full Story

The College of Architecture invites anyone interested to learn from experts and professionals in this fall’s lecture series. All events will be hosted in S. R. Crown Hall. — Full Story

On Tuesday, 20 September, a conversation with the four MCHAP. emerge 2022 finalists will be held in person at Mies van der Rohe’s S.R. Crown Hall. Free and open to the public. Register at WWW.MCHAP.CO/ — Full Story

On Wednesday, 21 September, the MCHAP.emerge award dinner will be held at Mies van der Rohe’s S.R. Crown Hall. Four finalists’ winner projects will be presented by their designers and the winner of MCHAP.emerge 2022 will be announced. Tickets available at WWW.MCHAP.CO/ — Full Story

The Mies Crown Hall Americas Prize (MCHAP) announces four finalist projects by emerging practices across the Americas for MCHAP.emerge 2022.  — Full Story

Two recent IIT College of Architecture graduates received the Schiff Fellowship for Architecture from the Art Institute of Chicago for a project that they completed last spring.  — Full Story

Two IIT College of Architecture students received the 2022 AIA Chicago Foundation Diversity Scholarship, which is meant to be “an opportunity to attract and retain diverse, talented young professionals in Chicago and recognizes the value of new and unique voices in the profession.” — Full Story

S. R. Crown Hall will host a symposium, “Housing Blocs: Ordinary Modernism Across the Atlantic,” on May 20–21, with national and international speakers examining how mass housing compares between the United States and Europe. — Full Story

IIT College of Architecture graduates Vassiliki Demakis (B.Arch. ’22) and Vrittany Salais (M.Arch., M.L.A. + Urbanism ’22) were selected as winners of the 2021 Chicago Women in Architecture Gertrude Lempp Kerbis Scholarship.  — Full Story