News Dec 15th 2020Congratulations to the Graduates of December 2020The College of Architecture would like to extend its sincerest congratulations to 17 students of the bachelor, master, and doctorate programs who completed their programs at the end of the fall 2020 semester. — Full Story
News Dec 10th 2020Faculty-designed Bridge Wins Award for Structural Engineering ExcellenceThe Dublin Link, designed by Assistant Professor Paul Endres and his firm EndresStudio, is remarkable for its single sculptural suspension tower and s-shaped pathway. — Full Story
News Dec 9th 2020College of Architecture to Host Memorial of David SharpeOn December 12 the College of Architecture will host a virtual memorial to honor the remarkable life and career of David Sharpe (B.ARCH. ’60; M.S. ARCH ’62), a College of Architecture alumnus and professor of nearly 50 years who passed away earlier this year. — Full Story
News Dec 8th 2020Ron Henderson Featured in One of the ASLA's 'Best Books of 2020'The book showcases the work of eight young landscape architecture practices whose optimistic explorations of material authenticity, everyday spaces, and local culture are shifting the discourse on landscape architecture in China. — Full Story
News Nov 17th 2020Alumnus and Faculty Member Dawveed Scully Makes Crain’s 40 Under Forty ListThe list names young professionals in Chicago who have made a significant impact on the city and its communities. — Full Story
News Nov 16th 2020Student Lecture: The Social Consciousness of the Built EnvironmentThis student-coordinated discussion will feature architecture and culture critic Kate Wagner; photographer, videographer, and visual artist Carlos Javier Ortiz; and architect, urbanist, and author Chris Marcinkoski. — Full Story
Featured Nov 13th 2020The Next Generation of Architecture AcademicsSeven recently graduated Ph.D. alumni have already started tenure-track professorships for the 2020 academic year at institutions the world over. — Full Story
News Nov 9th 2020MLA+U Annual Peter Schaudt Lecture: Emergent Asian LandscapesOn November 11 the Master of Landscape Architecture and Urbanism program at the College of Architecture will host Yifeng Lin, Zhongwei Li, and Fu Yingbin for its annual Peter Schaudt Lecture. — Full Story
Organized by students of the college’s doctoral program and titled “Human Behavior, Performance, and Built Environments,” the symposium will focus on the ways in which built environments impact human behavior and vice versa. — Full Story
News Nov 4th 2020NOMASiit Receives Honorable Mention for Chapter of the YearIllinois Institute of Technology College of Architecture’s chapter, NOMASiit, received an honorable mention for Student Chapter of the Year for its activity, student support, and contributions to the community. — Full Story
News Oct 29th 2020Barclay & Crousse: Landscapes of IntimacyPeruvian architects Sandra Barclay and Jean Pierre Crousse to present “Landscapes of Intimacy” for the college’s annual Victor A. Morgenstern Family Foundation Lecture. — Full Story
Oct 27th 2020Faculty-Run Firm Profiled in Architect MagazineKwong Von Glinow, a Chicago-based architecture practice run by IIT Architecture Adjunct Professor Lap Chi Kwong and his partner, Alison Von Glinow, was featured in the magazine's "Next Progressives" series. — Full Story
Events Oct 26th 2020The Long View: A Conversation with Claudia Herasme and Lee BeyHerasme and Bey will discuss questions of practice, design, and advocacy for and in the built environment, developed from their distinguished professional experience. — Full Story
News Oct 19th 2020Faculty Book Receives Allen G. Noble Book AwardPresented by the International Society for Landscape, Place & Material Culture, the award recognizes the best-edited book in the field of material culture published within the last two years. — Full Story
News Oct 15th 2020A Conversation with Jeanne GangThe College of Architecture invites its students, faculty, alumni, and extended community for a conversation with renowned architect and MacArthur Fellow Jeanne Gang on Wednesday, October 21. — Full Story
College of Architecture student Daniel Allen (B.ARCH. 4th Year) and recent graduate Blake Hageman (B.ARCH. ’20) were honored for their take on the Burnham Plan which addresses twenty-first century problems in the City of Chicago. — Full Story
News Oct 12th 2020Modern in the Middle: Book Launch and Conversation with Professor Michelangelo SabatinoThe book details 50 Modernist homes in the greater Chicago area––many of them designed by IIT Architecture alumni––designed and built between 1929 and 1975. — Full Story
News Oct 9th 2020Productora: Being the Mountain Book LaunchOn October 14 the College of Architecture will host Productora––awarded the 2016 Mies Crown Hall Americas Prize for Emerging Practice––for its launch of "Being the Mountain," which examines the relationship between architecture and the ground it occupies. — Full Story
News Oct 1st 2020Professor John Ronan Receives National AIA Award for Library and Public Housing DesignRonan's unique hybrid-use building is one of just four such buildings to receive the award for 2020. — Full Story
News Sep 30th 2020Panel Discussion: Who Do We Serve?This panel seeks to explore beyond the typical architect-client relationship, discussing the relationship the architecture practice has with the community at large. — Full Story
News Sep 29th 2020Four College of Architecture Students Receive Inaugural NOMA FellowshipIn-San Chiang, Nimah Mohiuddin, Olaoluwapo Odukoya, and Tyler Sauter were among the first cohort of 30 architecture students nationwide to received the fellowship opportunity. — Full Story
News Sep 22nd 2020Pedro Camarena Presents ‘Closing Cycles: Mexico City’Camarena is the co-founder of LAAP Workshop and professor at Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Camarena is an expert in ecological restoration, green infrastructure, and mobility. — Full Story
News Sep 22nd 2020New Research Proposal to Improve Thermal Performance in Crown Hall While Preserving OriginalityThis interdisciplinary project between Armour College and the College of Architecture is unique in the melding of their respective disciplines to find a solution to a common preservation problem. — Full Story
Sep 16th 2020Architecture Student Daniel Allen Wins National Photo CompetitionFor the 2020 iteration of the AIA National Photography Competition, College of Architecture student Daniel Allen took home the first-place prize for his submission “Shadow Collage." — Full Story
The discussion will focus on Weiss/Manfredi’s work, particularly in the areas of urbanism, resilience, social justice, and health. — Full Story
News Sep 14th 2020Fall 2020 LecturesJeanne Gang, Barclay and Crousse, and many other distinguished architects to present virtual lectures exclusively for the IIT Architecture Community. — Full Story
News Sep 11th 2020Dining Pavilions Designed and Built by Students, Alumni, and Faculty Provides Social Distance During COVID-19 PandemicDesigns by the Illinois Institute of Technology community provided improved and expanded outdoor seating options for South Side restaurants. — Full Story
News Aug 28th 2020Emmanuel Pratt on Sweet Water Foundation and Community-Driven DesignOn Wednesday, September 2 at 5 p.m., the co-founder of the Sweet Water foundation and MacArthur Fellow will give a virtual lecture on community-driven design. — Full Story
News Aug 26th 2020NOMASiit Launches New Virtual Art GalleryBased on the theme of “Equality and Humanity,” the exhibit is inspired largely by a summer of widespread protests and features over 40 works produced by College of Architecture students. — Full Story
News Aug 24th 2020College of Architecture Studio Imagines Former Chicago Railways as New Community SpacesFrom using native plantings to remediate soil in post-industrial sites to building recreational infrastructure on the former railways, the proposals from architecture students aim to provide new opportunities and spaces for neighborhood residents. — Full Story
News Aug 14th 2020Innovative Architecture Professor Peter Land Passes Away at 92An expert in housing, urban planning, and structures for electrical energy generation, Peter Land contributed greatly to the program at the College of Architecture and the profession as a whole. — Full Story
News Aug 3rd 2020After Publishing Fourth Issue, Prometheus Wins Award for Student JournalsThe issue, edited by Mehdi Ashayeri (Ph.D. ’20) and Ezgi Bay (Ph.D. ’20), is centered on the research of high-performance and energy-efficient buildings and urban spaces. — Full Story
News Jul 23rd 2020Architecture Student a Finalist in Competition to Reimagine an Iconic BridgeThe design imagines a bridge that prioritizes cyclists and foot traffic, while including biophilic elements. — Full Story
News Jul 16th 2020College of Architecture Faculty and Alumni Win Big at AIA Chicago Small Project AwardsThis year several projects designed by Illinois Institute of Technology College of Architecture faculty members and alumni—who either lead or help run their respective practices—walked away with Citations of Merit or Honor Awards. — Full Story
A message from Reed Kroloff on the future of diversity and inclusion at the College of Architecture. — Full Story
News Jul 9th 2020College of Architecture Student Receives AIA Chicago Foundation Diversity ScholarshipThe scholarship, which hopes to promote diverse voices within the architecture profession by providing both financial support and a mentorship program, was awarded to Asiye Yükselen (ARCH 4th Year — Full Story
Jun 30th 2020Outstanding Student Award Goes to College of Architecture’s Alexis Arias-BetancourtThe organization recognized Arias-Betancourt for his excellence in design and research during his time in the college’s dual Master of Architecture and Master of Landscape Architecture program, of which he is its third graduate. — Full Story
News Jun 26th 2020Remembering David Sharpe, College of Architecture Professor for Nearly 50 YearsFor decades Sharpe worked as an architect at Skidmore, Owings & Merrill while also teaching at Illinois Institute of Technology’s College of Architecture, where he helped shape the college's renowned graduate program. — Full Story
News Jun 16th 2020Faculty Architecture Project Wins AIA Award for Excelling in Sustainable DesignThe Keller Center, renovated in part by College of Architecture faculty members David Woodhouse and Andy Tinucci, was a recipient of the 2020 AIA COTE Top Ten Awards. — Full Story
News Jun 15th 2020New Faculty Book Details Chicago’s Modernist Homes, Many Designed by IIT Architecture CommunityWhile Mies’ students and cohorts commonly worked on large-scale projects, many took their craft to the city’s residential neighborhoods and outlying suburban cities and villages. Their designs are detailed in Modern in the Middle, a new book co-authored by Michelangelo Sabatino. — Full Story
News Jun 5th 2020Architecture Alumna Receives Honor for Doctoral ResearchThe Architectural Research Centers Consortium has recognized Illinois Institute of Technology College of Architecture adjunct faculty member Narjes Abbasabadi (Ph.D. ARCH ’19) with an honorable mention in the 2020 ARCC Dissertation Awards. — Full Story
News Jun 4th 2020The Architectural Problem of Working from HomeCollege of Architecture Studio Assistant Professor Leslie Johnson is teaching Conditions of Interiority, which aims to study dwellings and their varying typologies across the globe and throughout history in the context of a quarantined world. — Full Story
News May 19th 2020Design Vanguard Recognition Awarded to College of Architecture ProfessorVladimir Radutny Architects, a Chicago-based firm founded and run by College of Architecture Adjunct Professor Vladimir Radutny, was one of ten firms worldwide recognized with the honor. — Full Story
As the academic year comes to a close, Illinois Institute of Technology’s College of Architecture welcomes graduates, their families, and friends to Commencement. — Full Story
Though traditionally held in iconic S. R. Crown Hall, IIT College of Architecture’s Open House 2020 will be hosted as a fully digital experience that celebrates the work of our students. — Full Story
News Apr 20th 2020 Biomedical Engineering, Architecture Students Collaborate to Develop Future of ProstheticsJennifer Sabatka, Tran Le, Edvin Nielsen Johansson and Ekerin Agboola are collaborating on a way to make affordable, high-performance prosthetics through 3D printing. — Full Story
News Mar 25th 2020Erin Conti Elected President of AIAS National BoardFollowing her graduation, Conti will serve a one-year term at the organization’s Washington, D.C., headquarters, representing architecture students across the United States and beyond. — Full Story
The College of Architecture’s faculty and students enjoy a longstanding relationship with professional practice in Chicago, a city with a vibrant history of innovation. For this reason, many professional firms are committed to providing unique internship opportunities specifically for our students. — Full Story
In light of the continuing coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, all lectures and events at the College of Architecture will be suspended for the rest of the semester until further notice. — Full Story
News Mar 5th 2020Professor Henderson to Lead Restoration of Cherry Trees at National ArboretumHe will lead the restoration of three of the National Arboretum's oldest cherry trees using an indigenous Japanese gardening practice. — Full Story
On March 11 Benjamin Ball, Doris Sung, and Alison Von Glinow will participate in a moderated discussion and Q&A session that will reflect on their individual methods of practice and how they’ve leveraged their experiences beyond traditional architecture practice. — Full Story
News Feb 25th 2020How Landscapes Benefit the Environment and EconomyA trio of peer-reviewed papers from College of Architecture Adjunct Professor Sarah Hanson and student Matthew Callone detail the environmental, economic, and social benefits of three landscape architecture projects in Chicago. — Full Story
News Feb 21st 2020College of Architecture Student wins Chicago Women in Architecture ScholarshipEvery year, the local nonprofit Chicago Women in Architecture awards a scholarship to a female architecture student in her final year of study. This year, College of Architecture student Nandin–Erdene Dashdondog took home top honors. — Full Story
Architect and College of Architecture Alumnus Thomas Roszak will be at S. R. Crown Hall on March 4 to discuss integrated project delivery. — Full Story
As a founding principal of SHoP, Pasquarelli has served as lead partner on many of the firm’s most prominent projects in New York City, including the Barclays Center, Pier 17, 111 West 57th Street, and the American Copper Buildings. — Full Story
News Feb 4th 2020COA/IIT SPRING 2020 CAREER FAIRThe COA/IIT Career Fair will take place on Feb. 27, 2020 in Hermann Hall. — Full Story
News Feb 3rd 2020Max Hisatake Is at Home in Crown Hall and on the CourtArchitecture student Max Hisatake recently received national honors for his basketball skills, being named to the D3Hoops.com Men's Basketball Team of the Week on January 14. — Full Story
David Benjamin is both the founding principal of The Living, as well as an associate professor at Columbia University's Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation. — Full Story
News Jan 23rd 2020Kaplan Institute Wins National AIA Architecture AwardThe building, designed by College of Architecture Professor John Ronan, is one of only eight buildings from across the world, and only one of three buildings in the United States, to be bestowed with the honor for 2020. — Full Story
On January 27 the College of Architecture will host acclaimed architecture photographer, writer, historian, and critic Lee Bey, who will present his book on the overlooked architecture of Chicago's South Side. — Full Story
News Jan 13th 2020Mark Sexton, College of Architecture Alumnus, Elected to Illinois Tech Board of TrusteesAs a trustee, Sexton joins a group of experts, community leaders, and business people in guiding the future of Chicago’s only tech-focused university. — Full Story
Jong-Soung Kimm, a College of Architecture alumni and former dean, will present and discuss his new book, "Architect Jong-Soung Kimm’s Romanesque Architecture Photo Essay—Germany and Belgium." — Full Story
News Jan 6th 2020Student Artwork at Illinois Tech Gets a Print Platform with the Publication of 'Cumulus'The first issue is a 46-page collection of illustrations, painting, poetry, photography, and other artistic mediums, with more than 20 Illinois Tech students contributing. — Full Story
Brininstool+Lynch, co-founded by Illinois Institute of Technology College of Architecture Adjunct Professor David Brininstool, was named Firm of the Year Award, while Visiting Assistant Professor Jennifer Park received the Dubin Family Young Architect Award. — Full Story
News Nov 25th 2019NOMASiit Students Place in National Design CompetitionEvery year the National Organization of Minority Architects organizes the Barbara G. Laurie Student Design Competition for its student chapters at architecture schools nationwide. This year, NOMASiit placed third among 39 competing schools. — Full Story
The American Institute of Architects Chicago recently held its annual Designight where it celebrated its inaugural Diversity Scholarship and its first two recipients: Maria Hidalgo (B.ARCH. 4th Year) and Aman Panach (M.ARCH. 1st Year). — Full Story
From November 15–17 the College of Architecture will host its fourth annual symposium for the Ph.D. program. The forum titled “Buildings, Cities, and Performance” will revolve around the theme of simulation-based and data-driven methodologies in environmental research. — Full Story
Featured Nov 12th 2019College of Architecture Alumnus Wins ARCC King Student MedalDaniel Whittaker's doctoral dissertation, “House Museums in Chicago" has earned him an Architectural Research Centers Consortium King Student Medal for 2019. — Full Story
An art installation spearheaded by Illinois Institute of Technology Visiting Assistant Professor Jennifer Park, and completed with the help of 13 second-year Illinois Tech architecture students aims to explore the political implications of architecture. — Full Story
Called "Prometheus," the journal offers a comprehensive overview of research-in-progress presented at the Ph.D. program’s annual student-run symposium, and features the work of IIT Architecture Ph.D. students. — Full Story
Featured Oct 24th 2019Two College of Architecture Alumni Win AIA Film ChallengeMeriem Sakrouhi (B.Arch. ’16) and Mario Serrano (B.Arch. ’18), won the People’s Choice Award for their short documentary Learning Organisms, Floral Collectives. — Full Story
News Oct 15th 2019College of Architecture to Host Launch of 'Avant-Garde in the Cornfields'On November 11, Illinois Institute of Technology’s College of Architecture will host the launch of "Avant-Garde in the Cornfields: Architecture, Landscape, and Preservation in New Harmony." — Full Story
News Oct 14th 2019In a Recovering Puerto Rico, Architecture Students Build One-Room Schoolhouse For the second year in a row, College of Architecture Associate Professor Frank Flury and a group of undergraduate students traveled to Loiza, Puerto Rico to aid in the town's rebuilding. — Full Story
News Oct 11th 2019College of Architecture Students Win Award for Design Reimagining Chicago’s South WorksPimpakarn Rattanathumawat and Botao Sun's "Power of Place" proposes a unique structure as a solution to a contaminated building site. — Full Story
Featured Oct 10th 2019Clive Wilkinson: The Theatre of WorkDuring the lecture, Wilkinson will discuss his new book, "The Theatre of Work," which focuses on the evolution of the way we work and the office spaces we inhabit. — Full Story
Featured Oct 8th 2019College of Architecture Faculty Named ISTC ‘Researcher to Know’Professor Rahman Azari was named one of the Illinois Science & Technology Coalition’s top researchers for his contributions to sustainable innovation. — Full Story
Sep 18th 2019Illinois Tech Students Present Exhibit of Chicago and Hamburg Architecture for 2019 BiennialDoppelgänger, an architecture exhibit two years in the making, is on its way to Chicago, where it will go on display at Mana Contemporary, an art gallery housed in a former ComEd warehouse in the city’s Pilsen neighborhood. — Full Story
Amidst worldwide celebrations of the Bauhaus centennial in 2019, Shapeshift will honor the remarkable–yet largely unknown–Bauhaus legacy created in Chicago by the Institute of Design and the College of Architecture. — Full Story
Events Aug 25th 2019College of Architecture to Host Inaugural International Research Forum with SOM FoundationAn exploration and celebration of engineering and architecture, featuring presentations from some of the greatest minds in architecture, engineering, and design. — Full Story
An SOM Symposium honoring legendary structural engineer Bill Baker, an exhibit on featuring photographs of 11 Mies-designed buildings, and much more. — Full Story
Landscape architect Gary R. Hilderbrand will present the annual Peter Schaudt Lecture. The lecture is a part of Illinois Institute of Technology’s Urban Future initiative, which promotes research contributing to the development of smarter and more sustainable cities. — Full Story
Featured Aug 21st 2019Introducing 'South Side Modern: IIT and the Building of Chicago'Illinois Tech is proud to introduce "South Side Modern: IIT and the Building of Chicago," a book and workshop that detail the university's impact, both positive and negative, on Chicago’s cityscape. — Full Story
On September 16, as part of Illinois Institute of Technology’s upcoming Shapeshift design festival, Adjunct Professor Tom Jacobs will present “Creative Activism Now." — Full Story
Featured Aug 1st 2019'Smuggling Architecture' Takes a Critical Look at Suburban HousingAdjunct Professor Lap Chi Kwong and Alison Von Glinow, co-founders of the architecture firm Kwong Von Glinow, have been chosen as the College of Architecture’s summer artists in-residence for 2019. — Full Story
Featured Jul 22nd 2019Illinois Tech Students Receive AIA Chicago Honorable MentionM.Arch. students Alexander Aparicio, Qin Lu, and Yilie Wang were recognized for their "Contour Island" project, which imagines a sprawling public and manufacturing space north of Goose Island. — Full Story
News Jul 15th 2019MIES Project Explores Modernist Architecture Through Reflections, PhotographySince 2012, Arina Dähnick has photographed 11 Mies-designed buildings. Starting September 25th, her photos will be on display in S. R. Crown Hall. — Full Story
Featured Jul 3rd 2019Frank Lloyd Wright Home and Studio to Receive Visitor’s Center Designed by John RonanIllinois Institute of Technology Professor John Ronan and his eponymous, Chicago-based architecture firm designed a visitor's center for Frank Lloyd Wright's historic home and studio in Oak Park, Illinois. — Full Story
News Jun 28th 2019College of Architecture Faculty Wins AIA National Small Projects AwardThe American Institute of Architects recognized a Michigan Avenue loft project led by faculty member Vladimir Radutny with a National Small Projects Award. — Full Story
News Jun 27th 2019Illinois Tech Student Wins IL-ASLA Outstanding Student AwardThe American Society of Landscape Architects’ Illinois chapter recognized Illinois Institute of Technology alumna Jiaming “Jamie” Sun by honoring her with an Outstanding Student Award. — Full Story
Featured Jun 18th 2019Mies-Designed Bailey Hall to Receive Overhaul by Dirk Denison ArchitectsSlated for completion by the fall 2020 semester, the new-and-improved Bailey Hall will receive a holistic update to its mechanical, structural, and interior elements. — Full Story
Jun 11th 2019REED KROLOFF NAMED DEANReed Kroloff, Renowned Educator, Architecture Critic, and Consultant, Named Illinois Tech College of Architecture Dean — Full Story
With 29 years under his belt, Kriegshauser will be retiring from his post as Materials Lab supervisor at the end of the 2018–19 academic year, though he will stay on as an adjunct associate professor. — Full Story