Lectures

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

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

The IIT College of Architecture is honored to welcome noted Mexico City-based architect Michel Rojkind for a lecture Wednesday afternoon at 1 p.m. in Lower Center Core. — Full Story

Learn how landscape architecture can shape Chicago’s South Side at a panel discussion in S. R. Crown Hall on April 1 at 5 p.m. — Full Story

World-renowned architect and researcher Frank Barkow is hosting a lecture at S. R. Crown Hall on March 25 at 5 p.m. — Full Story

Join renowned New York architect and professor David Lewis at S. R. Crown Hall on Wednesday, February 21, at 5 p.m. — Full Story

Mauricio Rocha, the renowned architect who received the 2023 Mies Crown Hall Americas Prize, will present his award-winning work at 5 p.m. on November 15. — Full Story

The former Chicago Department of Planning and Development Commissioner will be speaking at S. R. Crown Hall at 5 p.m. on October 26. — Full Story

The celebrated alumnus and Seoul-based architect will present his photographic essay of Norman and Gothic Architecture of the United Kingdom at 2:30 p.m. November 2. — Full Story

The two architects will share their urbanist ideas in “French City-Building in Kinship With the Non-Human” at 5 p.m. on October 11. — Full Story

Hear how architecture and engineering meet building performance through sunlight at 5 p.m. on October 4. — Full Story

Meyer will speak about the role of environment and sustainability in architecture at 5 p.m. on September 20 as part of the annual Peter Schaudt Lecture in Landscape Architecture. — Full Story

The two speakers will explore navigating the changing Great Lakes landscape at noon on September 11. — Full Story

The independent artist and researcher will highlight how public policy abandonment affects communities at noon on September 6. — Full Story

Pritzker Prize awardees Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa, will speak about their acclaimed international work at Tokyo-based SANAA. — Full Story

POSTPONED TO A LATER DATE: Professor Adriaenssens is unable to join us this week and we will reschedule her lecture for a future date. Thank you so much for your support of the lecture program and of the Goldsmith Fellowship. — Full Story

IIT College of Architecture is excited to host Rozana Montiel, the 2023 Victor A. Morgenstern Family Visiting Chair in Architecture, for a 5 p.m. lecture on April 5 beginning at 5 p.m. — Full Story

Join IIT College of Architecture’s Master of Landscape and Urbanism program on April 12, 2023, beginning at 5 p.m. for the annual Alfred Caldwell Lecture to explore the intersectionality of public space, art, and social justice. — Full Story

Mahjoub Elnimeiri and Jong Soung Kimm, both longtime faculty members at IIT College of Architecture, will lead two honorary lectures about Arthur S. Takeuchi (B.ARCH ’54, M.S. ARCH ’59), a College of Architecture professor for more than 50 years.  — 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

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