University
Illinois Institute of Technology
22 locals recommend,
Location
10 W 35th St
Chicago, IL
Douglas
Tips from locals
If you're an architecture buff, then Mies van der Rohe will be a familiar name. The man responsible for bringing Bauhaus ideas to Chicago (and America), founded a School of Architecture at the Illinois Institute of Technology, thus starting an entire movement of design in architecture. The campus of IIT is only part of the legacy that he's left in this city, and beyond!
If you're an architecture buff, then Mies van der Rohe will be a familiar name. The man responsible for bringing Bauhaus ideas to Chicago (and America), founded a School of Architecture at the Illinois Institute of Technology, thus starting an entire movement of design in architecture. The campus of…
Rated in the top 10 most beautiful college campuses by Forbes Magazine for the groundbreaking work by Architect Mies Van Der Rohe and the now infamous McCormick Tribune Campus Center by Rem Koolhas
The IIT campus features a broad range of architectural styles and public art. The initial buildings were built in 1890; the Armour Institute and Lewis Institute merged to form IIT in 1940. It became known for leading trends in modernist architecture under the leadership of Ludwig Mies van Der Rohe, who designed its campus.