Richard H. Driehaus Foundation International Design Competition

Description of the Collection One VHS tape and one dvd, each of Beyond Mies, a video by Rich Goodman (job # 2260, May 11, 1998) documenting the 1997 Richard H. Driehaus Foundation International Design Competition to select an architect for the building which later became identified as the McCormick Tribune Campus Center on the campus of Illinois Institute of Technology. The video included comments by Mark Scogin and features commentary/narration by Dirk Lohan about the IIT campus, the winner as "the next Mies," and the...

Description of the Collection Photographs taken by John Stamets of the construction of the McCormick Tribune Campus Center, designed by Rem Koolhaas, on the campus of Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago. Images were taken approximately monthly over a period of almost two years 22 months (Dec. 2001 - Sept. 2003). Total collection will number approximately 1,248 (per John Stamets) 4x5" contact prints made from the original 4x5" film negatives. Ca. 10 - 15% of the total are in color. Images received in the IIT...

Description of the Collection Promotional materials produced in connection with the opening celebration of the McCormick Tribune Campus Center on the campus of Illinois Institute of Technology, held Sept. 30, 2003. A lecture by the building's architect, Rem Koolhaas, was held on Oct. 4, 2003. Four copies each of the following items: 1. "Save the date" stickers 2. Hard ask invitations 3. Soft ask invitations 4. Press kits 5. MTCC maps 6. Program books 7. John Stamets photo cubes (2 only) 8. College of Architecture posters...

Description of the Collection Pre-construction planning documents related to the programmatic uses of the building which came to be known as the McCormick Tribune Campus Center on the campus of Illinois Institute of Technology. Items as follows: Richard H. Driehaus Foundation International Design Competition/Competition Process and Procedures; July 15, 1997 Memorandum from Donna Robertson to Campus Center Committee "Campus Center program"; Nov. 10, 1997 Report: New Campus Center; report by Holabird & Root; ca. Nov....