Illinois Institute of Technology. College of Architecture

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Found in 54 Collections and/or Records:

Knowledge Box 2 collection, 2009-2012

 Collection
Identifier: 032.04.09
Description of the Collection Materials related to the construction and exhibition of Knowledge Box 2. The collection includes the architectural model of Knowledge Box 2, construction documentation in manuscript and digital formats (including CAD drawings), the digital audio file used for the 2009 recreated program, and the 35mm slides projected in the Knowledge Box 2 along with a key to the slide projection sequence. The collection also includes documentary information (publicity, press coverage,...
Dates: 2009-2012; Majority of material found in 2009

Knowledge Box 2 Model, 2009

 Item — Box 1: Series 01
Identifier: 01
Scope and Contents

Model of the Knowledge Box 2 made in 2009 by students in the IIT College of Architecture, Alex Derdelakos and Chris Strailman, in preparation for reconstruction of the full-size Knowledge Box 2 to be used in the exhibit "Learning Modern" at the Sullivan Galleries of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (Sept. 25, 2009-Jan. 9, 2010). The model has a hinged door and includes representations of the 24 35mm slide carousel projectors mounted on the 24 exterior shelves of the Box.

Dates: 2009

Lecture Series collection, 1970-1996

 Collection
Identifier: 006.02.02
Description of the Collection

1. Architecture Lecture Series, 1977: Roberto Burle Marx, Mario Gandelsonas, Rem Koolhaas, Robert Krier, Emilio Ambasz, Leon Krier, Elia Zenghelis, Massimo Scolari, Jay Fellows, Ricardo Legorreta, Dore Ashton, Myron Goldsmith 2. Department of Architecture Lecture, n.d.: William J.R. Curtis; Free Public Lecture, Christo and Jeanne-Claude, 1996

Dates: 1970-1996

Louis John Johnson papers, 1964-1982

 Collection
Identifier: 006.05.07
Description of the Collection Papers of Louis John Johnson, Assistant Professor of Architecture at Illinois Institute of Technology from 1962-circa 1990. He was promoted to Associate Professor in 1969. Johnson was also partner with another IIT Assistant/Associate Architecture Professor, Arthur S. Takeuchi, in the firm of Takeuchi and Johnson, Architects, of 37 S. Wabash in the 1960s and 1970s. The first file consists primarily of correspondence (1964-1969) conducted by Johnson while assembling a book...
Dates: 1964-1982

Ludwig Hilberseimer's Settlement Unity: Origins and Applications

 Collection
Identifier: 006.06.18
Description of the Collection

This collection consists of a 20 page typed manuscript by David Spaeth, "Ludwig Hilberseimer's Settlement Unity: Origins and Applications." Spaeth is identified in the manuscript as "Visiting Professor, Department of Architecture, University of Florida." (2 copies)

Dates: 1980-1989

Mies and Beyond: IIT Alumni Tour

 Collection
Identifier: 006.06.26
Description of the Collection Video titled Mies and Beyond: IIT Alumni Tour featuring highlights of a tour by Illinois Institute of Technology architecture students, alumni, and faculty to Madrid, Barcelona, Bilbao, and Berlin in 2002. The tour was initiated by Robert Babbin '42 and led by Prof. Dirk Dennison. The group toured each location with particular attention to Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and other modernist architectural sites. Scenes at the reconstructed Barcelona Pavilion (including Georg Kolbe's sculpture ...
Dates: 2002

Mies van der Rohe anniversary video, 2004

 Collection
Identifier: 006.02.19
Description of the Collection

Video of Mies van der Rohe's 118th Birthday celebration held in S. R. Crown Hall on the campus of Illinois Institute of Technology on March 26, 2004. Present in order of appearance include Donna Robertson, Peter Beltemacchi, Jack Bowman, Louis Rocah, David Sharpe, Paul Shaver, Jack Hartray, and Peter Roesch. Speakers, most of whom were students or colleagues of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, talk about their recollections of him. Film produced by Dan Kuruna.

Dates: 2004

Mies van der Rohe collection, 1938-1980

 Collection
Identifier: 006.06.24
Abstract Printed program and biography for dinner welcoming Mies to Chicago on accepting the position of Director of the department of architecture at Armour Institute of Technology; Oct. 18, 1938. Letter (and bibliography) from Paige Temple to George R. Bushnell on letterhead from "The Office of Mies van der Rohe"; Dec. 13, 1972. Invitation and donation card to the Mies van der Rohe Lecture Series, sponsored by Illinois Institute of Technology; March 1973. Published brochure and two-page "Building...
Dates: 1938-1980

Mies van der Rohe photographs, 1973

 Collection
Identifier: 006.06.05
Description of the Collection Two photographic transparencies (b&w positive images, 11x14") apparently photographed from a printed document showing Ludwig Mies van der Rohe's architecture program, in chart format, proposed for Armour Institute of Technology, Chicago. One image is titled "The Elements of Architectural Form" and identifies the chart (on the other image which is titled "Program for Architectural Education") as being a 1973 recreation, by Frank F. Ake, Jr. of the 1937 original chart (which was lost). Ake...
Dates: 1973

Mies van der Rohe Society collection, 1951-2011

 Collection
Identifier: 032.04.04
Description of the Collection

This collection contains the research material, folders of materials on Ludwig Mies van der Rohe collected on behalf of the Mies Society.

Dates: 1951-2011

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