037. Buildings and Campus
Record Group
Identifier: 037
Found in 35 Collections and/or Records:
Aerial photographs, 1951-1961
Collection
Identifier: 037.02.11
Description of the Collection
Four aerial views of campus and the surrounding area: 1) Black and white aerial view of campus and surrounding area, roughly Michigan Ave. to Canal St., 31st St. to Pershing. Dated 1951, image predates construction of Dan Ryan Expressway, and includes Wentworth Gardens, old Comiskey Park, the Mecca building, and original Armour Institute complex. A two square block area to the east of State St., later to be developed as McCormick Village (student housing complex) is outlined. ...
Dates:
1951-1961
Alumni Memorial Hall blueprints, 1945
Collection
Identifier: 037.02.50
Description of the Collection
Three pages of blueprints (27 x 41") for the Navy Building (later, Alumni Memorial Hall) by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Holabird & Root. Drawings are identified as First Floor Framing, drawing S2; 2nd Floor Framing, S3; and Roof Framing Plan, S4. All are dated 5/17/1945 and are identified as revisions of commission number 7774.
Dates:
1945
Mies & Modernism: The IIT Campus Tour
Collection
Identifier: 037.02.18
Description of the Collection
Mies & Modernism: The IIT Campus Tour, a 57-page tour training manual for docents who provide walking tours of the Illinois Institute of Technology campus. The manual has general information about Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, the architecture program at IIT, the campus master plan and landscaping, as well as detailed architectural information about specific buildings. Also included is information about architects other than Mies who designed IIT buildings, campus outdoor sculptures, a...
Dates:
2001
Lohan Master Plan records, 1993
Collection
Identifier: 037.02.52
Description of the Collection
Office files of the project known as the Lohan Master Plan, being the program initiated by Illinois Institute of Technology ca. 1993 to re-develop the physical campus. Collection includes working files and documents related to the National Commission on IIT, Mesirow/Stein request for proposal, the Richard H. Driehaus Foundation International Design Competition, the new Chicago Police Headquarters building located in Bronzeville, campus landscaping, and minor amounts of material on the...
Dates:
1993
University Planning Team Campus Redevelopment Presentation collection, 2005
Collection
Identifier: 037.02.09
Description of the Collection
Slide presentation and accompanying written documentation (7 pages photocopied from "Background Briefing Book for Urban Land Institute" [created in March, 1995]) given to IIT Board of Trustees, Jan. 18, 1995, by team of architects who presented alternative schemes for redevelopment of the university's main campus. Slides (ct.=28) contain "talking point" text phrases and include some statistics. (Slides are not in original order.) The individuals responsible for this project are identified in...
Dates:
1995
Lohan Master Plan and McCormick Tribune Campus Center posters, 2002
Collection
Identifier: 037.02.05
Description of the Collection
Two color posters, (21 x 32") depicting early concept drawings of: 1) Lohan Master Plan with landscaping; 2) McCormick Tribune Campus Center.
Dates:
2002
Urban Land Institute study collection, 1995
Collection
Identifier: 037.02.23
Description of the Collection
Documents concerning a study conducted by the Urban Land Institute (Washington, DC) for Illinois Institute of Technology in 1995. Two are multi-page documents (photocopies): one discusses development potential, development strategies, and implementation; the other is notes from an April 28, 1995 presentation. Also included is "An Advisory Services Panel Report" (published brochure) titled Illinois Institute of Technology: An Evaluation of Development Potential and Real Estate Strategies for...
Dates:
1995
Lohan Associates Main Campus Programming Study
Collection
Identifier: 037.02.07
Description of the Collection
Main Campus Programming Study, being the document presented by Lohan Associates to Illinois Institute of Technology concerning reorganization of space allocation on the university's main campus. This draft copy is dated May 17, 1996; ca. 250 pages. Table of contents chapter headings: Executive summary; Recommended relocation plan; Existing conditions; Relocation strategy; Space forecast; Appendix.
Dates:
1996
Lohan Master Plan records, 1996
Collection
Identifier: 037.02.06
Description of the Collection
This collection created by Lohan Associates for IIT contains: 1) Main Campus Master Plan, being the proposal by Lohan Associates (Dirk Lohan, FAIA, President) for physical revitalization of Illinois Institute of Technology's main campus on the South Side of Chicago at 33rd and State Sts. This is the final draft, dated April 30, 1996, presented by IIT Pres. Lew Collens to the university's Board of Trustees. Proposal includes recommendations for renovations of Mies van der Rohe buildings,...
Dates:
1996
IIT in the Landscape, After Mies and Caldwell report, 1999
Collection
Identifier: 037.02.45
Description of the Collection
Publication titled IIT in the Landscape: 1999 Illinois Institute of Technology West Campus Landscape Master Plan. After Mies and Caldwell: A Report to the Mies Campus Committee. The Plan concerns IIT's main campus at 33rd and S. State Streets. "West campus" refers to the academic area on the west side of State St., as opposed to the residential area on the east side of the street. Fifty-one page document with drawings, photos, text, and tables. Contents as follows: Introduction; Large-Scale...
Dates:
1999
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