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Featured  Mar 14th 2024Ronan to Lead Design of National Memorial Honoring Fallen Journalists

John Ronan Architects will craft the Fallen Journalists Memorial Foundation’s flagship project to be built in the National Mall in Washington, D.C. — Full Story

Lectures  Feb 16th 20242024 Spring Lecture Series: David Lewis, LTL Architects

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

Events  Feb 13th 20242024 Spring Lecture Series: Linda Samuels, Washington University in St. Louis

Join a renowned professor of urban design and champion of using infrastructure to meet the needs of today. — Full Story

Events  Feb 6th 20242024 Spring Lecture Series: John Kriegshauser, “Chairs: 50 Years”

Explore 50 years of built history featuring furniture and models made by students at the College of Architecture. — Full Story

Events  Feb 1st 20242024 Spring Lecture Series: Johanna Hurme and Sasa Radulovic, Partners at 5468796 Architecture

Hear two leading Canadian-based architects speak on the creation of housing for the 'missing middle' class of homebuyers. — Full Story

Events  Jan 23rd 20242024 Spring Lecture Series: Exhibiting Architecture with Alison Fisher

Explore the groundbreaking projects of the graduate and landscape architecture programs with an exhibit leading with Alison Fisher of the Art Institute of Chicago. — Full Story

News  Jan 18th 2024Straddling Architecture, Real Estate, and Construction

Tim Anderson (B.ARCH. ’79) used his College of Architecture expertise to found Focus, a development and construction company with positive culture at its core. — Full Story

Featured  Jan 17th 2024How One Building Can Shape a Future

A studio visit to Cincinnati pushed Caleb Baldwin (B.ARCH. ’17) to London with a goal: Zaha Hadid Architects — Full Story

Featured  Jan 10th 2024More Than an Education: The College of Architecture Experience

The life of student-turned-faculty Annabell Ren (B.ARCH. ’14) flipped upside down during her time at the College of Architecture. — Full Story

News  Nov 21st 2023A ‘Cool’ Design: Misting Pavilion that Helps to Beat the Heat Wins Award

Faculty member Alphonso Peluso uses artificial intelligence to create an award-winning water misting pavilion design. — Full Story

Events  Nov 3rd 2023Film Premiere of ‘MCHAP The Americas: Cycle 4’

Two films highlighting the finalists of the 2021 and 2022 MCHAP events will premiere in S. R. Crown Hall at 5 p.m. on November 8. — Full Story

Events  Oct 31st 2023Mauricio Rocha: A Lot With Little

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

News  Oct 25th 2023A $2 Million Step Toward a Tree-Tastic Mies Campus

Alphawood Foundation Chicago is helping bring new beauty to Mies Campus. — Full Story

News  Oct 24th 2023Driehaus Foundation Grant Brings Local History Exhibit to Mies Gallery

A Bronzeville director, with faculty support, will bring the history of South Side Chicago and its ties to IIT together in a storytelling exhibit. — Full Story

Events  Oct 18th 2023Maurice Cox in Conversation

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

News  Oct 9th 2023Medieval Architecture With Jong Soung Kimm

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

Events  Oct 4th 20232023 Fall Lecture Series: Andrew Todd and Marion Waller

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

Featured  Sep 20th 2023Maria A. Villalobos Hernandez Named Director of the Master of Landscape Architecture and Urbanism

Associate Professor Maria A. Villalobos Hernandez plans to foster environmental and social justice in new role. — Full Story

Lectures  Sep 20th 20232023 Fall Lecture Series: Marilyne Andersen, Laboratory of Integrated Performance in Design

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

Lectures  Sep 12th 20232023 Peter Schaudt Lecture in Landscape Architecture: Elizabeth Meyer, University of Virginia

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

News  Sep 7th 2023Bringing Biomaterials to Buildings: Curtains First Step to Eco-Friendly Future

Assistant Professor of Architecture Ryan Roark delves into the use of biomaterial in architecture. — Full Story

News  Aug 31st 20232023 Fall Lecture Series: Karen Lutsky and Sean Burkholder

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

Events  Aug 28th 20232023 Fall Lecture Series: Feda Wardak, French-Afghan artist, architect-builder

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

News  Aug 22nd 2023Back from Berlin with Award-Winning Ideas

Cecilia Charney (B.ARCH ’23) was awarded a Schiff Foundation Fellowship for her project combining public bathhouses and apartments in downtown Berlin. — Full Story