2005 Mies van der Rohe Lecture at IIT: “Mies is More - Learning from Mies”
1991 Pritzker Architecture Prize Laureate Robert Venturi will present the Mies van der Rohe Lecture on November 9 at 6 p.m. in Crown Hall, 3360 South State Street. In commemoration of the 50th anniversary of Crown Hall and its just-completed restoration, Venturi’s lecture reviews the diversity and rich significance of Mies' work and theory as interpreted over time and within the vital context of Chicago.
Venturi has been called one of the most original talents in contemporary architecture. He is a noted writer, teacher, artist and critical thinker, as well as an architect. Venturi’s own architectural theories are a point/counterpoint with Mies. His seminal book, Complexity and Contradiction, ushered in the postmodern phase for architecture with the dictum “Less is a bore,” which Venturi has subsequently questioned.
The 2005 esteemed Mies van der Rohe Lecture is the premier talk in a series of programs and lectures produced by IIT’s College of Architecture that strive to keep Mies and his work alive and relevant to contemporary practice through reexamination, reinterpretation and reevaluation.
The Mies van der Rohe Lecture, within the lecture series titled “Who’s Your Daddy: What I Learned from Mies,” is co-sponsored by the Chicago Humanities Festival. Since 1990, the Chicago Humanities Festival has hosted world-renowned authors, scholars, poets, policy-makers, artists, and performers who have gathered each November at Chicago’s many cultural institutions to celebrate the power of ideas in human culture.
This event is free and open to the public. To reserve your spot, please call the Chicago Humanities Festival at 312.494.9509.
Founded in 1890, IIT is a Ph.D.-granting technological university awarding degrees in the sciences, mathematics and engineering, as well as architecture, psychology, design, business and law. IIT’s interprofessional, technology-focused curriculum prepares the university’s 6,200 students for leadership roles in an increasingly complex and culturally diverse global workplace.
