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Essential Architecture- Chicago
South and West Crown Hall |
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architect |
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe |
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location |
3360 S. State St. |
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date |
1950-56 |
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style |
International Style |
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construction |
Steel and glass |
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Education |
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| Crown Hall, oblique view, photo 1988, M. Brack. | |
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| Crown Hall, close view, photo 1988, M. Brack. | |
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| Crown Hall, interior, photo 1988, M. Brack. | |
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| general view, photo 1988, M. Brack. | |
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| chapel, photo 1988, M. Brack. | |
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| postage stamp, U.S. postage stamp (U. Penn. slide coll.). | |
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| chapel, front, 1952, photo D. Stillman. | |
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A defining structure of 20th-century modern architecture, this is one of
the masterpieces of the world-reknowned architect
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe . Designed to house Illinois Institute of
Technology's departments of architecture, planning, and design, the
building's dramatic, structurally-expressive form resulted from the need
to create an open interior space that could be flexibly adapted for
changing needs and uses. Instead of interior columns, the roof is hung
from exposed steel trusses bridging the depth of the building. It was
named for S. R. Crown, a co-founder of the Material Service Corporation.
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links |
With special thanks to the City of
Chicago website,
www.egov.cityofchicago.org , for much of the info on this page.
Photos copyright City of Chicago. |
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