Detail View: Archivision Base to Module 9: Paul V. Galvin Library
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Preferred Title:
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Paul V. Galvin Library
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Image View:
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view showing the south elevation
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Creator:
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Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (American architectural firm, founded 1939); Walter Andrew Netsch (American architect, born 1920)
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Location:
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site: Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago, Illinois, United States)
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Location Note:
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35 W. 33rd St.
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Date:
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1962 (creation)
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Cultural Context:
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American
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Style Period:
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International Style (modern European architecture style); Modernist; Modern
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Work Type 1:
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library (building)
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Classification:
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architecture
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Material:
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steel; glass
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Technique:
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construction (assembling)
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Relation Work:
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part of Illinois Institute of Technology Main Campus
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Subjects:
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architectural exteriors
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Description:
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The building was designed by architect Walter Netsch (a partner in SOM) and built in 1962. It is a 92,000 square-foot facility with a pleasing modern aesthetic. (Source: The Mies van der Rohe Society (IIT) [website]; http://www.mies.iit.edu/)
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Collection:
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Archivision Base Collection
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Identifier:
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1A1-MVR-II-A4
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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