COLLECTION NAME:
Archivision Base to Module 9
Record
Preferred Title:
S.R. Crown Hall
Alternate Title:
Crown Hall
Image View:
General view, from southwest
Creator:
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (German architect, 1886-1969); Pace Associates (American architectural firm, active 1946-1957)
Location:
site: Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago, Illinois, United States)
Location Note:
3360 South State Street
Date:
1950-1956 (creation); 2005 (restoration)
Cultural Context:
American
Style Period:
International Style (modern European architecture style); Modernist; Modern
Work Type 1:
classroom
Work Type 2:
university
Classification:
architecture
Material:
steel; glass
Technique:
construction (assembling)
Relation Work:
part of Illinois Institute of Technology Main Campus
Subjects:
architectural exteriors
Description:
Widely regarded as one of the most architecturally significant buildings of the 20th Century, Crown Hall was completed in 1956 during Mies' tenure as director of IIT's Department of Architecture. Crown Hall incorporates a clear span of 220 by 120 feet accomplished by steel plate girders situated above the roof. The building is famous for its clear structural expression, the varying qualities of transparency in its ultra-thin steel and glass facade, and the open, free flowing interior of the "universal space." S.R. Crown Hall was named a National Historic Landmark in 2001. (Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page)
Collection:
Archivision Base Collection
Identifier:
1A1-MVR-CH-A1
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
S.R. Crown Hall
