Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, Typical Building, Two Perspective Sketches

Architecture and Design

c. 1940–1941

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
American, born Germany, 1886-1969

An important aspect of Mies’s design for IIT is the way that he used standard building types to create a unified image and experience on the campus. Here, sketches for the “typical” building show how a small set of ideal architectural forms could be modified to create individual building programs for classrooms, laboratories, and residential spaces.

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Artist: Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (Architect)
Title: Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, Typical Building, Two Perspective Sketches
Place: Chicago (Building address)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: 1940–1941
Medium: Graphite on tablet paper
Dimensions: 15.2 × 21.2 cm (6 × 8 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of A. James Speyer
Reference Number: 1984.1405

The Art Institute of Chicago, “To Build a Modern Campus: Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and the Illinois Institute of Technology, 1939–1948,” July 2–Oct 16, 2016.
Unknown, “Mies van der Rohe and His Disciples of Modernism,” cat. no. 83.

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