About this artwork
In this early version of the plan for IIT, Mies imagined that the campus would include a number of buildings raised on slender piloti, or piers, creating an open and continuous green space. While the piloti were not used in the final design because of their high cost, they are one of the features that most directly recall the project’s European antecedents.
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Status
- Currently Off View
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Department
- Architecture and Design
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Artist
- Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (Architect)
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Title
- Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, Laboratory Building, Three-Story Building with Pilotis
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Place
- Illinois Institute of Technology (Building address)
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Date
- Designed 1944–1945
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Medium
- Graphite and charcoal on Strathmore board
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Dimensions
- 76.9 × 101.8 cm (30 × 40 in.)
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Credit Line
- Gift of A. James Speyer
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Reference Number
- 1988.31.3
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Copyright
- © 2018 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn