An Architects Eye, from Oklahoma to London
Exploring unique buildings, standout developments, or bustling cities can motivate any architect, and Jlees Ahmed (B.Arch. ’25) has more international inspiration than most students. Born and raised...
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Visiting Professor’s New Book a Modern Guide to Starting a Design Studio
If you’re starting out in design, it’s important to get practical experience as soon as possible. But how? In her effort to create a student-run design studio, Jessica Meharry searched for resources...
ID and Politecnico di Milano Students Envision Civic Possibilities in º£½ÇÂÒÂ×
The Institute of Design’s fall 2024 immersion utilized futuring tools amid intensive deep dives into º£½ÇÂÒÂ× civic, cultural, and industrial institutions to explore potential outcomes for the Windy...
Student’s ‘Lamp on State Street’ Project Earns Top Architecture Award
What can an aspiring architect do to attract developers and investors to vacant buildings in the heart of downtown º£½ÇÂÒÂ×? A recent Illinois Tech College of Architecture graduate won top honors in a...
‘The Best Course in Housing in the Country’: Second-Year Studio Earns National Recognition
One of the best architecture studios on housing in the United States is now taught at Illinois Tech’s College of Architecture. The Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture presented the...
Landscape Architecture Professor Nominated for Faculty Position at Chinese University
College of Architecture Professor Ron Henderson has been nominated as a distinguished visiting professor at Tsinghua University College of Architecture in Beijing, as Illinois Tech continues...
Illinois Tech Seeks to Commemorate Little-Known Historical Landmarks on Campus Through New Course
The first Black female suffrage club in º£½ÇÂÒÂ×. An arcade containing one of the first Black-owned banks, founded when º£½ÇÂÒÂ×’s African American community had limited access to resources. A row of...
Assistant Professor Receives Patent for Climate-Adaptive Building System
After nearly five years of research and development, Illinois Institute of Technology College of Architecture Assistant Professor Youngjin Hwang, along with Associate Professor Alexandros Tsamis and...
New Rowe Fellow Explores Architectural Influence of Marginalized Communities
A researcher of Afro-Indigenous communities in the southern United States and Caribbean has joined Illinois Institute of Technology’s College of Architecture this fall as a Jeanne and John Rowe Fellow...
Architecture Professor Receives Prestigious Institute for Advanced Study Fellowship
In Christopher Nolan’s 2023 movie Oppenheimer, a pivotal reoccurring scene shows renowned physicists and history-defining figures Albert Einstein and J. Robert Oppenheimer standing in a grassy field...