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Collection:
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Archivision Base to Module 13
LocalCollection
Archivision Base to Module 13
Collection
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Preferred Title:
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Alumni Memorial Hall
Work_PrefTitle
Alumni Memorial Hall
Preferred Title
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Image View:
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Frontal view showing typical structural bays
Image_Title
Frontal view showing typical structural bays
Image View
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Creator:
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Holabird & Root (American architectural firm, renamed 1928); Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (German architect, 1886-1969)
Agent_Display
Holabird & Root (American architectural firm, renamed 1928); Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (German architect, 1886-1969)
Creator
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Location:
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site: Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago, Illinois, United States)
Work_Location_Type_D isplay
site: Illinois Institute of Technology (Chicago, Illinois, United States)
Location
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Date:
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1945-1946 (creation)
Work_DateDisplay
1945-1946 (creation)
Date
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Cultural Context:
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American
Work_Culture
American
Cultural Context
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Style Period:
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International Style (modern European architecture style); Modernist; Modern
Work_StylePeriodDisp lay
International Style (modern European architecture style); Modernist; Modern
Style Period
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Work Type 1:
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classroom
Work_Worktype1
classroom
Work Type 1
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Work Type 2:
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university
Work_Worktype2
university
Work Type 2
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Classification:
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architecture
Work_Classification
architecture
Classification
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Technique:
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construction (assembling)
Work_Technique
construction (assembling)
Technique
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Relation Work:
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part of Illinois Institute of Technology Main Campus
RelationType1_Work_R elatedWork1
part of Illinois Institute of Technology Main Campus
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Description:
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Alumni Hall was Mies van der Rohe's first classroom building on the campus. As he did in most of the academic buildings which followed, Mies used a module a bay 24 feet long, 24 feet wide and 12 feet high to allow for flexibility and efficiency in laying out classrooms, labs, and offices. The steel grid of the building's curtain wall suggests the actual steel structure within. City codes mandate that structural steel frames in buildings taller than one story be encased in fireproof material. A large two-story space on the north side, originally intended for use by the Naval ROTC unit, was divided and converted to other uses in 1972. Currently only one 24-foot bay remains a two-story space. Alumni Memorial Hall is home to IIT's Department of Civil and Architectural Engineering. (Source: The Mies van der Rohe Society (IIT) [website]; http://www.mies.iit. edu/)
Work_Description_Sou rce
Alumni Hall was Mies van der Rohe's first classroom building on the campus. As he did in most of the academic buildings which followed, Mies used a module a bay 24 feet long, 24 feet wide and 12 feet high to allow for flexibility and efficiency in laying out classrooms, labs, and offices. The steel grid of the building's curtain wall suggests the actual steel structure within. City codes mandate that structural steel frames in buildings taller than one story be encased in fireproof material. A large two-story space on the north side, originally intended for use by the Naval ROTC unit, was divided and converted to other uses in 1972. Currently only one 24-foot bay remains a two-story space. Alumni Memorial Hall is home to IIT's Department of Civil and Architectural Engineering. (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
LocalCollection
Archivision Base Collection
Collection
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Identifier:
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1A1-MVR-II-E4
Image_OriginalVendor ID
1A1-MVR-II-E4
Identifier
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
Image_Rights
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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