"Crowning Around" - S.R. Crown Hall Re-opening

"Crowning Around" - S.R. Crown Hall reopening celebration and roundtable discussion with many IIT architects from Mies's time: George Danforth, George Schipporeit, David Sharpe, Dever Rockwell, and Peter Rosch

One of the most influential architects of the 20th century and director of the College of Architecture at Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) for 20 years, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe expressed his modernist vision in the IIT campus, which he designed in the 1940s and 1950s. IIT's Mies van der Rohe Society is restoring his masterworks on the campus, enhancing the buildings to serve educational needs, and reinforcing Chicago's international reputation for architectural distinction. The Mies Society is a membership organization whose fundraising has supported the award-winning restoration of S. R. Crown Hall, Wishnick Hall, and currently, Carr Memorial Chapel (Mies' only religious building).

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