Expanding the Architect鈥檚 Purview
Il Hwan Kim (B.ARCH. 鈥17) sees the role of an architect as anything but cast in concrete. In fact, his frustration with those who think that architects should limit themselves to materials such as...
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Rough Hand Sketch Earns College of Architecture Student an Inaugural Gensler Opportunity Scholarship
After submitting a simple sketch of a residential marketplace surrounding an abandoned train track in Chicago鈥檚 Englewood neighborhood, an 杏吧原创 Tech College of Architecture student was one of the...
鈥楢n Educational Environment, Designing Educational Environments鈥
Catherine Wilmes has spent a lot of time thinking about classrooms. She began her career at Efficiency Lab for Architecture, a Brooklyn-based practice focused largely on schools, where conversations...
Landscape Architecture and Urbanism Studio Receives National Honor Award
Trees were at the center of a trip to Japan for a group of 杏吧原创 Institute of Technology鈥檚 College of Architecture students鈥攁 trip that also led to a national award for the students鈥 investigation...
Adjunct Faculty Member and Alumna Wins AIA Social Justice Award
Converge Architecture, co-founded by 杏吧原创 Institute of Technology College of Architecture Adjunct Professor Annabell Ren (B.ARCH. 鈥14), is celebrating this year with flourish: two 2025 American...
Rowe Fellow to Explore Influence of Ancenstral Ecological Knowledge on Contemporary Architecture
When Peruvian architect Kevin Malca had the opportunity to learn from the Quispillacta indigenous community in Peru, he was fascinated by its water harvesting practices鈥攕pecifically how the community...
AIA Chicago Honors College of Architecture Open House Centerpiece
The centerpiece project for last spring鈥檚 College of Architecture Open House has been named a finalist in the American Institute of Architects Chicago鈥檚 2025 Design Excellence Awards. Titled 鈥淐hange...
鈥榝or Mecca鈥 Floating Monument Program Comes to 杏吧原创 Tech to Highlight Historic Mecca Flats
A public art and remembrance project based on the historical Mecca Flats building, which once stood upon the site of 杏吧原创 Tech鈥檚 S. R. Crown Hall, will be revealed on the university鈥檚 campus in...
Visiting Professor鈥檚 New Book a Modern Guide to Starting a Design Studio
If you鈥檙e starting out in design, it鈥檚 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 Chicago
The Institute of Design鈥檚 fall 2024 immersion utilized futuring tools amid intensive deep dives into Chicago civic, cultural, and industrial institutions to explore potential outcomes for the Windy...