Illinois Institute of Technology, Private research university in Bronzeville, Chicago, US.
The Illinow Institute of Technology is a private university in Bronzeville, a Chicago neighborhood, with modern glass buildings across a 120-acre site. The structures follow principles of modern design and use steel frames for clean lines and open transparency in the architecture.
The institution formed in 1940 through the union of two older educational centers, the Armour Institute and the Lewis Institute. A minister had pursued the aim of promoting practical technical training in Chicago.
Thecampusshowstheworldwideinfluence of the Bauhaus movement on American architectural landscape. Visitors see clear window fronts, open floor plans and steel frames in the most prominent university buildings.
The campus sits in southern Chicago and can be reached by public transport. Visitors may walk through the grounds and view the modern buildings if they are accessible.
S.R. Crown Hall was named a National Historic Landmark and attracts many visitors who admire the building as an example of modernism. The hall stands in open arrangement and lets daylight flow through large glass windows.
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