Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, Library and Administration Building Proposal
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
1939–1949
- Medium
- Charcoal, graphite, and yellow pencil on tracing paper
- Dimensions
- 72 × 106.7 cm (28 × 42 in.)
- Genre
- design drawing
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago
Styles
Tags
characoalbuildingslibrariesgraphiteillinois institute of technologyarchitecturearchitectural drawingillinoisplant materialexteriorpeopleChicagobuildingelevationtracing paperdesign drawingtrees20th Centurycolored pencilofficespaper (fiber product)drawingcharcoal
About
The unbuilt Library and Administration Building is often considered one of Mies’s most significant designs for IIT. In addition to proposed technical innovations in steel construction, the building features a complex program for library stacks and open offices. Mies intended this design to emphasize individual functions and the whole building as parallel yet unified experiences of space.
