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The University of Illinois School of Architecture is an academic unit within the College of Fine & Applied Arts at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. The school is organized around six Program Areas - Building Performance, Detail + Fabrication, Health + Well-being, History + Theory + Preservation, Design of Tall Buildings, and Urbanism.
Today, the building houses college's Ricker Library of Architecture and Art, named after the first graduate Nathan C. Ricker. Today the Ricker Library contains more than 120,000 volumes and 33,000 serials, 35,000 microforms, and a small but burgeoning collection of videos, making it one of the largest of its kind in the United States. [ 20 ]
The University of Illinois has a history in the training of urban and regional planners, dating back to 1913 when Charles Mulford Robinson was appointed Professor of Civic Design in the university's Landscape Architecture Division. At that time, only the University of Illinois and Harvard University offered courses in urban planning. In 1945 ...
The Business Instructional Facility (BIF) architecture has been described as "adding a sympathetic and fresh flavor to the campus's rich fabric of Georgian architecture while including sustainable features." [7] The geometry of BIF is defined by "three perimeter bar buildings" composed of native brick and natural stone forming a 'U' shape.
Emma Hartman Noyes House at Vassar College: Poughkeepsie: New York: 1954: 1958: United States Chancellery Building: Oslo: Norway: 1955: 1959: United States Chancellery Building: London: England: 1955: 1960: University of Chicago plan and buildings: Chicago: Illinois: 1955: 1960: Women's Dormitory & Dining Hall (1958; demolished 2001), Law ...
Altgeld Hall, UIUC in Urbana, Illinois "Altgeld's castles" are buildings in the Gothic Revival style at five Illinois public universities, all built at the initiative or inspiration of Illinois Governor John Peter Altgeld [1] During his term as governor (1893-1897), Altgeld expressed certain opinions on how buildings should be erected in the state of Illinois.
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The Busey–Evans Residence Halls, historically known as the Women's Residence Hall and the West Residence Hall respectively, are historic dormitories at the University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign.