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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.
The building is one of Altgeld's castles, inspired by Governor Altgeld's interest in Germanic architecture; Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Illinois State University, Eastern Illinois University and Northern Illinois University have similar structures. The tower has housed the Altgeld Chimes since 1920.
The original portion of the building, with a central mass along Wright Street and two side wings, was designed in the Georgian Revival style by prominent architectural firm McKim, Mead & White. The firm had previously designed academic buildings at institutions including Columbia University , University of Virginia , and the University Heights ...
Altgeld Hall, located at 1409 West Green Street in Urbana, Illinois on the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) campus, was built in 1896–97 and was designed by Nathan Ricker and James M. White of the university's architecture department in the Richardsonian Romanesque style.
Alpha Phi Fraternity House-Beta Alpha Chapter (Champaign, Illinois) Alpha Rho Chi Fraternity House (Champaign, Illinois) Alpha Xi Delta Sorority Chapter House (Champaign, Illinois) Altgeld Chimes; Altgeld Hall; Astronomical Observatory (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign) Atkins Tennis Center
The building was constructed in 1917-21 and was designed in the Beaux-Arts style by James M. White and George E. Wright. Smith Hall is known for being the first building on the campus to be completely funded by a private party donation. [2] It was dedicated to Tina Weedon Smith by her husband, Captain Thomas J. Smith.
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.
The Natural History Building is a historic building on the campus of the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign in Urbana, Illinois. Built in 1892, the building originally housed the university's departments of botany, zoology, and geology. In addition to classroom space, the building also included a natural history museum. [2] Architect ...