McCormick Tribune Campus Center, IIT, Chicago, Illinois

  • Date
    7/16/2007 (creation)
Related people
Jonathan Meister (was created by)
Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA) (architect)
Rem Koolhaas (was created by)
Date
1998 (design competition); 2003
Description
The campus center includes a concrete and stainless steel tube that encloses a 530 foot elevated railway track. It is located at the center of Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT), which was planned by Mies van der Rohe. Keywords: United States, Illinois, Cook County, IIT Campus Center, complexes, campuses, student center, institutional buildings, school buildings, interior spaces/ building divisions. Submitted by Robert Livesey.
Style/Period
2000s (2000 - 2009)
Material
coniferous trees
glass
steel