Template:Did you know nominations/Illinois Institute of Technology Academic Campus

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The result was: promoted by Jeromi Mikhael talk 13:20, 2 November 2025 (UTC)

Illinois Institute of Technology Academic Campus

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S. R. Crown Hall at the Illinois Institute of Technology campus

... that the Illinois Institute of Technology Academic Campus (pictured) has been ranked as both one of the US's most significant architectural works and its least beautiful college campus? Source: (1) Schweiterman, Joseph P; Caspall, Dana M; Heron, Jane (2006). The Politics of Place: A History of Zoning in Chicago. Chicago, IL: Lake Claremont Press. p. 51. "During America's bicentennial year, the American Institute of Architects recognized the IIT campus - the largest and most significant collection of Mies buildings in the world - as one of the country's 200 most significant works of architecture." (2) Kaiser, Robert L. (September 13, 1997). "Mies-ly IIT Shrugs Off Ugly Tag Architects Vying to Alter `blah' Image That Sticks With It". Chicago Tribune. pp. 1, 1:1. "Now, in the current edition of a book called "The 311 Best Colleges," the Princeton Review ranks IIT as the nation's "least beautiful campus." The rating is based on responses to a survey of 56,000 college students, said the book's author, Ed Custard."
- ALT1: ... that when Ludwig Mies van der Rohe was tasked with designing the Illinois Institute of Technology Academic Campus (pictured), it was described as an "act of God"? Source: Schulze, Franz (1985). Mies Van Der Rohe: A Critical Biography. University of Chicago Press. pp. 220-221
- ALT2: ... that when Ludwig Mies van der Rohe was tasked with designing the Illinois Institute of Technology Academic Campus (pictured), the college's trustees were unaware of his plans? Source: Schulze, Franz (1985). Mies Van Der Rohe: A Critical Biography. University of Chicago Press. pp. 220-221
- ALT3: ... that after the Illinois Institute of Technology Academic Campus's (pictured) master plan was completed in 1971, no academic structures were built there for four decades? Source: (1) Minutillo, Josephine (October 25, 2018). "Ed Kaplan Family Institute for Innovation and Tech Entrepreneurship by John Ronan Architects". Architectural Record. "The Ed Kaplan Family Institute for Innovation and Tech Entrepreneurship—which hosts a variety of collaboration spaces for IIT’s team-based endeavors, contains state-of-the-art prototyping and fabrication facilities, and serves as the new home for the formerly downtown Institute of Design—is the first academic building completed at IIT in over 40 years." (2) Cholke, Sam (August 12, 2016). "IIT To Build First Academic Building On Campus In 40 Years". DNAinfo Chicago. "will be the first academic building constructed on the university’s main campus in 40 years, since the Stuart Building was constructed in 1971, according to Zonka."
- ALT4: ... that World War II caused some buildings at the Illinois Institute of Technology Academic Campus (pictured) to be built with concrete frames and custom steel windows? Source: Schulze, Franz (March 10, 2005). Illinois Institute of Technology: An Architectural Tour by Franz Schulze. Princeton Architectural Press. pp. 25, 32.
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Bernard Vacher
- Comment: Thanks to LEvalyn for suggesting some of the hooks. This article last appeared at DYK in 2010; DYK renominations are allowed after five years per WP:DYKNEW.

5x expanded by Epicgenius (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 748 past nominations.

Epicgenius (talk) 13:44, 19 September 2025 (UTC).

Article is new and long enough, external policy compliant, and is presentable. The hook is cited to a reliable source, short enough, and interesting. Image is fine and a QPQ has been carried out. @Epicgenius: My only concern is that the image should have an FOP tag, but other than that, we're good to go. Icepinner 15:02, 18 October 2025 (UTC)
- Thanks for the review Icepinner. I've added the {{PD-US-architecture}} tag to the image on Commons. Epicgenius (talk) 19:59, 18 October 2025 (UTC)
  - Thanks, greenlighting ALT0. Icepinner 02:40, 19 October 2025 (UTC)