Engineering as Architecture
For those interested in the design of new urban structures—particularly those that greatly increase density—is it better to focus one’s study on the principles of engineering, or architecture? One...
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Rethinking the High-Rise “Pro Forma”
Commercial office. Multi-family residential housing. Architects have been incorporating these ubiquitous uses into high-rises for decades. But this year—with the intensely integrated input of a...
Building Beyond Sustainability
Many architects talk of incorporating sustainability in their projects. But what if there’s little left to sustain? That’s a question posed to 22 students by Illinois Institute of Technology College...
Institute of Design Professor Contributes to New Academic Career Online Tool Reformscape
For years, the way academic careers are assessed has been criticized as being unfair, biased and unfit for purpose. Talent has gone overlooked and diversity, equity, and inclusion disregarded. Today...
Ronan to Lead Design of National Memorial Honoring Fallen Journalists
A national memorial honoring journalists who lost their lives in pursuit of press freedom will be designed by an Illinois Institute of Technology College of Architecture professor. John Ronan, John...
Procuring Greater Equity and Sustainability in the Food System
A research project led by Illinois Institute of Technology Professor of Environmental Management and Sustainability Weslynne Ashton has received a $1 million grant from the United States Department of...
Illinois Tech Awarded Engineering News Record’s ‘Highest Honor’ Best Project Award
Illinois Institute of Technology received recognition in the November 2023 issue of Engineering News Record Midwest, one of the most authoritative publications in the construction industry. Illinois...
A Multidisciplinary Approach to Creating Stormwater Infrastructure Equity
A team of professors at Illinois Institute of Technology is bringing together social science, landscape architecture, and engineering—along with a dose of citizen science—to find ways to address a...
Chicago Composting Initiative ‘Great First Step’ to Solving Food Waste
Chicagoans send about 450,000 tons of wasted food to the landfill every year, and a new city push to make composting easier for residents is a new, if small, step to reducing food waste. The city’s...
A $2 Million Step Toward a Tree-Tastic Mies Campus
The nearly two thousand trees flourishing on Illinois Institute of Technology’s Mies Campus offer respite and natural beauty in the midst of Chicago, and a $2 million gift from Alphawood Foundation...