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Associate Professor John Ronan's new building for the Poetry Foundation was praised as "by turns, mysterious, engaging, richly layered and revealing" by the Chicago Tribune. 1 of 3

Associate Professor John Ronan's new building for the Poetry Foundation was praised as "by turns, mysterious, engaging, richly layered and revealing" by the Chicago Tribune. 2 of 3

Associate Professor John Ronan's new building for the Poetry Foundation was praised as "by turns, mysterious, engaging, richly layered and revealing" by the Chicago Tribune. 3 of 3

Studio Associate Professor John DeSalvo won the top honor award at the 2011 AIA Chicago Small Projects Awards for the Retreat House/Church Residence. The summer beach home in Michigan City, Indiana uses natural and local materials and features a metal exterior. DeSalvo's project was also featured in the June 2011 issue of Dwell Magazine. Photo credit: David Robert Elliot. 1 of 2

Studio Associate Professor John DeSalvo won the top honor award at the 2011 AIA Chicago Small Projects Awards for the Retreat House/Church Residence. The summer beach home in Michigan City, Indiana uses natural and local materials and features a metal exterior. DeSalvo's project was also featured in the June 2011 issue of Dwell Magazine. Photo credit: David Robert Elliot. 2 of 2

Mies van der Rohe Visiting Professor Werner Sobek. On the occasion of his first offical visit to Germany in September 2006, Pope Benedict XVI celebrated a mass in front of more than 250,000 pilgrims near the New Munich Trade Fair Center. In order to protect him against possible rainfall, the altar was roofed by a filigree membrane structure designed by Werner Sobek. Copyright Zooey Braun, Stuttgart/Germany.

The Burnham Pavilions were temporary structures erected in Chicago's Millennium Park to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Daniel Burnham and Edward H. Bennett's landmark 1909 Plan of Chicago. Structural engineering for both pavilions was provided by Rockey Structures, LLC, the firm of Assistant Professor Christopher Rockey, SE, AIA. Photo: George Lambros of Lambros Photography. 1 of 3

The Zaha Hadid Pavilion, in combination with the UNStudio Pavilion, won the SEAOI’s (Structural Engineering Association of Illinois) 2010 Excellence in Structural Engineering Competition for the Best Small Structure. Photo: George Lambros of Lambros Photography. 2 of 3

The UNStudio Pavilion won a Merit Award in the AISC’s (American Institute of Steel Construction) 2010 Innovative Design in Engineering and Architecture with Structural Steel awards program (IDEAS2) in the category of projects Less than $15 Million. Photo: George Lambros of Lambros Photography. 3 of 3

Thesis Director and Associate Professor Dirk Denison was awarded a Divine Detail Citation of Merit in the 2010 AIA Chicago Design Excellence Awards for his Pritzker Hyatt Stair. The modern hickory structure physically and aesthetically joins two floors of executive suites at the hotel. Firm: Dirk Denison Architects. Photo: Scott Shigley.

Studio Associate Professor Martin Felsen's Hennepin House won an Interior Architecture Honor Award in the 2010 AIA Chicago Design Excellence Awards. The residential structure previously received a 2009 AIA Chicago Citation of Merit in the Distinguished Building category. Firm: UrbanLab. 1 of 2

Studio Associate Professor Martin Felsen's Hennepin House won an Interior Architecture Honor Award in the 2010 AIA Chicago Design Excellence Awards. The residential structure previously received a 2009 AIA Chicago Citation of Merit in the Distinguished Building category. Firm: UrbanLab. 2 of 2