Media Preview of Restored Architectural Icon S. R. Crown Hall
Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) invites the media for a first look at Ludwig Mies van der Rohe’s newly renovated masterpiece of Modernist Architecture, S. R. Crown Hall on August 18 at 10:30 a.m., 3360 S. State Street. Lead architect, Mark Sexton and IIT College of Architecture dean, Donna Robertson, will conduct the walk-through and answer questions about the rebirth of this architectural icon and National Historic Landmark.
Crown Hall renovation facts:
- Number of glass lites (panes): 340
- Weight of eleven and one half by nine and one half foot upper glass lite: 700 lbs.
- Number of steel glass stops: 816
- Number of steel glass stop screws: 6,256
- Total weight of glass installed: 66,312 pounds
- Total gallons of primer: 280
- Total gallons of Paint: 800
Come join us for a first look at one of “the world’s most influential, inspiring and astonishing structures” (as described in Time magazine’s “Great Buildings of the World,” July 2004), in its newly restored form.
Founded in 1890, IIT is a Ph.D.-granting technological university awarding degrees in the sciences, mathematics and engineering, as well as architecture, psychology, design, business and law. IIT’s interprofessional, technology-focused curriculum prepares the university’s 6,200 students for leadership roles in an increasingly complex and culturally diverse global workplace.
