Talk:Illinois Institute of Technology Academic Campus

Illinois Institute of Technology Academic Campus is currently an Art and architecture good article nominee. Nominated by Epicgenius (talk) at 13:48, 19 September 2025 (UTC) Any editor who has not nominated or contributed significantly to this article may review it according to the good article criteria to decide whether or not to list it as a good article. To start the review process, click here and then save the page. (See here for the good article instructions.) Short description: Academic campus in Chicago, Illinois

The content of List of Illinois Institute of Technology buildings was merged into Illinois Institute of Technology Academic Campus on 18 September 2025. The former page's history now serves to provide attribution for that content in the latter page, and it must not be deleted as long as the latter page exists. For the discussion at that location, see its talk page.

A fact from Illinois Institute of Technology Academic Campus appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 26 June 2010. The text of the entry was as follows: Did you know... that Illinois Institute of Technology Academic Campus (Machinery Hall pictured) was built by the philanthropy of Philip Danforth Armour? A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2010/June. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Illinois Institute of Technology Academic Campus.

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A fact from Illinois Institute of Technology Academic Campus appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 4 November 2025 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows: Did you know... that the Illinois Institute of Technology Academic Campus has been ranked as both one of the US's most significant architectural works and its least beautiful college campus? A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2025/November. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Illinois Institute of Technology Academic Campus.

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Machinery Hall, one of numerous buildings found in the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago. The Hall, built in 1901, was declared a Chicago Landmark in 2004.Photo: Joe Ravi

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

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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).[reply]

• 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)[reply]
  • 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)[reply]
    • Thanks, greenlighting ALT0. Icepinner 02:40, 19 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]