Crown Hall

Crown Hall is a defining structure of 20th-century architecture and one of the masterpieces of a world renowned architect. Designed to house the Illinois Institute of Technology's departments of architecture, planning, and design, its dramatic form creates an open interior space adaptable to changing needs and uses. Rather than relying on interior columns, its roof is suspended from exposed steel trusses spanning the depth of the building. It was named for S. R. Crown, a co-founder of the Material Service Corporation.

Chicago, Illinois · United States