As we reflect on a year of design, dialogue, and discovery, we wish our community a joyful holiday season. Thank you for continuing to imagine and build with us. Here’s to a creative and inspiring year ahead.
As we reflect on a year of design, dialogue, and discovery, we wish our community a joyful holiday season. Thank you for continuing to imagine and build with us. Here’s to a creative and inspiring year ahead.
On December 4, the Illinois School of Architecture hosted a beautiful investiture ceremony at Jack Baker’s Erlanger House honoring Professor Kathryn Holliday, who received the Randall Biallas Professorship medallion.
Professor Holliday is a renowned scholar and an invaluable member of our faculty, currently serving as Chair of the History, Theory & Preservation Program Area. We were honored to celebrate this milestone alongside Director Francisco Rodriguez-Suarez, FAIA, Tafel Chair Professor Sara Bartumeus, and Ralph Johnson Professor Tom Leslie, who were also recognized with their investitures earlier this semester.
Congratulations to Professor Holliday, and thank you to our colleagues, supporters, and friends who joined us in marking this important moment.
On December 4, the Illinois School of Architecture hosted a beautiful investiture ceremony at Jack Baker’s Erlanger House honoring Professor Kathryn Holliday, who received the Randall Biallas Professorship medallion.
Professor Holliday is a renowned scholar and an invaluable member of our faculty, currently serving as Chair of the History, Theory & Preservation Program Area. We were honored to celebrate this milestone alongside Director Francisco Rodriguez-Suarez, FAIA, Tafel Chair Professor Sara Bartumeus, and Ralph Johnson Professor Tom Leslie, who were also recognized with their investitures earlier this semester.
Congratulations to Professor Holliday, and thank you to our colleagues, supporters, and friends who joined us in marking this important moment.
Born in Chicago in 1909 to Portuguese immigrants, William Pereira graduated from the University of Illinois School of Architecture in 1931. He quickly rose to prominence, working at Holabird and Root on notable Art Deco projects and contributing to the master plan for the 1933 Chicago World’s Fair.
Pereira went on to shape the American architectural landscape with iconic works such as San Francisco’s Transamerica Pyramid, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art in Mid-Wilshire, and UC San Diego’s Geisel Library.
Born in Chicago in 1909 to Portuguese immigrants, William Pereira graduated from the University of Illinois School of Architecture in 1931. He quickly rose to prominence, working at Holabird and Root on notable Art Deco projects and contributing to the master plan for the 1933 Chicago World’s Fair.
Pereira went on to shape the American architectural landscape with iconic works such as San Francisco’s Transamerica Pyramid, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art in Mid-Wilshire, and UC San Diego’s Geisel Library.
Final reviews with our Illinois Architecture Study Abroad Program in Barcelona-El Vallès studio led by Professor Lapunzina and Professor Cisteró....
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César Pelli was born in Tucumán, Argentina, and attended the Universidad Nacional de Tucumán. He received his Master of Science in Architecture in 1954 from the Illinois School of Architecture. After his graduation from Illinois, Pelli worked for Eero Saarinen on the TWA terminal at John F. Kennedy International Airport and the Morse and Stiles colleges at Yale University.
Pelli went on to design some of the world’s most iconic buildings, most notably the Petronas Twin Towers in Kuala Lumpur. These were the world’s tallest buildings until 2004 and earned Pelli the Aga Khan Award for Architecture.
César Pelli was born in Tucumán, Argentina, and attended the Universidad Nacional de Tucumán. He received his Master of Science in Architecture in 1954 from the Illinois School of Architecture. After his graduation from Illinois, Pelli worked for Eero Saarinen on the TWA terminal at John F. Kennedy International Airport and the Morse and Stiles colleges at Yale University.
Pelli went on to design some of the world’s most iconic buildings, most notably the Petronas Twin Towers in Kuala Lumpur. These were the world’s tallest buildings until 2004 and earned Pelli the Aga Khan Award for Architecture.
Max Abramovitz (BSAS ‘29) stands among the University of Illinois’ most influential alumni, with a career that helped define major cultural and civic spaces across the nation. As a partner in Harrison and Abramovitz, he contributed to the design of the United Nations complex and Philharmonic Hall at Lincoln Center in New York City. His work on Lincoln Center informed his later designs for the University of Illinois, including the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, a landmark that continues to serve as a hub for arts and community engagement. One of the many projects Abramovitz designed was the State Farm Center, distinguished by its innovative 400-foot-diameter unsupported dome—a significant structural accomplishment in architectural engineering.
Max Abramovitz (BSAS ‘29) stands among the University of Illinois’ most influential alumni, with a career that helped define major cultural and civic spaces across the nation. As a partner in Harrison and Abramovitz, he contributed to the design of the United Nations complex and Philharmonic Hall at Lincoln Center in New York City. His work on Lincoln Center informed his later designs for the University of Illinois, including the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, a landmark that continues to serve as a hub for arts and community engagement. One of the many projects Abramovitz designed was the State Farm Center, distinguished by its innovative 400-foot-diameter unsupported dome—a significant structural accomplishment in architectural engineering.
Five Program Areas shape our curriculum, giving students the opportunity to think about architecture and design at different scales and through different media.
We have exchange programs with Munich and Switzerland.
Discover Architecture
Discover Architecture is a summer program on the University of Illinois campus. It is open to high school and pre-college students. The program is organized around the design studio and provides a studio-focused, design-intensive workshop over the course of a week.
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