Barcelona
Barcelona Pavilion & Hospital Sant Pau
2026-18-02 & 2026-15-02
For our history assignment, we used both of these site visits to understand the transition of modernisme to modernism.
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Clips from midterm reviews!
2026-23-03
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Basque Country Field Trip: Zaragoza
2026-02-11 to 2026-02-12
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Basque Country Field Trip: Bilbao
2026-02-8 to 2026-02-11
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Basque Country Field Trip: Pamplona
2026-02-5 to 2026-02-8
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Basque Country Field Trip: Day 7 & 8
2025-02-11 to 2025-02-12
Final leg of the trip! Thank you for following along our journey in Northern Spain!!
These last two days, we visited Oke Casa de la Cultura in Ortuella and Palace of Alaferia to sketch analytical drawings.
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Basque Country Field Trip: Day 6
2025-02-10
Today we went to Biblioteca Deusto and did a drawing exercise in Plaza Nueva.
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Basque Country Field Trip: Day 5
2025-02-09
Big San Sebastián day!
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Arch
School of Architecture Lecture Series Critical Practice
Theiss Lecture with Ron Klemencic
Chairman and CEO, Magnusson Klemencic Associates
****Today**** - Monday, April 6, 2026, 5:30 p.m.
Architecture Building, Room 120
Reception in Architecture at 5:00 p.m.
Realizing Iconic Architecture through Collaboration
Iconic architecture doesn’t happen in a vacuum. The realities of gravity, natural forces, budget, and schedule often threaten the delivery of the most ambitious projects. At the heart of every success is deep-rooted collaboration between architects and engineers. The intersection of art and science is where the true magic of the best buildings in the world exists.
Magnusson Klemecic Associates is a structural and civil engineering firm with a long and consistent history of turning dreams into reality. Ron Klemencic, Chairman and CEO of MKA, will share some highlights of recent projects and the extraordinary adventures that accompanied them.
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Spring 2026 Japan Studio
Recently, our Japan Studio spent a week immersed in the architecture, culture, and urban life of Tokyo and Kyoto. From navigating public transit to experiencing spaces firsthand, students explored everything from Kengo Kuma and Tadao Ando’s work to traditional Japanese architecture.
This studio continues a legacy of global engagement, building on past international studios and exchanges that have shaped the program over the years.
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Brian Vitale is the Co-Managing Director and inspirational leader of Gensler Chicago. Named one of the 50 people “shaping Chicago’s design culture,” his influential work has earned over 80 major design honors locally, nationally, and internationally. A firm believer in the benefits of blurring the line between academia and professional worlds, Vitale has served as adjunct design faculty at multiple universities and has delivered convocation speeches at both the University of Illinois’ School of Architecture and Columbia College Chicago where he was bestowed an Honorary Doctorate of the Arts for his transformative work. Brian is an alum of both the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and Washington University in St Louis, where he recently received the school’s Award of Distinction, given to an alum who has demonstrated outstanding accomplishments in their career.
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2026 Spring Midterms:
IASAPBV Junior and Senior studios
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Spring 2026 School of Architecture Lecture Series
Unless otherwise noted, all lectures are scheduled to begin at 5:30 PM in the Plym Auditorium.
03.30 | 2026
5:30PM / Plym Auditorium.
Kimberly Dowdell
VP of Strategic Partnerships at Amrize, Chicago
04.01 | 2026
12:15PM / Atrium
Marci Uhlein
Associate Director for Research and Associate Professor at ISoA
Book talk
04.06 | 2026
5:30PM / Architecture 120
Ron Klemencic
Chairman and CEO at Magnusson Klemencic Associates, Seattle
Theiss Lecture
04.13 | 2025
5:30PM / Plym Auditorium
Amin Taha
Founder, Chairperson at Groupwork, London, UK
Tutor, Royal College of Art, London
04.20 | 2026
5:30PM / Plym Auditorium
Balazs Bognar
Partner at Kengo Kuma & Associates,
Tokyo, Japan
The ISoA lecture series invites reflection on the evolving role of designers as critical agents in shaping equitable, resilient, and culturally grounded futures. In the face of today’s social and environmental urgencies, this series explores how designers think, make, and act within and beyond the built environment. Contributing practitioners and educators working across architecture, landscape, and urbanism activate design as a tool for critique, transformation, and care. Together, these voices sketch a field in motion—one that is actively reshaping what it means to practice today.
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As we are enjoying our first day of spring break, here is a look back on our 2026 Spring Midterm Reviews.
Seeing all of the spectacular work students have done, ranging from beautiful drawings and models to digital fabrication prototyping, has been a great reward for the School of Architecture Community. Thank you to our faculty, students, and guest reviewers for another memorable midterm.
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Spring 2026 Midterm Reviews
Junior and Senior Studio
