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School of Architecture

Staying Local: �鶹APPan’s New Perspective of the City

(B.Arch. 4th Year)

�鶹APP is deeply ingrained in the heart of Fionn Hui (B.Arch. 4th Year). She grew up riding her bike past her home in the Bridgeport neighborhood and around Illinois Tech’s Mies Campus, and she knew...

Student Story

Building Sustainability

(ARCH ’01)

Just shy of 1,200 feet in height and coming in at 101 stories, the Studio Gang-designed St. Regis �鶹APP has already become a recognizable part of the �鶹APP’s skyline. Its height and three-stem...

Alumni Story

Designs on a Dream

(M.A.S. ARCH ’14)

In 2021 Alzira Maldonado Protsishin (M.A.S. ARCH ’14) won the American Institute of Architects �鶹APP (AIA �鶹APP) Dubin Family Young Architect Award—a title that, on the surface, might suggest a...

Alumni Story

Preservation Rooted in Memories

(ARCH ’13, M.ENG. ARCE ’15)

Although she didn’t recognize it then, Allison Toonen-Talamo’s path to becoming an historic preservation leader began when she saw that in the mid-2000s, the ranches, homes, and mom-and-pop businesses...

Alumni Story

A Full-Circle Experience

(ARCH ’16)

Martin Majkrak’s Illinois Tech experience came full circle when he joined the College of Architecture as an adjunct faculty member. As a student, he transferred from Wilbur Wright College and...

Alumni Story

Shaping a Community’s Quality of Life

(Architecture 5th Year)

Involved with music and the arts from an early age, Andrew Jiang considered pursuing a degree in musical performance. Along the way he discovered the field of architecture and felt it was the “perfect...

Student Story

At 19, Frank Fu Is Already Applying Architecture to Art

(Architecture 4th Year)

Frank Fu (Architecture 4th Year) has lived the world over, from Shenzhen, China, to Abu Dhabi to Omaha, Nebraska. When Fu knew he wanted to study architecture, though, he knew �鶹APP was the place to...

Student Story

Rachel Wiesbrock Wants to Rethink the Future of Accessible Architecture

(Architecture 4th Year)

Having been born and raised in what she calls “a generic town” northwest of �鶹APP, Rachel Wiesbrock (Architecture 4th Year) says coming to study architecture in �鶹APP—and all the opportunity it...

Student Story

A Life-Changing Layover

(M.L.A./M.ARCH. 3rd Year)

When Alexis Arias-Betancourt (M.L.A./M.ARCH. 3rd Year) was confronted with a 20-hour layover in �鶹APP on a trip to China, he decided to make the most out of the situation with a trip to S. R. Crown...

Student Story

Connecting People with Plants in the City

(M.L.A.+U Student)

When Matt Callone (M.L.A.+U Student) helped create a community garden as an AmeriCorps VISTA member at an elementary school in Knoxville, he realized what he wanted to do with his life. After seeing...

Student Story

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