List of Illinois Institute of Technology alumni
Humanities -- Architecture and design
Table:
Name

Image

Graduation date
Degree

Known for

Reference

Virgil Abloh

2006

Masters in Architecture

Fashion designer for brands Louis Vuitton and Off-White

Charles Draper Faulkner

1913
Bachelor of Science in Architecture

Chicago-based architect

Helmut Jahn

Withdrew

Architect (Sony Center on the Potsdamer Platz, Berlin; Messeturm in Frankfurt; James R. Thompson Center in Chicago)

James Ingo Freed

Degree in Architecture

Architect

Hans Hollein

1959
Withdrew

Pritzker Prize-winning Austrian architect (attended IIT for one year)

Gertrude Kerbis

1954

Founded the firm Lempp Kerbis in 1967; Founded the Chicago Women in Architecture group

Florence Knoll

1941

Building Knoll Inc, modernist office and furniture design.

Phyllis Lambert

1963

Canadian architect

Howard Lane

1947

Architect based in Los Angeles, California

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Edward Noonan

1960

Architect and Shimer College president

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Brigitte Peterhans

1962

Architect and associate partner at Skidmore Owings and Merrill

Robert Bruce Tague

1935
Master's Degree in Architecture

Chicago-based architect and abstract artist

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Virgil Abloh ( /ˈæbloʊ/ ; born September 30 , 1980 ) is an American fashion designer , entrepreneur , artist , and DJ who has been the artistic director of Louis Vuitton 's men 's wear collection since March 2018 . Abloh is also the chief executive officer of the Milan-based label Off-White , a fashion house he founded in 2013 . A trained architect , Abloh , who also worked in Chicago street fashion , entered the world of international fashion with an internship at Fendi in 2009 alongside rapper Kanye West . The two then began an artistic collaboration that would launch Abloh 's career into founding Off-White . The first American of African descent to be artistic director at a French luxury fashion house , he was named by Time magazine as one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2018 .
Louis Vuitton Malletier , commonly referred to as Louis Vuitton or shortened to LV , is a French fashion house and luxury retail company founded in 1854 by Louis Vuitton . The label 's LV monogram appears on most of its products , ranging from luxury trunks and leather goods to ready-to-wear , shoes , watches , jewelry , accessories , sunglasses and books . Louis Vuitton is one of the world 's leading international fashion houses ; it sells its products through standalone boutiques , lease departments in high-end department stores , and through the e-commerce section of its website . For six consecutive years ( 2006-2012 ) , Louis Vuitton was named the world 's most valuable luxury brand . Its 2012 valuation was US $ 25.9 billion . The 2013 valuation of the brand was US $ 28.4 billion with revenue of US $ 9.4 billion . The company operates in 50 countries with more than 460 stores worldwide .
Shades of white are colors that differ only slightly from pure white . Variations of white include what are commonly termed off-white colors , which may be considered part of a neutral color scheme . In color theory , a shade is a pure color mixed with black ( or having a lower lightness ) . Strictly speaking , a shade of white would be a neutral beige . This article is also about off-white colors that vary from pure white in hue , and in chroma ( also called saturation , or intensity ) . Colors often considered shades of white include cream , eggshell , ivory , Navajo white , and vanilla . Even the lighting of a room , however , can cause a pure white to be perceived as off-white . Off-white colors were pervasively paired with beiges in the 1930s , and especially popular again from roughly 1955 to 1975 . Whiteness measures the degree to which a surface is white in colorimetry .
Charles Draper Faulkner ( March 11 , 1890 - December 31 , 1979 ) was a Chicago-based American architect renowned for the churches and other buildings that he designed in the United States and Japan . He designed over 33 Christian Science church buildings and wrote a book called Christian Science Church Edifices .
Helmut Jahn ( born January 4 , 1940 ) is a Chicago-based German-American architect , known for designs such as the Sony Center on the Potsdamer Platz in Berlin , Germany ; the Messeturm in Frankfurt , Germany ; the One Liberty Place in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania ( formerly the tallest building in Philadelphia ) ; and the Suvarnabhumi Airport , an international airport in Bangkok , Thailand . Recent projects include a residential tower in New York City , 50 West St in 2016 and the ThyssenKrupp Test Tower in Rottweil , Germany in 2017 .
The Sony Center is a Sony-sponsored building complex located at the Potsdamer Platz in Berlin , Germany designed by Helmut Jahn . It opened in 2000 and houses Sony 's German headquarters .
Potsdamer Platz ( German : [ ˈpɔtsdamɐ plats ] ( listen ) , literally Potsdam Square ) is an important public square and traffic intersection in the centre of Berlin , Germany , lying about 1 km ( 1,100 yd ) south of the Brandenburg Gate and the Reichstag ( German Parliament Building ) , and close to the southeast corner of the Tiergarten park . It is named after the city of Potsdam , some 25 km ( 16 mi ) to the south west , and marks the point where the old road from Potsdam passed through the city wall of Berlin at the Potsdam Gate . After developing within the space of little over a century from an intersection of rural thoroughfares into the most bustling traffic intersection in Europe , it was totally destroyed during World War II and then left desolate during the Cold War era when the Berlin Wall bisected its former location . Since German reunification , Potsdamer Platz has been the site of major redevelopment projects .
Berlin ( /bɜːrˈlɪn/ ; German : [ bɛʁˈliːn ] ( listen ) ) is the capital and largest city of Germany by both area and population . Its 3,748,148 ( 2018 ) inhabitants make it the most populous city proper of the European Union . The city is one of Germany 's 16 federal states . It is surrounded by the state of Brandenburg , and contiguous with Potsdam , Brandenburg 's capital . The two cities are at the center of the Berlin-Brandenburg capital region , which is , with about six million inhabitants and an area of more than 30,000 km² , Germany 's third-largest metropolitan region after the Rhine-Ruhr and Rhine-Main regions . Berlin straddles the banks of the River Spree , which flows into the River Havel ( a tributary of the River Elbe ) in the western borough of Spandau . Among the city 's main topographical features are the many lakes in the western and southeastern boroughs formed by the Spree , Havel , and Dahme rivers ( the largest of which is Lake Müggelsee ) . Due to its location in the European Plain , Berlin is influenced by a temperate seasonal climate . About one-third of the city 's area is composed of forests , parks , gardens , rivers , canals and lakes . The city lies in the Central German dialect area , the Berlin dialect being a variant of the Lusatian-New Marchian dialects . First documented in the 13th century and situated at the crossing of two important historic trade routes , Berlin became the capital of the Margraviate of Brandenburg ( 1417-1701 ) , the Kingdom of Prussia ( 1701-1918 ) , the German Empire ( 1871-1918 ) , the Weimar Republic ( 1919-1933 ) , and the Third Reich ( 1933-1945 ) . Berlin in the 1920s was the third largest municipality in the world .
The Messeturm , or Trade Fair Tower , is a 63-storey , 257 m ( 843 ft ) skyscraper in the Westend-Süd district of Frankfurt , Germany . It is the second tallest building in Frankfurt , the second tallest building in Germany and the second tallest building in the European Union . It was the tallest building in Europe from its completion in 1991 until 1997 when it was surpassed by the Commerzbank Tower , which is also located in Frankfurt . The Messeturm is located near the Frankfurt Trade Fair grounds . Helmut Jahn designed the Messeturm in a postmodern architectural style . It is regarded as one of the design classics among European skyscrapers . Despite its name , the Messeturm is not used for trade fair exhibitions but as an office building . It is one of the few buildings in Germany with their own postal code ( 60308 ) , the others being Opernturm , another Frankfurt skyscraper , and the summit station on Zugspitze .
Frankfurt ( officially : Frankfurt am Main ( German : [ ˈfʁaŋkfʊʁt ʔam ˈmaɪn ] ( listen ) ; Hessian : Frangford am Maa ; lit . Frank ford on the [ a ] Main ) ) is a metropolis and the largest city of the German federal state of Hesse , and its 746,878 ( 2017 ) inhabitants make it the fifth-largest city in Germany . On the River Main ( a tributary of the Rhine ) , it forms a continuous conurbation with the neighbouring city of Offenbach am Main , and its urban area has a population of 2.3 million . The city is at the centre of the larger Rhine-Main Metropolitan Region , which has a population of 5.5 million and is Germany 's second-largest metropolitan region after the Rhine-Ruhr Region . Since the enlargement of the European Union in 2013 , the geographic centre of the EU is about 40 km ( 25 mi ) to the east of Frankfurt 's central business district . Like France and Franconia , the city is named after the Franks . Frankfurt is the largest city in the Rhine Franconian dialect area ( Franconian dialects ) , Frankfurt was one of the host cities of the official tournaments of the 1974 and the 2006 FIFA World Cup . Frankfurt was a city state , the Free City of Frankfurt , for nearly five centuries , and was one of the most important cities of the Holy Roman Empire , as a site of imperial coronations ; it lost its sovereignty upon the collapse of the empire in 1806 and then permanently in 1866 , when it was annexed by the Kingdom of Prussia . It has been part of the federal state of Hesse since 1945 . Frankfurt is culturally , ethnically , and religiously diverse , with half of its population , and a majority of young people , having a migration background . A quarter of the population consists of foreign nationals , including many expatriates . Frankfurt is an alpha world city and a global hub for commerce , culture , education , tourism and transportation .
The James R. Thompson Center ( JRTC ) ; originally the State of Illinois Center ; is located at 100 W. Randolph Street in the Loop district of Chicago and houses offices of the Illinois state government . The building serves as a secondary capitol for the State of Illinois in the most populated city and county of the state . It is considered one of the most significant postmodern buildings in the city of Chicago .
Chicago ( /ʃɪˈkɑːɡoʊ/ ( listen ) , locally also /ʃɪˈkɔːɡoʊ/ ) , officially the City of Chicago , is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Illinois , and the third-most-populous city in the United States . With an estimated population of 2,705,994 ( 2018 ) , it is also the most populous city in the Midwestern United States . Chicago is the county seat of Cook County , the second-most-populous county in the US , with a small portion of the northwest side of the city extending into DuPage County near O'Hare Airport . Chicago is the principal city of the Chicago metropolitan area , often referred to as Chicagoland . At nearly 10 million people , the metropolitan area is the third most populous in the United States . Located on the shores of freshwater Lake Michigan , Chicago was incorporated as a city in 1837 near a portage between the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River watershed and grew rapidly in the mid-19th century . After the Great Chicago Fire of 1871 , which destroyed several square miles and left more than 100,000 homeless , the city made a concerted effort to rebuild . The construction boom accelerated population growth throughout the following decades , and by 1900 , less than 30 years after the great fire , Chicago was the fifth-largest city in the world . Chicago made noted contributions to urban planning and zoning standards , including new construction styles ( including the Chicago School of architecture ) , the development of the City Beautiful Movement , and the steel-framed skyscraper . Chicago is an international hub for finance , culture , commerce , industry , education , technology , telecommunications , and transportation . It is the site of the creation of the first standardized futures contracts , issued by the Chicago Board of Trade , which today is the largest and most diverse derivatives market in the world , generating 20% of all volume in commodities and financial futures alone . Depending on the particular year , the city 's O'Hare International Airport is routinely ranked as the world 's fifth or sixth busiest airport according to tracked data by the Airports Council International .
James Ingo Freed ( June 23 , 1930 - December 15 , 2005 ) was an American architect born in Essen , Germany during the Weimar Republic . After coming to the United States at age nine with his sister Betty , followed later by their parents , he studied at the Illinois Institute of Technology , where he graduated with a degree in architecture . In the late 1970s , he was a member of the Chicago Seven and dean for three years of the School of Architecture at his alma mater . He worked for most of his career based in New York , and went beyond the Internationalist and modernist styles . In partnership with I.M . Pei , in their firm known as Pei Cobb Freed & Partners , he worked on major United States public buildings and museums .
Hans Hollein ( 30 March 1934 - 24 April 2014 ) was an Austrian architect and designer and key figure of postmodern architecture . Some of his most notable works are the Haas House and the Albertina extension in the inner city of Vienna .
Gertrude Lempp Kerbis ( 1926 - June 14 , 2016 ) was an American architect . She worked for and studied under some of the most significant modernists of her day , including Carl Koch , Walter Gropius , and Mies Van Der Rohe . She played a leading role in designing several major examples of American modernism , including the Lustron house , the US Air Force Academy , and the O'Hare International Airport rotunda . She founded the Chicago Women in Architecture group in 1973 .
Florence Marguerite Knoll Bassett ( née Schust ; May 24 , 1917 - January 25 , 2019 ) was an American architect , interior designer , furniture designer , and entrepreneur who has been credited with revolutionizing office design and bringing modernist design to office interiors . Knoll and her husband , Hans Knoll , built Knoll Associates into a leader in the fields of furniture and interior design . She worked to professionalize the field of interior design , fighting against gendered stereotypes of the decorator . She is known for her open office designs , populated with modernist furniture and organized rationally for the needs of office workers . Her modernist aesthetic was known for clean lines and clear geometries that were humanized with textures , organic shapes , and color .
Phyllis Barbara Lambert , CC GOQ FRAIC FRSC RCA ( née Bronfman ; born January 24 , 1927 ) is a Canadian architect , philanthropist , and member of the Bronfman family .
Howard Lane ( 1922-1988 ) was an American architect based in Los Angeles , California .
Edward Joseph Noonan ( born May 30 , 1930 ) is an architect and real estate developer based in Chicago , Illinois , and the former interim president of Shimer College . He is the chairman of the board of Chicago Associates Planners & Architects , and was the lead architect in the Tryon Farm development near Michigan City , Indiana . Noonan has been associated with Shimer College since the 1990s , and was named an emeritus trustee in 2000 . Following the removal of Thomas K. Lindsay from the position of president of Shimer College , he was appointed interim president effective April 20 , 2010 .
Shimer College ( pronounced /ˈʃaɪmər/ ( listen ) SHY-mər ) was an American Great Books college located initially in Mount Carroll , then Waukegan and finally Chicago , Illinois . In 2017 , it was incorporated into North Central College as the Shimer School of Great Books in Naperville , Illinois . Founded in 1853 as the Mt . Carroll Seminary in Mount Carroll , Illinois , the school became affiliated with the University of Chicago and was renamed the Frances Shimer Academy in 1896 . It was renamed Shimer College in 1950 , when it began offering a four-year curriculum based on the Hutchins Plan of the University of Chicago . Although the University of Chicago parted with Shimer ( and the Hutchins Plan ) in 1958 , Shimer continued to use a version of that curriculum . The college left Mount Carroll for Waukegan in 1978 , moving to Chicago in 2006 . It was acquired by North Central College in 2017 . Its academic program was based on a core curriculum of sixteen required courses in the humanities , social sciences and natural sciences . All courses were small seminars with no more than twelve students , and are based on original sources from a list of about 200 core texts broadly based on the Great Books canon . Classroom instruction was Socratic discussion . Considerable writing was required , including two comprehensive examinations and a senior thesis .
Brigitte Peterhans ( born Brigitte Schlaich ) is a German American architect , born 27 August 1928 in Sulz am Neckar , Germany . Peterhans received her Diplom-Ingenieur in 1960 from the University of Stuttgart . Encouraged by Myron Goldsmith , she studied at the Illinois Institute of Technology as a Fulbright fellow ( 1956-1957 ) where she received her Master of Architecture in 1962 . She married the photographer and former Bauhaus teacher Walter Peterhans in 1957 , who at that time was teaching at the Illinois Institute of Technology . She is the sister of the structural engineer Jörg Schlaich . As a student she was hired in 1958 by Skidmore Owings and Merrill . She remained at SOM on and off for thirty three years , working with Bruce Graham and Myron Goldsmith on domestic and international projects . Her career includes contributions to projects including Arab International Bank World Trade Center and Hotel , Cairo , Egypt , 1976-1978 , 1985-1990 ; Artigas Foundation , Gallifa , Spain 1985-1989 ; Baxter Travenol Headquarters and Laboratories , Deerfield , Illinois , 1973-1980 ; Broadgate Exchange House , London , 1987-1990 ; Max Eyth Footbridge , Stuttgart , Germany , 1989 ; Perimeter Center , Atlanta , Georgia , 1981-1986 ; Sears Tower , Chicago , Illinois , 1970-1972 , 1980 . In 1973 Peterhans made an associate at SOM , and an associate partner in 1979 . She retired in 1990 .
Skidmore , Owings & Merrill ( SOM ) is a global architectural , urban planning , and engineering firm . It was founded in Chicago in 1936 by Louis Skidmore and Nathaniel Owings ; in 1939 they were joined by engineer John O. Merrill . The firm opened its second office in New York City in 1937 , and has since expanded all over the world , with offices in San Francisco ( 1937 ) , Los Angeles , Washington , D.C. , London , Hong Kong , Shanghai , Mumbai and Dubai . With a portfolio spanning thousands of projects across 50 countries , SOM is one of the most significant architectural firms in the world . The firms notable current work includes the new headquarters for The Walt Disney Company , the global headquarters for Citigroup , Moynihan Train Hall and the expanded Penn Station complex , and the restoration and renovation of the Waldorf Astoria in New York City ; airport projects at OHare International Airport , Kansas City International Airport , and Kempegowda International Airport ; urban master plans for the Charenton-Bercy district in Paris , New Covent Garden in London , Treasure Island in SF , the East Riverfront in Detroit ; P.S . 62 , the first net-zero-energy school in New York City ; and the design of the Moon Village , a concept for the first permanent lunar settlement , developed with the European Space Agency and Massachusetts Institute of Technology . Notable for its role as a pioneer of modernist architecture in America and for its groundbreaking work in skyscraper design , [ circular reference ] SOM has designed some of the worlds most significant architectural and urban projects including several of the tallest buildings in the world : John Hancock Center ( 1969 , second tallest in the world when built ) , Willis Tower ( 1973 , tallest in the world for over twenty years ) , and Burj Khalifa ( 2010 , currently the world 's tallest building ) . SOMs multidisciplinary practice works across a range of scales and project types , providing services in Architecture , Building Services/MEP Engineering , Digital Design , Graphics , Interior Design , Structural Engineering , Civil Engineering , Sustainable Design and Urban Design & Planning .
Robert Bruce Tague ( 1912-1985 ) was an American modernist architect and abstract artist who lived in Chicago , Illinois .