Engineering News-Record, November 2023

Best Project, Residential/Hospitality: Illinois Institute of Technology Student Housing Program Phases 1-3

Gilbane and Dirk Denison Architects partnered with Illinois Institute of Technology on the $65.7-million multiphased restoration and exterior facade replacement of three nine-story historic residence halls. Originally designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, the team had to work with Illinois Tech’s Mies Van de Rohe committee to review design changes. Through collaboration, the project successfully maintained the historic design and brought the building up to current codes.

The halls, which completed in July 2022, incorporate 570 modified pod-style beds with common spaces in Kacek Hall and Cunningham Hall, while Carman Hall features 200 apartment-style dorms.

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