Chicago Magazine - 09.2019

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S.R. CROWN HALL (1956)

Illinois Institute of Technology,

3360 S. State St.

“Crown Hall is the home of the

IIT architecture department on

a campus that Mies designed.

It’s this airy temple of steel and

glass, and this image captures

the seemingly floating ceiling

plane. Only modern materials

allow you to design a light and

elegant stair like this. Mies took

industrial materials like the steel

being made in Gary, and he

gave them black-tie elegance.”

Wool and silk dress, $4,400,

Christian Dior, 931 N. Rush St. Calf

leather booties, $1,295, Jimmy Choo,

114 E. Oak St. Burberry leather bag,

$1,100, Ikram, 15 E. Huron St.

FALL FASHION

102 CHICAGO | SEPTEMBER 2019