The McCormick Tribune Campus Center at the Illinois Institute of Technology is tucked under the elevated train tracks (the “L”) on Chicago’s South side. The stainless steel and concrete tube shields the student center from the vibration and noise of the passing commuter trains.
I was trying to keep up with the tour, offered by the Chicago Architecture Foundation, so I couldn’t wait for a train to come whooshing out of the tube. Next time.
In 1976, the American Institute of Architects recognized the IIT campus as one of the 200 most significant works of architecture in the US.




