An Illini place : building the University of Illinois campus / Lex Tate, John Franch ; Foreword by Stanley O. Ikenberry.

An Illini place : building the University of Illinois campus /

"This project is an interpretive and thematic look at the Urbana-Champaign campus from 1867 through 2015 via its planning, architecture and landscaping. It includes chapters that apply nine themes across time; a chapter on campus icons, most still standing; and a chapter of buildings, arenas an...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Tate, Lex (Author), Franch, John, 1967- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Urbana, Illinois : University of Illinois Press, 2017.
Subjects:
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign > Buildings > History.
Landscape architecture > Illinois > Urbana > History.
Landscape architecture > Illinois > Champaign > History.
Urbana (Ill.) > Buildings, structures, etc. > History.
Champaign (Ill.) > Buildings, structures, etc. > History.
Online Access: Full text (Wentworth users only)
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword by Stanley O. Ikenberry
  • Acknowledgments
  • Invitation to the Companion Web Site
  • Prairie to Petascale : An Overview
  • In the Beginning : Pre-1919
  • Growth and Transformation : 1920-1933
  • Stability and Transition : 1934-1954
  • Building Boom and Bust : 1955-1984
  • Plans, Partners, and Big Ideas : 1985-2015
  • The Neighborhood : Sleep, Eat, Pray
  • Gifts and Givers : Donor Buildings
  • Campus Icons.

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