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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tate, Lex, author.

Franch, John, 1967- author.

Contributor:

Sabin W. Colton, Jr., Memorial Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign--Buildings--History.

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Landscape architecture--Illinois--Urbana--History.

Landscape architecture.

Landscape architecture--Illinois--Champaign--History.

Buildings--History--Illinois--Urbana.

Buildings.

History.

Illinois--Urbana.

Buildings--History--Illinois--Champaign.

Illinois--Champaign.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xv, 232 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm

Place of Publication:

Urbana, Illinois : University of Illinois Press, 2017.

Summary:

"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 and other spaces made possible by private gift money. Primary sources include correspondence, official reports, dedication programs and the like housed in the University Archives; transcripts of oral histories done outside the University; interviews by the authors; and other common sources. It is rich in archival research but is written for a lay audience that might wonder: Why does the University of Illinois campus at Urbana-Champaign look as it does today? A web companion to the book, hosted by the University of Illinois Press, includes short stories about ten planners, architects and presidents who were key to the campus's physical development, and inventories of campus plans and buildings, current and long-gone"-- Provided by publisher.

"Why does the University of Illinois campus at Urbana-Champaign look as it does today? Drawing on a wealth of research and featuring more than one hundred color photographs, An Illini Place provides an engrossing and beautiful answer to that question. Lex Tate and John Franch trace the story of the university's evolution through its buildings. Oral histories, official reports, dedication programs, and developmental plans both practical and quixotic inform the story. The authors also provide special chapters on campus icons and on the buildings, arenas and other spaces made possible by donors and friends of the university. Adding to the experience is a web companion that includes profiles of the planners, architects, and presidents instrumental in the campus's growth, plus an illustrated inventory of current and former campus plans and buildings"-- Provided by publisher.

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Sabin W. Colton, Jr., Memorial Fund.

Other Format:

Online version: Tate, Lex. Illini place.

ISBN:

9780252041112

0252041119

OCLC:

962232242