Illinois Institute of Technology McCormick Tribune Campus Center in Chicago

• Construction finish: 2003
• Designed by: Rem Koolhaas
• Cost: $48,200,000
• Type: Educational Facility

• Floor space: 110,000 square feet

• 1997: A competition is held for architects to come up with a design for this building.
• February, 1998: The winning design is unveiled.
• September 30, 2003: This building opens to the public more than three years late and millions over budget.

• Architect: Rem Koolhaas
• This was Rem Koolhaas

"Someday, a PhD candidate can write a thesis and decipher exactly what went wrong."

--Chicago Tribune, September 28, 2003.

• CAIF - Chicago Architecture Info Forum

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There are seven comments.

  I just toured this building. What an over indulgent piece of 'architecture'. Absolute junk. The tube is a novel idea, but the rest of the building looks like something from a bad realty TV show.

John C - Wednesday, April 13th, 2011 @ 6:14pm  

  What a terrible building to have to walk through every day. Nothing about it makes sense, and it really has no purpose. There isn't really anything in there that required building a building just to house it. Essentially the building is a warm hallway just to get from one side of campus to the other. Hardly something to spend huge amounts of money on. And get this: Rem Koolhaas, crock that he is, requires that the school pay large fines if they alter his building in any way, or even put posters and things on certain walls. Way to care more about your reputation than your client.

Cody - Tuesday, May 27th, 2008 @ 7:42pm  

  Yea the building looks really cool, but as for functionality...its just ok...you could definately have gotten better use out of the space but its still a cool building...and to Mr. Kampert- a building and a sculpture should not be compared, if a building has the functionality of a sculpture then the building sucks

Ryan Yarzak - Tuesday, May 8th, 2007 @ 4:43pm  

   Great design. I like interior mostly. The sociable and at once dramatic space. Great artificial pop-art-like materials. I,ve felt like I am in XXI century really.

kamil - Friday, February 23rd, 2007 @ 1:02pm  

  This building may look striking, but day-to-day use of it is not pleasant!

Jonathan Carr - Sunday, January 21st, 2007 @ 5:37pm  

  Rem Koolhaas is showing Chicago (and the world)once again how great looks and fuctionality can be combined to a masterpiece in architechture.Folkert Postma, Chicago

Folkert Postma - Friday, November 24th, 2006 @ 9:52am  

  I just visited this building, and it looks great. The silver tube just amazes me to see how great Rem Koolhas really is with his work. I think it should be one of Chicago's top 10 best sculptures.

Brent Kampert - Sunday, November 5th, 2006 @ 6:09pm