A Minimalist Campus Goes Tubular

An Illinois institution hopes a new building's whimsical design will appeal to the Xbox generation

Graphic: Showing the layout of a new campus center for the Illinois Institute of Technology

Article: Residence Hall Is a Clever Plain JaneBy LAWRENCE BIEMILLER

Ten years ago, administrators at the Illinois Institute of Technology realized they had a problem. The institute's campus had all the appeal of a mausoleum.

It had an unsurpassed collection of Modernist

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