Prometheus (IIT Architecture Chicago)

IIT Architecture Chicago is pleased to announce the publication of Prometheus, a peer-reviewed journal that presents research-in-progress developed for the annual student-run symposium organized by the PhD Program of Architecture. Each year, PhD students are selected to serve as guest editors of the Journal. Each issue of Prometheus includes an annual overview of the achievements of our PhD students, as well as related activities ranging from our weekly Architecture Research Forum lectures to field trips and social events aimed at fostering community. 

Why did we select Prometheus as the symbol and masthead of our journal? He was the irreverent Titan who stole fire to pave the way for the advancement of humankind. From our vantage point in Chicago, we understand that fire is both a tool for destruction and creation. The Great Fire of 1871 leveled the city and provided Daniel H. Burnham and Edward H. Bennett with a reason to devise the Plan of Chicago (1909). Without the fire of modern blast furnaces, the steel girders and supporting beams in our Ludwig Mies van der Rohe-designed S.R. Crown Hall would not have been possible. 

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