The University of Illinois Memorial Stadium

The First 100 Years. Sprachen: Englisch. 28,7 cm / 21,8 cm / 2,4 cm ( B/H/T )
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332 Seiten
Oktober 2024
Taylor & Francis Ltd

This book offers a rigorous but graphically compelling narrative historic analysis of one of the most important civic buildings not only of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, or the State of Illinois, but arguably of the United States, Memorial Stadium.

Kevin J. Hinders is an Associate Professor of Architecture and director of the Chicago Studio at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Benjamin A. Bross is an Assistant Professor of Architecture at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

Introduction 1. Founding the University of Illinois 2. Origins of Memorial Stadium 3. Memorial Stadium's Design and Construction 4. Building Memorial Stadium 5. Memorial Stadium, 1924-1941 6. From World War II to 1960 7. The Tumultuous Years, 1960 to 1975 8. A New Stadium Era 9. The New Millennium 10. The Point After