1st Edition
The University of Illinois Memorial Stadium The First 100 Years
332 Pages
227 Color Illustrations
by
Routledge
332 Pages
227 Color Illustrations
by
Routledge
332 Pages
227 Color Illustrations
by
Routledge
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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.
Like all spatial products, the design and construction of the University of Illinois Memorial Stadium embodies the social, political,... Read more
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
Biography
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.
