Mies Board Members in the News

Mies van der Rohe Society and College of Architecture board member, Chandra Goldsmith-Gray received the Award in Professional Advisory Service from the Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture. Goldsmith-Gray's most recent efforts helped Illinois Tech to achieve status as the Alphawood Arboretum at Illinois Institute of Technology a designation that will certainly have a long-lasting positive impact on our campus. Congratulations, Chandra!

Illinois Institute of Technology, Mies Campus

Mies Society Board Chair Edward Polich (ARCH. ’79) was accepted into the Visiting Artists & Visiting Scholars (VAVS) Program at the American Academy in Rome. Polich spent time this spring researching elements of the Mercati di Traiano, a second century building thought to have been designed by Apollodorus of Damascus in conjunction with the Forum of Trajan in 102–107 CE. He recently resided at the Villa Chiaraviglio adjacent to the (main) building by McKim, Mead and White. Knowing Polich's passion for the subject, this was truly a fruitful endeavor. Congratulazioni, Ed!

Trajan’s Market, recent photograph