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Architectural Building Attractions In Urbana

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Urbana is a city in and the county seat of Champaign County, Illinois, United States. The population is estimated at 41,989 as of July 1, 2017. Urbana is the tenth-most populous city in Illinois outside of the Chicago metropolitan area. It is included in the Champaign–Urbana metropolitan area. Urbana is notable for sharing the campus of the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign with its sister city of Champaign.
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  • 1. Altgeld Hall Tower Urbana
    Not to be confused with Altgeld Hall or Altgeld Hall .Altgeld Hall, located at 1409 West Green Street in Urbana, Illinois on the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign campus, was built in 1896-97 and was designed by Nathan Ricker and James McLaren White of the University's architecture department in the Richardsonian Romanesque style. The building was originally the University Library, and received major additions in 1914, 1919, 1926, and 1956. From 1927-55 it was used by the College of Law, and from 1955 on by the Department of Mathematics and the Mathematics Library. The University Chime in the bell tower – which marks the hours, half hours, and quarter hours and plays a ten-minute concert every school day from 12:50 - 1:00 PM – was installed in 1920. The building was officially...
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  • 2. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Urbana
    Urbana University, a branch campus of Franklin University, is a private university specializing in liberal arts education. Urbana is located in Urbana, Ohio, in Champaign County, approximately one hour west of Columbus and one hour northeast of Dayton.
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  • 3. Frank Lloyd Wright's Westcott House Springfield Ohio
    Frank Lloyd Wright was an American architect, interior designer, writer, and educator, who designed more than 1,000 structures, 532 of which were completed. Wright believed in designing structures that were in harmony with humanity and its environment, a philosophy he called organic architecture. This philosophy was best exemplified by Fallingwater , which has been called the best all-time work of American architecture. His creative period spanned more than 70 years. Wright was the pioneer of what came to be called the Prairie School movement of architecture, and he also developed the concept of the Usonian home in Broadacre City, his unique vision for urban planning in the United States. In addition to his houses, Wright designed original and innovative offices, churches, schools, skyscra...
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