CTBUH Nonprofit/Governmental Member

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

About

Member Since: 2011

Member Offices: Urbana

Website: http://illinois.edu/

University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, serve the state, the nation, and the world by creating knowledge, preparing students for lives of impact, and addressing critical societal needs through the transfer and application of knowledge.

They are also a world leader in research, teaching, and public engagement. Their prominent alumni are Nobel and Pulitzer Prize winners, Olympic athletes, astronauts and scientists, and leaders of international corporations.

The University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign is a meeting place for great scholars, great ideas, and great accomplishments across a broad range of disciplines. At Illinois, students have the chance to augment classroom scholarship with other opportunities to familiarize themselves with the world's people and cultures.

Fields of Expertise

Academic / University

Ctbuh Leaders

Mir Ali

Mir Ali

CTBUH College of Fellows, 2023 – Present

Urbana

Abbas Aminmansour

Abbas Aminmansour

CTBUH College of Fellows, 2023 – Present

Chicago

Associated companies

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1 Discovery Partners Institute

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CTBUH Initiatives Involving University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

CTBUH Joins Chicago Seminar on Mass Timber Buildings

08 June 2017

CTBUH joined a CCHRB seminar on "The Heavy Timber High Rise: Building Tall with Wood in the 21st Century," focused on new applications of wood as a structural material.

Debating Tall: Replace the Thompson Center?

28 April 2017

In the CTBUH Journal 2017 Issue II, two experts debate on the fate of the James R. Thompson Center as the State of Illinois plans to sell the historic building.