In July 2011 two leading independent schools of architecture, the Illinois Institute of Technology College of Architecture, Chicago, and IE School of Architecture, Madrid/Segovia, will join forces to launch the IE/IIT Summer School in Madrid, one of Europe’s most dynamic capital cities. The intensive 8-day studio-based design workshop is open to enthusiastic Architecture undergraduate and master students worlwide. Using Madrid as a laboratory, participants will explore the architectural, urban, and environmental implications of density. Tutors from Chicago, Madrid, and Singapore, will use their own metropolitan backgrounds to enrich the potential evolution of Spain’s capital. 

With a history of design excellence and technical expertise and unmatched professional studio curriculum, the IIT College of Architecture isis respected by architectural firms nationwide for its highly professional curriculum and its emphasis on material investigation and fabrication. IIT’s NAAB-accredited College of Architecture draws strength from its Chicago setting, its Mies van der Rohe heritage, and its award-winning faculty.

The IE School of Architecture & Design trains architects who go on to become global leaders of excellence in design, innovation and management. It is a diverse, international institution that has a blend of cultures where Spanish background acts as scenario and topic of examination.