![[Photo: Inside the New Dorms]](4087_iit_dorm_elevator_lobby.jpg "Inside the New Dorms")
The dorm interiors look industrial with cement walls and steel floors. Here we see a tour group of Columbia students who were studying interiors. Aloosh (sp?) the tour guide pointed out that when Mies van der Rohe set up industrial interiors, he chose them because they were cheap. Here, they were chosen for style--and it cost plenty.
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