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Home to the School of Architecture at the University of Illinois, the Architecture Building is located on the Business Quad, south of the Main Quad. Founded in 1867, back when the university was known as the Illinois Industrial University, the School of Architecture was established under the Polytechnic Department. The four current teaching divisions in the school instill fundamental professional knowledge through courses in architectural history, building construction, structures, environmental technology, and architectural design. Founded two years after the Architecture Department at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, it is the second-oldest architecture school in the United States. The school became the first to award an architecture degree to a woman in the U.S. when Mary L. Page graduated in 1878. Take a UI photo tour.