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Cobb Hall, completed in 1892, is associated with two Cobbs: its donor and namesake, Silas B. Cobb, and its architect, Henry Ives Cobb, who designed 18 campus buildings. (UChicago Photographic Archive, apf2-01724, University of Chicago Library)

Building knowledge

UChicagoʼs buildings, by the numbers.

Susie Allen, AB’09

The University of Chicago Magazine

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Winter/20

128 Age of the oldest University building, Cobb Hall

2 Cobbs associated with Cobb Hall (architect and namesake)

18 Campus buildings by Henry Ives Cobb

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Rooms on the historic main quadrangle

17 Buildings on campus with LEED certification

19 New buildings added to the Hyde Park campus since 2010

1 Campus buildings that are UNESCO World Heritage sites (Robie House)

207 Tallest campus structure in feet (Rockefeller Chapel tower)

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