Ittner’s legacy stands synonymously with strength in symmetry, in contrast to whimsical hints at a place beyond mere walls, floors and ceilings. His architecture let children’s imagination run wild as he follows his own set of rules. Grid-like methodology leads to a consistent product throughout the city. The patrimony of Ittner’s designs is many-fold. His personal endeavor to explore material, materiality and light was passed down through his father’s craft and exponentially implemented through his use of form, masonry. Ittner leaves Saint Louis with an appreciation for these beautiful institutions.

In exhibiting architecture, a form emerges as a pure extrusion of an allotment. A solid, reflective surface represents one entity, as it also represents all architectural entities. Ittner uses masonry innovatively, not only structurally, but aesthetically. This could be reinterpreted to expand on this idea. The exterior is also a shell between the interior and exterior. Can space exist there? Courtyards carve into the form to create moments of pause to reflect on the exterior while connecting visually, although not always physically. Ittner was avid in his designs to give the user visual connections to lead them through a space. He employs massing of classrooms to create inner streets. His play between indoor and outdoor keeps students refreshed in their studies as they are able to focus inward and breathe or imagine outward. These ideas were implemented in the design as a new interpretation, all staying true to his passion for symmetry and material.