Gammage Memorial Auditorium
 Grady Gammage Memorial Auditorium | |
| Address |
1200 South Forest Avenue Tempe, Arizona United States |
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| Owner | Arizona State University |
| Capacity | 3,011 |
| Opened | 1964 |
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Grady Gammage Memorial Auditorium | |
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| Coordinates | 33°24′58.67″N 111°56′17.08″W / 33.4162972°N 111.9380778°WCoordinates: 33°24′58.67″N 111°56′17.08″W / 33.4162972°N 111.9380778°W |
| Architect | Frank Lloyd Wright |
| Architectural style | Usonian |
| NRHP Reference # | 85002170[1] |
| Added to NRHP | September 11, 1985 |
Grady Gammage Memorial Auditorium is considered to be the last public commission of architect Frank Lloyd Wright.[2] Groundbreaking took place and construction on the building began on May 23, 1962. It took 25 months to complete. The built-on-time, under-budget building opened in 1964 with the Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Eugene Ormandy.[3]
The auditorium is named for Dr. Grady Gammage, President of Arizona State University (ASU) from 1933 to 1959. The auditorium is located on the main campus of Arizona State University in Tempe, Arizona at the crossroads of Mill Avenue and Apache Boulevard.
The building was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.
Structure and subsequent changes
The structure measures 300 feet (91 m) long by 250 feet (76 m) wide by 80 feet (24 m) high. Fifty concrete columns support the round roof with its pattern of interlocking circles. Twin "flying buttress" pedestrian ramps extending 200 feet (61 m) from the north and east sides of the structure connect the building to the parking lot. The auditorium seats a total of 3,017 people pop on its main floor, grand tier and balcony. The stage can be adapted for grand opera, Broadway musicals, dramatic productions, solo productions, organ recitals and lectures.[4][5]
Performance and other spaces
Auditorium
The auditorium has a maximum seating capacity of 3,011. It is wheelchair accessible and has an infrared system for 30 hearing-impaired people (in addition to signers).
Stage
- Stage type: proscenium
- Playing space dimensions: 64'x33' or 64'x40'
- Proscenium opening: 64'x30'
- Height grid/ceiling: 78'
- Stage floor type: Sprung wood
- Stage floor covering: Marley
- Rigging system type: 30 double purchase, 28 hydraulic (58 lines total)
Backstage
- Loading dock
- Door dimensions: 10'x11'6
- Dressing rooms: 9
- Maximum capacity: 54
Deck
Permanent installations: traps in stage, orchestra shell, orchestra pit, hydraulic pit, electricity in pit, music stands, pianos (9' Steinway, 5' Steinway, Kawai Upright)
Pit
- Dimensions: 76'x6'
- Number of stands: 85
- Chairs for pit: 90
Electrics/Sound
- Building electrics current: 9 panels-3-600/3-200/2-100/1-100 = 2700 total
- Lighting board: computer memory
- Lighting equipment: 32-8x13, 22-10x12, 55-6x9, 30 8" Fresnels, 12 Par Cans, 12 Mini Strips
See also
Bibliography
- Storrer, William Allin. The Frank Lloyd Wright Companion. University of Chicago Press, 2006, ISBN 0-226-77621-2 (S.432)
References
- ↑ "National Register of Historical Places - ARIZONA - Maricopa County". National Park Service.
- ↑ "ASU Gammage from the beginning". Arizona State University. Retrieved 11 February 2014.
- ↑ Colleen Jennings-Roggensack. "About ASU Gammage". ASU Gammage. Retrieved 2014-03-10.
- ↑ Archived May 19, 2006, at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ Archived May 3, 2008, at the Wayback Machine.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Gammage Auditorium. |
- ASU Gammage
- Page with photos of the Gammage Auditorium
- Gammage Auditorium on waymarking.com
- Gammage Auditorium on peterbeers.net
- Photos on Arcaid
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