100 Years of Campus Architecture At the University of Illinois
100 Years of Campus Architecture At the University of Illinois
Allen Stuart Weller
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\KI Ml Assembly Hall Undoubtedly the most exciting structure of the post- war period is the enormous Assembly Hall designed by Max Abramovitz, a 192!* graduate of the Univer- sity. Completed in 1963, this colossal circular struc- ture has 16, 000 permanent seats. Two thousand tem- porary seats can be added as needed. When its total resources are utilized, the Assembly Hall is ideal for manv tvpes of sports events and provides a superb setting for large convo- cations and commencement exercises.... It also has been used successfully for such large-scale entertainments as ice shows, ballets, and big musical productions. One section of the Assembly Hall can be used as a theatre seating 4, 200. The world's largest edge-supported dome, 400 feet in diameter, arches 128 feet above the activity floor. Abramovitz's bold design, with "folded" cast-concrete roof, powerful supporting structure, dra- matic use of material, and logical relationship to sur- roundings, has attracted national attention. 32 Education Buildin: Construction of the Education Building in 1964 marked the first intrusion of a com- pletely contemporary design into an area of the campus long dedicated to the Georg- ian style.
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