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Sunday, January 12, 2020

Frank Lloyd Wright's Gammage Memorial Auditorium in Tempe Arizona

Eric and I were inspired by our visit to Taliesin West to visit other buildings designed by architect Frank Lloyd Wright.





in Tempe to visit the Gammage 











In 1957 ASU President Grady Gammage decided to have a distinctive auditorium built on the Tempe Campus.  He approached Frank Lloyd Wright for help with the project.  Wright had drawn up plans for an opera house in Bagdad, Iraq that would never be built.  Adjustments were made for the college project.  The architect died in 1959 without seeing his project completed.




There it is...

I can see why some people
think it looks like a
wedding cake.





Eric pulls into the parking lot
so I can take pictures.
 



The elevated bridge reminds me
of the ramp to the upper level





I go up onto the bridge to get
a few pictures. 







The auditorium seats 3,017 people.





Scalloped accents framing
archways remind me of











A shot of the entry, straight on










The colors of the building
are perfect in this desert
setting.

The Gammage Memorial Auditorium opened its doors to the public on September 18, 1964.  It is the only public building in Arizona designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.

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