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Caption: Book - 100 Years of Campus Architecture (Allen Weller)
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Assembly Hall Undoubtedly the most exciting structure of the pastwar period is the enormous Assembly Hall designed by Max Abramovitz, a 1929 graduate of the University. Completed in 1963, this colossal circular structure has 16,000 permanent seats. Two thousand temporary seats can be added as needed. When its total resources are utilized, the Assembly Hall is ideal for many types of sports events and provides a superb setting for large convocations 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, dramatic use of material, and logical relationship to surroundings, has attracted national attention.
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