Early morning. Campus.
The entire facade seen set back with the decoration was a wall for the old Harmon Gymnasium, whose name remains on that surface within. Three large openings nearest us (1999); behind, three sets of double doors (1933).
The original building was constructed in 1933 as the "Men's Gym", later enlarged and named "Harmon Gym". Replacement was considered in modern decades but in the end it was massively redesigned and rebuilt in the 1990s. The handsome bas reliefs of classical sport figures, highlighted here by the spotlights, date from original construction. It's a huge arena inside, seating nearly 12K people for basketball games and related sport contests. Walter Haas, Jr., of Levi Strauss, gave $11 M. to lead the reconstruction, and the new structure bears his name.
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Here's another example of the "three main doors" plan for a large building. It's the Valley Life Sciences building on the Berkeley campus.
"With over three acres of usable space, the Valley building is one of the largest academic buildings in the world."=Wikipedia.
Thanks to *Adam* for info on this design guide about the "odds".
compositionstudy.com/rule-of-odds/
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Fire stations, even when very plain and utilitarian are still being built in the "three door" model. This is a Station No. 5 along Shattuck Avenue in south Berkeley on Sunday morning.
Please see my developing Album of "three door" buildings of this type.
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Part of an elementary school which is described as being, at least in part, a magnet school for science. Here's the website:
www.berkeleyschools.net/schools/elementary-schools/lecont...
I am intrigued by the architectural design for this gathering space and the "three doors". I've seen these before--usually on gymnasiums and always, in my experience, on educational buildings. Below I link a couple of others I've posted.
I thought I had read somewhere about the history of this design, but now I cannot find any reference to that story. I think the stylistic origin has something to do with Roman baths and/or classical styles associated therewith.
Adam, are you listening?
Thanks for looking/reading.
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on campus, University of Texas, Austin. Built 1930.
Light of late afternoon.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregory_Gymnasium
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