Auditorium, SMTI / University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, North Dartmouth, MA, 1968-1971

Now known as Main Auditorium / AUD; Begun October 1968 Completed Fall 1971; Architects: Desmond and Lord, Inc.; Job Captain: Grattan Gill and Jan Heespelink; Structural Engineer: Sepp Firnkas; Sanitary Engineer: Robert W. Sullivan, Inc.; Heating Engineer: Francis Associates; Electrical Engineer, McCarron, Hufnagle and Vegkley; Acoustical Consultants: Cambridge Acoustical Associates; General Contractor: C. A. Batson Corp.
The auditorium was originally designed to have a fifth lecture hall protruding from the parking lot side of the building which was eliminated due to budget concerns. The SMTI/UMass Dartmouth auditorium is remarkably similar to the one at the Creative Arts Center at Colgate University and his design for a theater project for a Ford Foundation exhibition in 1962.

SMTI / UMass Dartmouth, North Dartmouth, MA. Auditorium. North elevation, A 22. Sketch SMTI / UMass Dartmouth, North Dartmouth, MA. Auditorium. South and East Elevations, A 6. Rendering SMTI / UMass Dartmouth, North Dartmouth, MA. Auditorium. North and West Elevations, A 7. Rendering
SMTI / UMass Dartmouth, North Dartmouth, MA. Auditorium. Building Sections, A 8. Rendering SMTI / UMass Dartmouth, North Dartmouth, MA. Auditorium. Upper Floor Plan and Finish Schedule, A 4. Rendering SMTI / UMass Dartmouth, North Dartmouth, MA. Auditorium. First Floor Plan and Finish Schedule, A 2. Rendering
SMTI / UMass Dartmouth, North Dartmouth, MA. Auditorium, 1968-1971. Photograph SMTI / UMass Dartmouth, North Dartmouth, MA. Auditorium. Detail, Southwest Facade. Photograph SMTI / UMass Dartmouth, North Dartmouth, MA. Auditorium. East Facade. Photograph
SMTI / UMass Dartmouth, North Dartmouth, MA. Auditorium. West facade. Photograph SMTI / UMass Dartmouth, North Dartmouth, MA. Auditorium. Perspective, Northwest. Photograph SMTI / UMass Dartmouth, North Dartmouth, MA. Auditorium. Detail, seating, middle and right sections. Photograph
SMTI / UMass Dartmouth, North Dartmouth, MA. Auditorium. Seating from rear of stage. Left balcony section closed. Photograph SMTI / UMass Dartmouth, North Dartmouth, MA. Auditorium. Detail. Seating, middle and left sections. Balcony section closed. Phot SMTI / UMass Dartmouth, North Dartmouth, MA. Auditorium. Perspective Study with Bridge and Stairways. Sketch
SMTI / UMass Dartmouth, North Dartmouth, MA. Auditorium. Section. Presentation Rendering SMTI / UMass Dartmouth, North Dartmouth, MA. Auditorium. West lobby. Photograph West Elevations. Group 1, Auditorium, Student Union and Administration. Sketch
SMTI / UMass Dartmouth, North Dartmouth, MA. Auditorium and Administration Building. West elevations. Sketch SMTI / UMass Dartmouth, North Dartmouth, MA. Auditorium and Administration Building. West Elevations. Sketch