Detail View: Archivision Base to Module 9: Rockwell Engineering Center and McDonnell Douglas Engineering Auditorium
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Preferred Title:
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Rockwell Engineering Center and McDonnell Douglas Engineering Auditorium
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Image View:
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View of the auditorium entry, from the southwest (the Research Facility [now demolished] is on the right)
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Creator:
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Frank Owen Gehry (American architect, born 1929)
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Location:
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site: Irvine, California, United States
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Location Note:
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114 Rockwell Engineering Plaza
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Date:
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1990 (creation)
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Cultural Context:
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American
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Style Period:
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Postmodern
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Work Type 1:
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auditorium
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Work Type 2:
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classroom
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Classification:
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architecture
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Material:
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steel; copper; bent birch plywood interior
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Technique:
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construction (assembling)
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Subjects:
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architectural exteriors
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Description:
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McDonnell Douglas Engineering Auditorium is located on the UC-Irvine campus in Irvine, and is located within The Henry Samueli School of Engineering. Gehry designed two buildings in the plaza, including the auditorium. The other building, the Research Facility, was demolished in 2007. The auditorium is still extant. (Source: Today@UCI; http://today.uci.edu/news)
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Collection:
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Archivision Base Collection
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Identifier:
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1A1-GF-MD-A4
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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