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DOORLESS HIGH SCHOOL
Auditorium under dome is practical answer to impor-
tant question in architectural theory today: should func-
tion or structure shape building? Architects of this
building come out roundly for structure. They have
built big economical space (circular plan includes more
square feet of enclosure per running foot of exterior wall
than any other geometrical shape) and saved again by a
repetitive use of similar diametrical laminated wood
arches. Other architects might fan walls to fit acoustical
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requirements of an auditorium; these architects plan in-
sfe?!d to reconcile --t,-„cture _d d function by Ea .,—ing
engineered plaques of corrective acoustical absorbent
from arches. (Until then room may sound vast.) Ser-
pentine wall around seating already helps correct rever-
beration. Auditorium seats 600 in comfortable, widely
spaced "continental" arrangement. Band rehearsal room
behind stage can be combined with it into theater -in-
the -round seating 250 more.
CROSS SECTION AUDITORIUM q s 2 0