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ASU Gammage (formerly known as Grady Gammage Memorial Auditorium) is a multipurpose performing arts center at 1200 South Forest Avenue at East Apache Boulevard in Tempe, Arizona, within the main campus of Arizona State University (ASU).
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Grady Gammage Memorial Auditorium stands as one of ASU’s most beautiful landmarks. Best known as the last major architectural design of Frank Lloyd Wright, the auditorium was completed in 1964 and dedicated with an inaugural concert given by the Philadelphia Orchestra under Eugene Ormandy.
The grand tier, supported by a 145-foot-long girder, is constructed to allow sound to completely surround the audience—an acoustic effect only previously attained in Adler and Sullivan’s Chicago Auditorium of 1889.
Grady Gammage Memorial Auditorium is considered by many to be the crowning jewel of ASU’s Tempe campus. It is also one of Frank Lloyd Wright’s last designs and was constructed to be as acoustically perfect as possible. Grady Gammage served as ASU’s ninth president from 1933-1959.
Grady Gammage Memorial Auditorium. Tempe, AZ 1959. This final public space of Wright’s design is a circular, 3,000-seat center for the performing arts with a concert hall, proscenium theater, classrooms and offices.
Actively used as a year-round performance venue, Grady Gammage Memorial Auditorium remains Arizona State University’s signature building and a regional icon.
Description: Real Photo Postcard of Frank Lloyd Wright and the Grady Gammage Memorial Auditorium at the Arizona State University at Tempe. The Grady Gammage Memorial Auditorium was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1959 before his death. Opening ceremonies took place in September 1964.
