. Architect and engineer. AIRPLANE VIEW. UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA CAMPUS. BERKELEYNEW GYMNASIUM FOR MEN IN \V. KELHAM. ARCHITECT THE ARCHITECT AND ENGINEER MAY 1933VOLUME 113NUMBER TWO THE NEW GYMNASIUM FOR MEN, UNIVERSITYOF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY (T„ HE Gymnasium forMen. final unit of the University of Cali-fornias tremendous new track developmentat Berkeley, wasopened to the stud-ents at the beginningof the spring sem-ester. Included inthis development arethe track oval, witha seating capacity persons, anda baseball park,judged to be one ofthe finest collegeparks in
. Architect and engineer. AIRPLANE VIEW. UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA CAMPUS. BERKELEYNEW GYMNASIUM FOR MEN IN \V. KELHAM. ARCHITECT THE ARCHITECT AND ENGINEER MAY 1933VOLUME 113NUMBER TWO THE NEW GYMNASIUM FOR MEN, UNIVERSITYOF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY (T„ HE Gymnasium forMen. final unit of the University of Cali-fornias tremendous new track developmentat Berkeley, wasopened to the stud-ents at the beginningof the spring sem-ester. Included inthis development arethe track oval, witha seating capacity persons, anda baseball park,judged to be one ofthe finest collegeparks in the gymnasium,designed Universityarchitect, is of struc-tural steel and rein-forced concrete. Theexterior is white andsevere in design. Itsmost outstandingfeature is the arenafor basketball courtswhich dominates thecenter of the build-. by ROBERT SIBLEY Executive Manager CaliforniaAlumni Association ing and rises one floor above the rest. Toreach the arena, one enters the east side ofthe building, decorated in bas relief withfigures of athletes, through the lobby, wherethe most prominent feature is the great sealof the University ofCalifornia, one sealat each end of theroom, across a halland into the arenaitself. The ceilingtowers fifty feetabove and converg-ing down to the cen-ter from all sides areconcrete end about tenfeet from the floorand project twentyor thirty feet fromthe wall of the bleachersoccupy this space,and when a game isin progress, they aremoved to position sothat the line ofbleachers is continu-ous from floor toceiling. The fullseating capacity of MAIN LOBBY. GYMNASIUM FOR -MEN,UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA. BERKELEY ^11 ?
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