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West Gymnasium, Carleton College


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West Gymnasium. Photos Courtesy Carleton College Archives. 
Name of Building/Site:
West Gymnasium, Carleton College

Building/Site Address:
321 Division Street North
Northfield, MN 55057

Designation:
None apply

Primary Classification:
Gymnasium, Pool
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Secondary Classification: 
Education, College

Current Condition: 
In use as college sports facility

How to Visit: 
The building is on a private college campus.

Style: 
Modernist, neo-formalist, neo-gothic

Summary:
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West Gymnasium is one of 6 buildings that Yamasaki & Associates contributed to Carleton’s campus between 1958-1966. A dramatic domed roof encloses basketball and swimming facilities; a strip of clerestory windows float the parabolic domes, made of poured concrete, above the facility walls. The design of West Gymnasium echoes and advances the uses of complex vaulting that Yamasaki first experimented with in the design of Lambert-St.Louis International Airport, in 1955.

Commission Date:
1958 - commission for multiple buildings on campus

Completion Date:
1964

Architectural and Other Designer(s):
Yamasaki & Associates, Minoru Yamasaki​

REFERENCES:

Gyure, Dale Allen. “Minoru Yamasaki (1912-1986).” The Architectural Review, Reputations vertical. 21 February 2019. https://www.architectural-review.com/essays/reputations/minoru-yamasaki-1912-1986/10040173.article

Gyure, Dale Allen. “Reconsidering the Legacy of Minoru Yamasaki.” Saving Places blog, National Trust for Historic Preservation. 9 May 2018. https://savingplaces.org/stories/reconsidering-the-legacy-of-minoru-yamasaki#.XwN4YyhKiUl

Hoekstra, Joel. “The Builder.” Carleton College Voice (Winter 2015).
https://apps.carleton.edu/voice/?story_id=1244717&issue_id=1198761


Recorder Name: Mary Begley
Recorder Date: August, 2020
Recorder Affiliation: Docomomo US/MN

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