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Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium
The Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium (originally named the Departmental Auditorium) is a 750-seat〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=AWMA Capacities )〕 historic Neoclassical auditorium located at 1301 Constitution Avenue NW in Washington, D.C. The auditorium, which connects the two wings of the United States Environmental Protection Agency building, is owned by the U.S. government but available for use by the public.
==Description==
San Francisco-based American architect Arthur Brown, Jr. designed the auditorium as well as the two buildings adjacent to it.〔 The architectural style of the building is Neoclassical,〔Applewhite, E.J. ''Washington Itself: An Informal Guide to the Capital of the United States.'' New York: Knopf, 1981. ISBN 0-394-74875-1〕 as are all the buildings in the Federal Triangle development.〔〔 The portico of the Auditorium provides the motif for the both buildings which are on either side of it.〔Goode, James M. ''The Outdoor Sculpture of Washington, D.C.: A Comprehensive Historical Guide.'' Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1974. ISBN 0-87474-138-6〕 Six Doric columns form the auditorium's portico.〔 Over the portico is a pediment titled "Columbia", by Edgar Walter.〔 The sculpture on the pediment depicts Columbia (the feminine personification of the United States) seated on a throne-like chair, an eagle on her right, a nude youth on her left, and the rays of the sun spreading out behind her.〔 Behind the portico, a second pediment sits over an archway which leads to the colonnade. This sculpture, by Edmond Romulus Amateis, depicts George Washington at the Battle of Trenton.〔Ovason, David. (''The Secret Architecture of Our Nation's Capital: The Masons and the Building of Washington.'' ) Reprint ed. New York: HarperCollins, 2002. ISBN 0-06-095368-3〕 The interior is in the Beaux Arts style.〔Wurman, Richard Saul. ''Washington, DC Access.'' 3d ed. New York: Access Press, 1992. ISBN 0-06-277039-X〕 The interior lighting was designed by Brown, and consists of brass and aluminum chandeliers overhead and aluminum and gold leaf bracket lamps on the walls.〔Tompkins, Sally Kress and Boucher, Jack E. ''A Quest for Grandeur: Charles Moore and the Federal Triangle.'' Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1993. ISBN 1-56098-161-X〕 The ceiling was originally painted blue.〔Look, David W. and Perrault, Carole L. ''The Interior Building: Its Architecture and Its Ar.'' Washington, D.C.: National Park Service, 1986.〕
Colonnades link the auditorium to the buildings to the east and west, and galleries in the Auditorium's rear provide interior passages to these buildings as well. The galleries have received much praise. One critic noted, "The open galleries linking the auditorium to its neighbors constitute one of the greatest passages in American architecture."〔Wilson, Richard Guy. "Arthur Brown, Jr., California Classicist." ''Progressive architecture.'' December 1983.〕
The entire structure has been called "one of the most magnificent auditoriums in the country."〔Goode, James M. ''The Outdoor Sculpture of Washington, D.C.: A Comprehensive Historical Guide.'' Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1974, p. 168. ISBN 0-87474-138-6〕
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