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Prentis Building and DeRoy Auditorium Complex

1964 establishments in MichiganAuditoriums in the United StatesBuildings and structures completed in 1964International style architecture in MichiganMinoru Yamasaki buildings
Modernist architecture in MichiganNational Register of Historic Places in DetroitSchool buildings completed in 1964Wayne State University
Prentis Building and DeRoy Auditorium WSU Detroit MI
Prentis Building and DeRoy Auditorium WSU Detroit MI

The Prentis Building and DeRoy Auditorium Complex consists of two educational buildings, the Meyer and Anna Prentis Building and the Helen L. DeRoy Auditorium, located respectively at 5201 and 5203 Cass Avenue in Midtown Detroit, Michigan, on the campus of Wayne State University. The buildings were built at the same time, and were designed by architect Minoru Yamasaki to interrelate functionally, spatially, and architecturally. The buildings were constructed at a critical point in Yamasaki's career when he was experimenting with ornamentation, light and shadow, and the use of pools and gardens to soften perception of standard International Style architecture. The complex was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2011.

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Prentis Building and DeRoy Auditorium Complex
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