The building is a 646-foot-long bridge of studio art space, raised up 30 feet from the ground creating a monumental gateway for a campus.

In the late 1960s, Kevin Roche and John Dinkeloo were asked to design first-class art, music, and theater spaces for the sons and daughters of working men and women of Massachusetts.

The Bromery Center for the Arts is a 646-foot-long and 66 foot-high,[4] Brutalist, poured stereo metric concrete, partially bridge-like structure, which are reflected in the nearby pond.

Since its founding in 1975, the Fine Arts Center has been a central force in the cultural, social and academic life of the university, the Five College campuses, and the Pioneer Valley of Western Massachusetts.

[6] The 2000-seat performance hall within the Fine Arts building was the main venue on the campus before the Mullins Center was opened in 1993.