Paul Rudolph

Style: Paul Rudolph’s style is Design Era: very block or square like Specific Work: In New Paul Rudolph's design era was incorporating large amounts of York, Rudolph combined his between 1951-1962. Rudolph's big glass screens and multiple Sarasota time is now part of the interests with the potentials of period labelled Sarasota Modern large square frames for rooms cellular construction in his in his career. In the late 1950s, and viewing platforms. Inspired project for the Graphic Arts Paul Rudolph's houses by Frank Wright. Paul Rudolph Centre (1967). Rudolph also began to attract attention uses framework to show the undertook such large outside of the architectural intricacy of the buildings. University of complexes as the Massachusetts community and he started Government Service Centre receiving commissions for larger works such as the Jewett Art Philosophy: Paul (1962-1971). Rudolph's work Centre at . He Rudolph’s philosophy was the in the early 1980s included then took over the helm of the quote ‘less is more’ using a the City Centre Towers (1982- Yale School of as its mixture of negative space to 1984) in Fort Worth, Texas. dean in 1958, shortly after determine the shape and Rather than using the rough designing the Yale Art and texture and monumental Architecture Building, often design of his buildings. He appearance of his most Callahan Residence, considered his masterpiece. Paul could not accept the modern- Birmingham, Alabama Rudolph stayed on at Yale for six day trend of applying an common material, concrete, 1965 years until he returned to private element here or a column cap these towers had steel frames practice. He designed the there and distorting symbolic and glass curtain walls. Temple Street Parking Garage, forms of classical Rudolph's later work included also in New Haven, in 1962. the Harbour Road mixed-use Society at the time was in a post architecture. To him those proportions and original structure in , war rebuild of society after World winner of an International War 2, in the 1960’s was the era construction techniques had of hippies and the baby boomers been developed in full for Design Competition (1989), with people starting to go against another era and were not the Cheng Residence and the norm, this would have changeable or able to be used Institution Hill condominiums allowed for more open thinking again. in (1989) and the Bond Centre architecturally. Wireless Road Project in Bangkok (1990).

Paul Rudolph

Influenced by: Paul Rudolph was influenced by Frank Lloyd Wright. Wright believed in designing structures which were in harmony with humanity and its environment, a philosophy he called organic architecture. This philosophy was best exemplified by his design for Falling water (1935), which has been called "the best all-time work of American architecture". Wright was a leader of the Prairie School movement of architecture and developed the concept of the Usonian home, his unique vision for urban planning in the United States. His work includes original examples of many different building types, including offices, churches, schools, skyscrapers, hotels, and museums. Wright also designed many of the interior elements of his buildings, such as the furniture and stained glass. His colourful personal life often made headlines, most notably for the 1914 fire and murders at his Taliesin studio. Already well known during his lifetime, Wright was recognized in 1991 by the American Institute of Architects as "the greatest American architect of all time.“ Paul Rudolph used Wrights original block like building style to develop his own designs. The Designs below show some of Paul Rudolph’s most commonly used elements including large glass walls, square based shape and stone feature walls.

Frank Wrights ‘Usonian Homes’ Frank Wrights ‘Falling Water’ Paul Rudolph

Impact on society: Rudolph leaves behind a complex legacy that will Bibliography: take many years to untangle. No American architect of Paul Rudolph’s http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul generation had higher respect in the 1960's. As chairman of the School of Architecture at from 1957 to 1965, Rudolph had enormous _Rudolph_(architect) influence over the direction of American architecture. His buildings, often executed in concrete with a textured finish. In recent years, his style was largely concentrated in Southeast , where respect for his strict modernist ideas and elements continued his legacy. Rudolph’s teaching at the University of Yale http://www.paulrudolph.org/b helped to develop new designers for the modern generation to continue his styles legacy. iography.html

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