Yale University, Paul Rudolph Hall Exterior Restoration & Third Party Review New Haven, Connecticut Since its completion in 1963, the Art + Architecture Building AIA New York State Historic Preservation (rededicated Paul Rudolph Hall) has been an integral part Award of Excellence, 2009 of Yale’s arts campus. The 114,000 sf cast-in-place concrete structure, with 37 terraced levels on nine stories, had AIA Connecticut succumbed to a series of destructive renovations that marred Preservation architect Paul Rudolph’s original vision. Design Award, 2009 Acting as building envelope specialists, Hoffmann Architects International Concrete teamed with design firm Gwathmey Siegel & Associates Repair Institute Architects LLC (GSAA) to reinvent the Brutalist icon. To Award of Excellence, 2009 remedy pervasive leaks, roofs and terraces were redesigned, and damaged finishes and fixtures restored. Rudolph’s New York Construction innovative light wells, which had admitted daylight into sub- Magazine’s Best of Awards Award of Merit, 2009 grade floors, were uncovered and reconstructed. Some of the largest sheets of insulated glazing ever made were used to recreate the original fenestration design while meeting current energy Connecticut Building standards. This massive glass in turn required re-engineered anchoring systems and supports, while Congress the irregular textures of the megalithic concrete slabs demanded custom repair strategies. Project Team Award First Place, 2009 The result: a stabilized, watertight, efficient building that re-articulates Rudolph’s characteristic interplay of mass and light. Restoration accompanied addition of the Loria Center for the History of Art and the Haas Family Arts Library, both designed by GSAA, for which Hoffmann Architects provided third party facade and roof consultation and review. Hoffmann Architects Specialists in the Rehabilitation of Building Exteriors.