Paul Rudolph (architect)
Paul Marvin Rudolph (born October 28, 1918 in Elkton , Kentucky , † August 8, 1997 in New York City ) was an American architect .
Life
Paul Rudolph studied architecture at Alabama Polytechnic , now Auburn University . After the end of the Second World War, in which he had participated as a marine, he studied with Walter Gropius and Marcel Breuer at Harvard University . Since 1951 Rudolph had his own studio in Sarasota , Florida . With numerous designs for single-family houses adapted to the local subtropical climate, he is one of the leading representatives of the so-called Sarasota School of Architecture .
From 1958 to 1965 he was dean of the architecture faculty at Yale University . In 1959 he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and in 1971 to the American Academy of Arts and Letters .
Rudolph was an early proponent of brutalism ; when this went out of fashion in the late 1970s, it turned to postmodernism . He is considered one of the most important modern architects in the USA. In 1994 Paul Rudolph was elected a member ( NA ) of the National Academy .
His students included Norman Foster , Richard Rogers and Robert AM Stern .
Buildings (selection)
- 1950: Bennett House, 3901 Riverview Blvd. in Bradenton , Florida
- 1956: David Cohen House, Siesta Key, Sarasota, Florida
- 1957: Riverview High School, Sarasota County (demolished 2007)
- 1959–1961: Arthur W. Milam Residence, Ponte Vedra, Jacksonville, Florida
- 1963: Yale University Institute of Art and Architecture in New Haven, Connecticut
- 1967: Orange County Government Center in Goshen, Orange County
- 1969: University Chapel, Tuskegee University , Tuskegee , Alabama
- 1987–1994: The Concourse in Singapore
literature
- Rüdiger Paul Kühnle: Paul Rudolph and the second generation of American modernism. Dissertation, University of Stuttgart 2005 ( full text )
- Paul Rudolph, Gerhard Schwab: Buildings and Projects. Hatje Cantz, Ostfildern 1970, ISBN 3-7757-0002-1 .
- Christopher Domin, Joseph King: Paul Rudolph. The Florida Houses . Princeton Architectural Press, New York NY 2005, ISBN 1-56898-551-7 .
Web links
- Paul Rudolph (architect). In: arch INFORM .
- Paul Rudolph & His Architecture. University of Massachusetts website with catalog raisonné.
- Interview with Paul Rudolph for the Art Institute of Chicago .
Individual evidence
- ^ Members: Paul Rudolph. American Academy of Arts and Letters , accessed April 23, 2019 .
- ^ All National Academicians (1825 - Present) - D: Paul Rudolph, ANA: 1983, NA: 1994. The National Academy , accessed May 6, 2019.
- ↑ Open plan, prefab units cut costs Florida. In: Architectural Records (ed.): Record Houses of 1956. Dodge, New York 1956, pp. 175-79.
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Rudolph, Paul |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Rudolph, Paul Marvin (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American architect |
DATE OF BIRTH | October 28, 1918 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Elkton |
DATE OF DEATH | August 8, 1997 |
Place of death | New York City |