Paul Rudolph : The Florida Houses

Christopher Domin, Joseph King

ISBN 10: 1568982666 / ISBN 13: 9781568982663

Published by Princeton Architectural Press, New York, 2002

About this Item

248 pages. Hardcover. Text in English. While the appearance of the spine of the jacket is even and consistent, it is possible that it is sunned a bit. Else, the binding is tight, the shelfwear to the edges and corners of the boards is minimal, with equally minimal rubbing to the jacket from shelving. No internal markings. Bound in rust colored cloth covered boards and wrapped in an illustrated paper dustjacket. 150 black and white illustrations. Preface by C. Ford Peatross. Photographs by Ezra Stoller. List of Associates. Bibliography.

Seller Inventory # 029197

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Paul Rudolph : The Florida Houses
• Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press, New York
• Publication Date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1568982666
• ISBN 13: 9781568982663
• Binding: Cloth
• Illustrator: Ezra Stoller
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
• Book Type: Book
• Seller catalogs:
  • Architecture

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Synopsis

Paul Rudolph, one of the twentieth century’s most iconoclastic architects, is best known – and most maligned – for his large “brutalist” buildings, like Yale’s Art and Architecture Building. So it will surprise many to learn that early in his career he developed a series of houses that represent the unrivaled possibilities of a modest American modernism. With their distinctive natural landscapes, local architectural precedents, and exploitation of innovative construction materials, the Florida houses, some eighty projects built between 1946 and 1961, brought modern architectural form into a gracious subtropical world of natural abundance developed to a high pitch of stylistic refinement. Paul Rudolph: The Florida Houses reveals all of Rudolph’s early residential work. With Rudolph’s personal essays and renderings, duotone photographs by Ezra Stoller and Joseph Molitor, and insightful text by Joseph King and Christopher Domin, this compelling new book conveys the lightness, timelessness, strength, materiality, and transcendency of Rudolph’s work.

About the Author

Christopher Domin is a practicing architect. He is Visiting Assistant Professor at the University of New Mexico and lives in Albuquerque, NM.

Joseph T. King is a practicing architect. He is principal at Joseph T. King Architects.