Paul Rudolph: Inspiration and Process in Architecture (Brutalist architect Paul Rudolph's drawings and architectural sketches with an essay and interview)

Bell, Eugenia

ISBN 10: 1616898658 / ISBN 13: 9781616898656

Published by Moleskine Books, 2019

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Paul Rudolph: Inspiration and Process in Architecture (Brutalist architect Paul Rudolph's drawings and architectural sketches with an essay and interview)
• Publisher: Moleskine Books
• Publication Date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1616898658
• ISBN 13: 9781616898656
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

Paul Rudolph (1918–1997) authored some of Modernism's most powerful designs and served as an influential educator while chair of Yale's School of Architecture. His early residential work in Sarasota, Florida, garnered international attention, and his later exploration of Brutalist materials nd forms, most famously embodied in his Yale Art & Architecture Building (1963), earned Rudolph both notoriety and acclaim.

Many of the dynamic drawings included in this collection — selected from the architect's archive housed in the Library of Congress — illustrate his highly emotive hand and deft drafting skill. They include his designs for Tuskegee University Chapel, Interama, Lower Manhattan Expressway, his analysis of Mies van der Rohe's Barcelona Pavilion, and his own inventive penthouse on Beekman Place in New York City. A lively Rudolph interview, conducted in 1986, and a newly commissioned introductory essay provide context for the drawings.

About the Author

John Morris Dixon, an architecture critic and board member of Docomomo New York / Tri-State, was editor-in-chief of Progressive Architecture from 1972 to 1996.