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The first major study of one of the most important architects of
the postwar era Equally admired and maligned for his remarkable
Brutalist buildings, Paul Rudolph (1918-1997) shaped both late
modernist architecture and a generation of architects while
chairing Yale's department of architecture from 1958 to 1965. Based
on extensive archival research and unpublished materials, The
ArchitectureofPaul Rudolph is the first in-depth study of the
architect, neglected since his postwar zenith. Author Timothy M.
Rohan unearths the ideas that informed Rudolph's architecture, from
his Florida beach houses of the 1940s to his concrete buildings of
the 1960s to his lesser-known East Asian skyscrapers of the 1990s.
Situating Rudolph within the architectural discourse of his day,
Rohan shows how Rudolph countered the perceived monotony of
mid-century modernism with a dramatically expressive architecture
for postwar America, exemplified by his Yale Art and Architecture
Building of 1963, famously clad in corrugated concrete. The
fascinating story of Rudolph's spectacular rise and fall
considerably deepens longstanding conceptions about postwar
architecture: Rudolph emerges as a pivotal figure who anticipated
new directions for architecture, ranging from postmodernism to
sustainability.
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Reassessing Rudolph (Paperback)
Timothy M Rohan; Contributions by Kazi K. Ashraf, Lizabeth Cohen, Brian Goldstein, Pat Kirkham, …
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R791
Discovery Miles 7 910
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Ships in 12 - 17 working days
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American architect Paul Rudolph (1918-1997) was internationally
known in the 1950s and early 1960s for his powerful, large-scale
concrete buildings. Hugely influential during his lifetime, Rudolph
was one of the most significant American architects of his
generation. To a remarkable extent, his reputation rose and fell
with the fortunes of postwar modernism in America. This insightful
book reconsiders Rudolph's architecture and the discipline's
assessment of his projects. It includes nearly a dozen essays by
well-known scholars in the fields of architectural and urban
history, all of which shed new light on Rudolph's theories and
practices. Contributions explore the architect's innovative use of
materials, including plywood, Plexiglas, and exposed concrete; the
places he lived and worked, from the Anglo-American axis to the
Bengal delta; his affiliation with CIAM (Congres Internationaux
d'Architecture Moderne); and currents within his philosophy of
architecture. Distributed for the Yale School of Architecture
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