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Summary:

"Architect Paul Rudolph (1918-1997) was known for his iconic modern houses and exemplary Brutalist buildings in exposed concrete. Rudolph's popularity peaked during the 1950s and 1960s, when he served as the chair of Yale University's Department of Architecture, but his work fell from favor with the advent of postmodernism in the 1970s. This compact volume provides an introduction to and long overdue reassessment of the architect's trailblazing career, from his modernist Florida houses to his public and institutional buildings, unrealized megastructures, experimental interiors, and later mixed-use developments in Asia. Abraham Thomas examines how Rudolph explored concepts such as functionalism, urbanism, and modular construction across decades and continents. Richly illustrated with photographs of the structures and Rudolph's own drawings as well as models, furniture, and period press clippings, this book sheds light on the architect's process and takes up themes as important in his time as in our own, such as civic design, housing development, and experimental materials and methods"-- [Provided by publisher]

Table of Contents:

• Director's foreword
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• Modern houses
• Urban renewal
• Civic campus
• Megastructures
• Experimental interiors
• Projects in Asia
• Legacy
• Drawings and models
• Notes
• Selected bibliography
• Index
• Photograph credits.

Author/Creator:

Thomas, Abraham (Museum curator) , author

Contributors:

Rudolph, Paul, 1918-1997 , artist

Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.) , host institution, issuing body

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

Materialized space: the architecture of Paul Rudolph [by Thomas, A.]

Subjects:

Rudolph, Paul, 1918-1997 — Exhibitions

Architecture — United States — History — 20th century — Exhibitions

Architects — United States — Exhibitions

Genres:

Exhibition catalogs

General Notes:

Published in conjunction with an exhibition of the same name on view at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, from September 30, 2024, through March 16, 2025.
Includes bibliographical references (page 123) and index.

Physical Description:

127 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits ; 27 cm

Call Numbers:

NA737.R8 A4 2024

ISBNs:

9781588397836 (paperback)
1588397831 (paperback)

OCLC Numbers:

1452302396