Title & Author:

Reassessing Rudolph / edited by Timothy M. Rohan.

Publication:

New Haven, Conn. : Yale School of Architecture, [2017]
New Haven, Conn. : Yale University Press

Description:

186 pages : illustrations, plans ; 26 cm

Notes:
Essays presented at a symposium held in January 2009 entitled, "Reassessing Rudolph: Architecture and Reputation"; held at Yale University as the culminating event of the rededication of its Yale Art and Architecture Building as Rudolph Hall.
Includes bibliographical references.
Urbanism and place -- Paul Rudolph and the rise and fall of urban renewal / Lizabeth Cohen and Brian D. Goldstein -- Paul Rudolph and CIAM's postwar "Heart of the City" / Eric Mumford -- Tropical trysts: Paul Rudolph and the Bengal Delta / Kazi K. Ashraf -- Paul Rudolph and "New Materials": from plywood to plexiglas and more / Pat Kirkham and Tom Tredway -- Paul Rudolph and the shifting semantics of exposed concrete / Rejean Legault -- Rudolph and the construction of urban / Ken Tadashi Oshima -0- Unhabituated architecture / Sylvia Lavin -- Drawing as signature: Paul Rudolph and the perspective section / Timothy M. Rohan -- Discourse -- Brut or not brut? Paul Rudolph and the Anglo-American axis / Louis Martin -- Heroes and Jesters / Emmanuel Petit -- Space as ritual / Eeva-Liisa Pelkonen.

Summary:

"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"--Publisher's description.

ISBN:

9780300225860 (paperback)
0300225865 (paperback)

Subject:

Rudolph, Paul, 1918-1997 Criticism and interpretation Congresses.
Rudolph, Paul, 1918-1997.
Brutalism (Architecture) Congresses.
Brutalisme (Architecture) Congrès.
Brutalism (Architecture)

Form/genre:

Conference Publications.
Conference papers and proceedings.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Actes de congrès.

Added entries:

Rohan, Timothy M., editor
Yale University. School of Architecture, publisher.
Yale University Press, distributor.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 298763
Call No.: BIB 244893
Status: Available