Paul Rudolph, Architect
Paul Marvin Rudolph – 1918 – 1997
Education:
1940 – Bachelor of Architecture, Auburn University, formerly the Alabama Polytech Institute, Auburn, Alabama
1941 – Harvard Graduate School of Design (GSD), Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts
1947 – Master of Architecture, Graduate School of Design (GSD), Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Fellowships:
1948 – Wheelwright Traveling Fellow in Architecture, Graduate School of Design, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Registered:
Alabama, Connecticut, Washington, D.C., Florida, Georgia, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Rhode Island
Academic Appointments:
1950 – Lectured and taught at Yale, Harvard, Princeton and the University of Florida
1957 – Chairman of the School of Architecture, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut
Publications:
1970 – The Architecture of Paul Rudolph
1971 – Paul Rudolph
1983 – Frank Lloyd Wright: Kaufmann House, “Fallingwater”, Bear, Runn Pennsylvania, 1936 (Global Architecture Series)
2009 – Writings on Architecture (Yale University School of Architecture)
1974 – Dessins d’architecture
1973 – Paul Rudolph Interdenominational Chapel. Tuskegee Institute, Tuskegee, Alabama
Firms:
1941 – Ralph Twitchell, Sarasota, Florida
1947 – 1951 – Twitchell & Rudolph, Sarasota, Florida
1952 – 1960 – Paul Rudolph Architects, Sarasota, Florida
1962 – Offices in Cambridge, Massachusetts, New Haven, Connecticut and New York City, New York
Influences:
In 1940 at the age of 22, Rudolph went with his family to see Architect Frank Lloyd Wright’s Rosenbaum Residence a Usonian House in Florence, Alabama. The emotional impact of the design left such an impression on Rudolph that he would recall the day until his death in 1997.
Walter Gropius, one of the founders of the Bauhaus, was a major influence on Rudolph while he was at Harvard’s Graduate School of Design in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Professional Affiliations:
1957 – 1970 – American Institute of Architects (AIA) New York Chapter
Military Service:
1943 – 1946 – United States Navy
1965 – Navy Review & Advisory Panel, Washington, D.C.
Honors:
1940 – First Prize Rorimer Competition, American Institute of Decorators
1949 – Award of Merit, American Institute of Architects (AIA)
Best House of the Year Design, Healy Guesthouse, “Cocoon House”
1952 – The Good Design Exhibition, designed by Rudolf, Museum of Modern Art, New York City, New York
1958 – Arnold Brunner Prize for, Architecture American Academy of Arts & Letters
1964 – Award of Merit, American Institute of Architects (AIA), Temple Parking Garage, Hartford, Connecticut
1954 – Outstanding Young Architect Award, Brazil International Competition, Sao Paulo, Brazil
1969 – Medal of Honor, American Institute of Architects (AIA) New York City Chapter
1970 – Work in Progress Exhibit: Architecture by Philip Johnson, Kevin Roche and Paul Rudolph, Museum of Modern Art, New York City, New York
Notable Works:
1949 – Healy Residence, “Cocoon House,” with Architect Ralph Twitchel Siesta Key Neighborhood, Sarasota, Florida
1951 – Watson Residence, with Architect Ralph Twitchell, Florida Park Neighborhood, Gainesville, Florida
1953 – Umbrella House, Lido Shores Neighborhood, Sarasota, Florida
1957 – Riverview High School, 1 Ram Way, Sarasota, Florida
1958 – Sarasota High School, 2155 Bahia Vista Street, Sarasota, Florida
1959 – 1963 – Art & Architecture Building, renamed Rudolph Hall in 2008, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut
1959 – 1963 – Temple Street Parking Garage, New Haven, Connecticut
1960 – Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity House, University of Florida, 310 Reitz Union Drive, Gainesville, Florida
1961 – Milam Residence, Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida
1966 – Arts & Humanities Building, South Eastern Massachusetts University, now known as the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, 285 Old Westport Road, North Dartmouth Massachusetts
1969 – Tuskegee Institute Interdenominational Chapel, Tuskegee, Alabama
1970 – Bass Towers, Fort Worth, Texas
1984- Bond Centre, now Lippo Center, Hone Kong, China