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Paul Rudolph
Paul Rudolph Foundation Website
The
Following biographical information was taken from the Paul Rudolph
Foundation Website.
Paul M. Rudolph (1918-1997) was born a minister?s
son in Elkton, Kentucky. Inspired by architecture at an early age,
Rudolph studied architecture as an undergraduate at Alabama Polytechnic
(now Auburn University), and after a brief period in the Navy during
WWII, he successfully completed graduate studies at Harvard under
Bauhaus founder Walter Gropius. Rudolph was a pioneering architect in
Sarasota, Florida, a major figure of the ?Sarasota School of
Architecture,' which gained international attention for innovative
solutions to the modern American home. He was Dean of the Yale School of
Architecture from 1958-1965, during which his best known work, the Yale
Art & Architecture Building, was completed and became both a
Modernist icon and a topic of controversy. After his tenure at Yale,
Rudolph continued during the next 30 years to create some of Modernism's
most unique and powerful architecture. Despite the wane Rudolph?s
popularity during the dominance of Post-Modernism in the late 70?s and
80?s, his work and legacy has had a profound impact on the architecture
of our era. Rudolph, who is today considered one of America?s great Late
Modernist architects, was during his lifetime always an inspirational
mentor to those whom he taught. His former students include some of
contemporary architecture?s most internationally respected architects,
such as Lord Norman Foster, Lord Richard Rogers, and Robert A.M. Stern,
among many others distinguished in the field.
The home in the photograph above was built in
1958 after Paul moved from Sarasota Fl to New York. The home above
appears to me to be a link between Rudolph's much lighter work in
Sarasota and the much more concrete and heavy work later in his career.
The following series of photographs were taken by photographer Denise Guerin.
 
 
 
 
 
Index to MODERN HOMES PHILADELPHIA History Pages
Overview of Philadelphia Area Mid-Century Modern Residential Architecture (below on this page) Photo overview followed by brief written overview of Philadelphia mid-century architects .
Time Line of area modern homes from 1930's to today Mid-Century Modern Homes
Architects Who Designed Mid-Century Modern Homes in the Philadelphia Region
photographs of the regional homes designed by each architect are included
This
portion of the site features the photography of Elizabeth Manning. She has taken many
great photographs of homes and public/commercial mid-century buildings
in our area. She recently photographed the homes of architect Irwin
Stein. Her work was presented in a retrospective lecture on Irwin Stein
at the University of Pennsylvania in 2008.
Willits Hall Swarthmore
College Delaware County
home in Gloucester County N.J.
 Simpkins
residence Demchick and George Savage 1940
Postpichal residence Franz Postpichal 1939
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