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AD Classics: AD Classics: John W. Chorley Elementary School / Paul Rudolph

Megan Sveiven — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +0000

It is always wonderful to stumble upon humble examples of architecture done by exalted architects, who are typically known and appreciated for their larger structures rather than their smaller-scale or less flashy buildings. In the case of Middletown, New York, the local elementary school flaunts hints of the more recognized designs of Paul Rudolph but at a more modest scale.

AD Classics: The Colonnade Condominiums / Paul Rudolph

Megan Sveiven — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Initially intending to design a housing structure as a set of prefabricated units hoisted onto a structural frame, the ideas and visual intricacies of Paul Rudolph's Colonnade Condominiums were developments of the previously designed but unbuilt Graphic Arts Center of Manhattan.

AD Classics: Orange County Government Center / Paul Rudolph

Megan Sveiven — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 00:00:00 +0000

Famous on all ends of the architectural spectrum, the Orange County Government Center takes Paul Rudolph's fundamental ideas of the houses he designed decades before to a much larger scale.

AD Classics: Milam Residence / Paul Rudolph

Igor Fracalossi — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 01:00:00 +0000

71qOne of the fundamental rules of architecture as taught in beginning design courses is the importance of pushing the system. An idea should be so wholly thought out and executed that the design rules and logic are obvious to anyone, even if it is at the most elementary level. Paul Rudolph, 1918-1997, understood without a doubt how to successfully design a building that could be read for what it was conceived to be, as is the case with the Milam Residence of Jacksonville, Florida.

AD Classics: Bass Residence / Paul Rudolph

Megan Sveiven — Sun, 31 Oct 2010 00:00:00 +0000

A remarkable architect not only designs on one scale, but can shift between residential and large-scale buildings while maintaining a distinct style or set of techniques to link them all together.