Orange County Government Center in Goshen, N.Y., designed by Paul Rudolph in 1963; built in 1967.

For other people named Paul Rudolph, see Paul Rudolph (disambiguation).

Paul Marvin Rudolph (October 23, 1918 in Elkton, Kentucky – August 8, 1997 in New York City, New York) was an American architect and the Dean of the Yale School of Architecture for six years. His most famous work is the Art and Architecture (A&A) Building on the Yale campus, a spatially complex Brutalist concrete structure. Goshen is a village located in Orange County, New York. ... State nickname: Empire State Other U.S. States Capital Albany Largest city New York Governor George Pataki (R) Official languages None (English is de facto) Area 141,205 km² (27th)  - Land 122,409 km²  - Water 18,795 km² (13. ... 1963 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1967 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... October 23 is the 296th day of the year (297th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 69 days remaining. ... 1918 was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. ... Elkton is a city located in Todd County, Kentucky. ... State nickname: Bluegrass State Other U.S. States Capital Frankfort Largest city Louisville Governor Ernie Fletcher (R) Official languages English Area 104,749 km² (37th)  - Land 102,989 km²  - Water 1,760 km² (1. ... August 8 is the 220th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (221st in leap years), with 145 days remaining. ... 1997 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Midtown Manhattan, looking north from the Empire State Building, 2005 New York City (officially named the City of New York) is the most populous city in the United States, the most densely populated major city in North America, and is at the center of international finance, politics, entertainment, and culture. ... State nickname: Empire State Other U.S. States Capital Albany Largest city New York Governor George Pataki (R) Official languages None (English is de facto) Area 141,205 km² (27th)  - Land 122,409 km²  - Water 18,795 km² (13. ... Architect at his drawing board, 1893 An architect, also known as a building designer, is a person involved in the planning, designing and oversight of a buildings construction, whose role is to guide decisions affecting those building aspects that are of aesthetic, cultural or social concern. ... Brutalism is an architectural style that spawned from the Modernist architectural movement and which flourished from the 1950s to the 1970s. ...

Life

He earned his bachelor's degree in architecture at Alabama Polytechnic Institute in 1940 and then moved on to the Harvard Graduate School of Design to study with Walter Gropius. After three years, he left to serve in the Navy for another three, returning to Harvard to receive his master's in 1947. He moved to Sarasota, Florida and partnered up with Ralph Twitchell for four years until he started his own practice in 1951. Auburn University (AU) is a public university located in Auburn, Alabama with over 23,000 students and 1200 faculty. ... 1940 was a leap year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Harvard Graduate School of Design The Harvard Graduate School of Design is a graduate school at Harvard University offering degrees in Architecture, Landscape Architecture, and Urban Planning and Design. ... Walter Adolph Gropius (May 18, 1883 – July 5, 1969) was a German architect and founder of Bauhaus. ... The United States Navy (USN) is the branch of the United States armed forces responsible for naval operations. ... 1947 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Ringling estate Sarasota/Bradenton International Airport Sarasota is a city located in Sarasota County, Florida, USA. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 52,715. ... State nickname: Sunshine State Other U.S. States Capital Tallahassee Largest city Jacksonville Governor Jeb Bush (R) Official languages English Area 170,451 km² (22nd)  - Land 137,374 km²  - Water 30,486 km² (17. ... 1951 was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ...

His Florida houses attracted attention in the architectural community, and he started receiving commissions for larger works such as the Jewett Art Center at Wellesley College. He took over at Yale in 1958, shortly after designing the school's building, and stayed for six years until he returned to private practice. Wellesley College is a womens liberal arts college that opened in 1875, founded by Henry Fowle Durant and his wife Pauline Fowle Durant. ... 1958 was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

While the Brutalist style fell out of favor in the U.S. in the 1970s, he continued working on projects in Singapore and other Asian countries through the last years of his life. This article provides extensive lists of events and significant personalities of the 1970s. ... World map showing location of Asia Asia is the central and eastern part of Eurasia, defined by subtracting Europe from Eurasia. ...

External links

• Collection at the Art Institute of Chicago
• Paul Rudolph at greatbuildings.com
• Paul Rudolph at arbitat.com