In the competitive world of architecture, it seems to become further difficult after you physically cease to exist in this world. Recently, Paul Rudolph's work have been in danger of demolition. Currently, the renowned American modernist has several works under debate for destruction. Like many architects of his time, he has decided to design with inspiration rather than practicality. Many of his roofs leak and some of his designs disorient its users. Although Rudolph's work may seem unruly at times he defined a generation of architecture that is important to America's culture. He identified American modernism and shared it with the rest of the world.
NYTimes Article
2 comments:
we should take a trip to new haven sometime, my mom works in louis kahn's recently renovated art center directly across the street from one of Rudolph's buildings - jared
jared's mom said...
Thanks for sending this article. We were well aware of the demolition of the Rudolph house in Westport, and upset by it and by so much other destruction of architecture -- modernist as well as historical -- that has any character in our little town. The A & A building at Yale is one that both you and I spent much time in while I was in graduate school and you were in daycare here. From the outside, it's a forceful, if brutal, sculptural form that responds brilliantly to Kahn's serene Art Gallery. But from the inside, the A & A building is very uncomfortable to navigate, study in, or make art in. Frankly, Rudolph cared more about the thing he created than about the people who would have to live or work within it. Kahn gave more thought to how his spaces would make the people inside them feel.
That's just the opinion of one person who has spent (too) much time in both a Rudolph and a Kahn "masterpiece."
Love,
Mom
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