Paul Rudolph: The Florida Houses

ISBN: 1568982666

Author: Domin, Christopher

Condition: Used

Paul Rudolph, one of the twentieth centurys most iconoclastic architects, is best known - and most maligned - for his large brutalist buildings, like Yales Art and Architecture Building. So it will surprise many to learn that early in his career he developed a series of houses that represent the unrivaled possibilities of a modest American modernism. With their distinctive natural landscapes, local architectural precedents, and exploitation of innovative construction materials, the Florida houses, some eighty projects built between 1946 and 1961, brought modern architectural form into a gracious subtropical world of natural abundance developed to a high pitch of stylistic refinement. Paul Rudolph: The Florida Houses reveals all of Rudolphs early residential work. With Rudolphs personal essays and renderings, duotone photographs by Ezra Stoller and Joseph Molitor, and insightful text by Joseph King and Christopher Domin, this compelling new book conveys the lightness, timelessness, strength, materiality, and transcendency of Rudolphs work.

• Product Details: 237 pages | Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press; 1 edition (February 1, 2002) | Language: English | ISBN-10: 1568982666, ISBN-13: 978-1568982663, Product Dimensions: 10.4 x 8.2 x 1 inches, Shipping Weight: 2.7 pounds