Paul Rudolph

Rudolph Renovation Shows How Far Brutalism Can Bend

While it doesn't sounds like the most historically sensitive renovation, designLAB's reworking of Paul Rudolph's Carney Library at UMass Dartmouth shows that Brutalist monoliths can be adapted to suit contemporary needs and tastes.

November 29, 2012 - The Boston Globe

Orange County Center Gets Stay of Execution

While proponents for the preservation of Paul Rudolph's Orange County Government Center won a reprieve last week, Anthony Paletta is more concerned with the types of civic architecture the Rudolph building's critics would hope to construct.

May 9, 2012 - Metropolis POV Blog

Arguing the Case for Preserving Ugly Buildings

Jumping into the lively debate over the future of Paul Rudolph's brutalist government building in Goshen, NY, The New York Times has asked a number of debaters to weigh in on whether even ugly, unpopular buildings deserve to be saved.

April 9, 2012 - The New York Times

Decision Nears Over Fate of a Brutalist Masterpiece

Tom Stoelker reports on the impending vote on whether to demolish a Brutalist "masterwork," Paul Rudolph’s 1971 Orange County Government Center in New York, and the moves preservationists are making to try to save it.

March 14, 2012 - The Architect's Newspaper

What Jane Jacobs Prevented

A new exhibit at the Cooper Union revisits architect Paul Rudolph's vision for a megadevelopment built around Robert Moses' expressway project that would have destroyed much of SoHo and Tribeca.

November 10, 2010 - The New Yorker

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