Paul Rudolph: The Late Work

About this book

The light- and breeze-filled modern houses in Florida of the 1950s--featured in Paul Rudolph: The Florida Houses--and the hard-lined silhouette of Yales Art and Architecture Building (1962) are the two images that come to mind when one thinks of Paul Rudolph. Yet few people know the work of the last decades of his life from the 1970s through the 90s. Published here for the first time Rudolphs final works are explored through his masterful pencil drawings models and photographs as well as the last interview of his life with architect Peter Blake. In a book that considers these projects in the context of his early success Roberto de Alba explores the architects buildings designed from 1969 to 1996 and includes an astonishing variety of projects many built such as houses towers bungalows chapels corporate buildings and urban plans of a monumental scale. All show the complicated interplay of space light and mass that are the trademarks of Rudolphs genius. Through de Albas close contact with the architect before his death Rudolphs own vision is conveyed in descriptive texts and accompanying images. Paul Rudolph: The Late Work is designed as a companion volume to The Florida Houses and is the second in a planned three-volume set of the complete works of this legendary architect.