Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, 2007
... ing because its overall profile related it to the existing city and its details evoked specif... more ... ing because its overall profile related it to the existing city and its details evoked specific landmarks; for example, the pinnacles at the roofline resembled the many Gothic tow-ers and pinnacles of the nearby cathedral. ... Rudolph had long CHALLENGING THE CURTAIN WALL 95 ...
Equally admired and maligned for his remarkable Brutalist buildings, Paul Rudolph (1918--1997) sh... more Equally admired and maligned for his remarkable Brutalist buildings, Paul Rudolph (1918--1997) shaped both late modernist architecture and a generation of architects while chairing Yale's department of architecture from 1958 to 1965. Based on extensive archival research and unpublished materials, The ArchitectureofPaul Rudolph is the first in-depth study of the architect, neglected since his postwar zenith. Author Timothy M. Rohan unearths the ideas that informed Rudolph's architecture, from his Florida beach houses of the 1940s to his concrete buildings of the 1960s to his lesser-known East Asian skyscrapers of the 1990s. Situating Rudolph within the architectural discourse of his day, Rohan shows how Rudolph countered the perceived monotony of mid-century modernism with a dramatically expressive architecture for postwar America, exemplified by his Yale Art and Architecture Building of 1963, famously clad in corrugated concrete. The fascinating story of Rudolph's specta...
Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, 2014
Amanda Reeser Lawrence James Stirling: Revisionary Modernist New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Pr... more Amanda Reeser Lawrence James Stirling: Revisionary Modernist New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 2012, 248 pp., 129 b/w illus. $45 (cloth), ISBN 9780300170054 Amanda Reeser Lawrence’s book about the architecture of James Stirling deftly explicates the work of a master who belongs in the canon but whose place within it has not yet been found. Stirling (1926–92) was associated with the New Brutalism of the 1950s, but his turn to postmodernism in the 1970s made him difficult to categorize. In James Stirling: Revisionary Modernist , Lawrence frames her study of selected works with the question, was Stirling a modernist or a postmodernist? She argues for him being a “revisionary modernist,” maintaining that Stirling continuously revised or corrected previous modernists’ works and, eventually, even his own in what can be understood as an act comparable to rewriting. For her interpretation, Lawrence turns to The Anxiety of Influence (1973) by Harold Bloom, whose landmark literary theo...
The article examines various issues relating to the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York Ci... more The article examines various issues relating to the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City, focusing on the design of its buildings. Particular focus is given to the relationship between the Whitney and the periodical "Art in America." Additional topics discussed include the museum's 1966 building, designed by the architect Marcel Breuer, insights on the 1966 building from the public servant August Heckscher, the architecture of Madison Avenue in New York City and how Pop art impacted architecture in the 1960s.
I wrote this Op-Ed piece for the Boston Globe in 2014 about Paul Rudolph's Boston Government Serv... more I wrote this Op-Ed piece for the Boston Globe in 2014 about Paul Rudolph's Boston Government Services Center, advocating its preservation as part of the public life and heritage of the city which could play a viable part in its future. I said it shouldn't be privatized and turned into another "marketplace." In Fall 2019, the State of Massachusetts announced its intention to sell a portion of the building to private interests!
Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, 2007
“Challenging the Curtain Wall: Paul Rudolph’s Blue Cross and Blue Shield Building”, Journal of th... more “Challenging the Curtain Wall: Paul Rudolph’s Blue Cross and Blue Shield Building”, Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, vol. 66, no. 1, March 2007, p. 84-109.
I just saw the new replica of the Walker Guest House at the Ringling Museum. This brief piece for... more I just saw the new replica of the Walker Guest House at the Ringling Museum. This brief piece for the website Curbed explains the significance of the house.
Inside a Brooklyn Museum warehouse is a remarkable relic of postmodernism: a suite of rooms desig... more Inside a Brooklyn Museum warehouse is a remarkable relic of postmodernism: a suite of rooms designed and built between 1979 and 1981 by Michael Graves for Susan and John Reinhold’s apartment at 101 Central Park West, New York. This little known artifact has never been publicly displayed since being dismantled and donated to the museum in 1986. Part of a larger duplex, the suite consists of a library and child’s bedroom. Built-in bookshelves, wall paneling, and multi-tiered ceilings define the rooms, forming a completely designed, cohesive interior recalling French boiserie in concept. The suite exemplifies Graves’ signature style of muted colors and abstracted classicism, best known from his landmark Portland Building of 1982. This is part of the author's larger new project about Manhattan residential interiors designed by architects between 1965 and 1985.
This article examines concerns about mass culture and advertising that accompanied the reception ... more This article examines concerns about mass culture and advertising that accompanied the reception in 1966 of Marcel Breuer's building for the Whitney Museum of American Art. It looks at discussions about the building found in Art in America in Fall 1966.
Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, 2007
... ing because its overall profile related it to the existing city and its details evoked specif... more ... ing because its overall profile related it to the existing city and its details evoked specific landmarks; for example, the pinnacles at the roofline resembled the many Gothic tow-ers and pinnacles of the nearby cathedral. ... Rudolph had long CHALLENGING THE CURTAIN WALL 95 ...
Equally admired and maligned for his remarkable Brutalist buildings, Paul Rudolph (1918--1997) sh... more Equally admired and maligned for his remarkable Brutalist buildings, Paul Rudolph (1918--1997) shaped both late modernist architecture and a generation of architects while chairing Yale's department of architecture from 1958 to 1965. Based on extensive archival research and unpublished materials, The ArchitectureofPaul Rudolph is the first in-depth study of the architect, neglected since his postwar zenith. Author Timothy M. Rohan unearths the ideas that informed Rudolph's architecture, from his Florida beach houses of the 1940s to his concrete buildings of the 1960s to his lesser-known East Asian skyscrapers of the 1990s. Situating Rudolph within the architectural discourse of his day, Rohan shows how Rudolph countered the perceived monotony of mid-century modernism with a dramatically expressive architecture for postwar America, exemplified by his Yale Art and Architecture Building of 1963, famously clad in corrugated concrete. The fascinating story of Rudolph's specta...
Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, 2014
Amanda Reeser Lawrence James Stirling: Revisionary Modernist New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Pr... more Amanda Reeser Lawrence James Stirling: Revisionary Modernist New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 2012, 248 pp., 129 b/w illus. $45 (cloth), ISBN 9780300170054 Amanda Reeser Lawrence’s book about the architecture of James Stirling deftly explicates the work of a master who belongs in the canon but whose place within it has not yet been found. Stirling (1926–92) was associated with the New Brutalism of the 1950s, but his turn to postmodernism in the 1970s made him difficult to categorize. In James Stirling: Revisionary Modernist , Lawrence frames her study of selected works with the question, was Stirling a modernist or a postmodernist? She argues for him being a “revisionary modernist,” maintaining that Stirling continuously revised or corrected previous modernists’ works and, eventually, even his own in what can be understood as an act comparable to rewriting. For her interpretation, Lawrence turns to The Anxiety of Influence (1973) by Harold Bloom, whose landmark literary theo...
The article examines various issues relating to the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York Ci... more The article examines various issues relating to the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City, focusing on the design of its buildings. Particular focus is given to the relationship between the Whitney and the periodical "Art in America." Additional topics discussed include the museum's 1966 building, designed by the architect Marcel Breuer, insights on the 1966 building from the public servant August Heckscher, the architecture of Madison Avenue in New York City and how Pop art impacted architecture in the 1960s.
I wrote this Op-Ed piece for the Boston Globe in 2014 about Paul Rudolph's Boston Government Serv... more I wrote this Op-Ed piece for the Boston Globe in 2014 about Paul Rudolph's Boston Government Services Center, advocating its preservation as part of the public life and heritage of the city which could play a viable part in its future. I said it shouldn't be privatized and turned into another "marketplace." In Fall 2019, the State of Massachusetts announced its intention to sell a portion of the building to private interests!
Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, 2007
“Challenging the Curtain Wall: Paul Rudolph’s Blue Cross and Blue Shield Building”, Journal of th... more “Challenging the Curtain Wall: Paul Rudolph’s Blue Cross and Blue Shield Building”, Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, vol. 66, no. 1, March 2007, p. 84-109.
I just saw the new replica of the Walker Guest House at the Ringling Museum. This brief piece for... more I just saw the new replica of the Walker Guest House at the Ringling Museum. This brief piece for the website Curbed explains the significance of the house.
Inside a Brooklyn Museum warehouse is a remarkable relic of postmodernism: a suite of rooms desig... more Inside a Brooklyn Museum warehouse is a remarkable relic of postmodernism: a suite of rooms designed and built between 1979 and 1981 by Michael Graves for Susan and John Reinhold’s apartment at 101 Central Park West, New York. This little known artifact has never been publicly displayed since being dismantled and donated to the museum in 1986. Part of a larger duplex, the suite consists of a library and child’s bedroom. Built-in bookshelves, wall paneling, and multi-tiered ceilings define the rooms, forming a completely designed, cohesive interior recalling French boiserie in concept. The suite exemplifies Graves’ signature style of muted colors and abstracted classicism, best known from his landmark Portland Building of 1982. This is part of the author's larger new project about Manhattan residential interiors designed by architects between 1965 and 1985.
This article examines concerns about mass culture and advertising that accompanied the reception ... more This article examines concerns about mass culture and advertising that accompanied the reception in 1966 of Marcel Breuer's building for the Whitney Museum of American Art. It looks at discussions about the building found in Art in America in Fall 1966.
Paper read at NYSID, March 23, 2016.
Concerns apartments designed by architects in NYC beginning ... more Paper read at NYSID, March 23, 2016. Concerns apartments designed by architects in NYC beginning in late 1960s.
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In Fall 2019, the State of Massachusetts announced its intention to sell a portion of the building to private interests!
In Fall 2019, the State of Massachusetts announced its intention to sell a portion of the building to private interests!
Concerns apartments designed by architects in NYC beginning in late 1960s.