Paul Rudolph: Masters Seminar

Publication Type	Magazine Article
Year of Publication	1989
Source	Columbia University. Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation. Newsline
Volume	2
Number	4
Pagination	3
Date Published	December
Publication Language	eng
Key Words	Biographical; Criticism; Rudolph; Paul Marvin; 1918-1997; Bond Center; (Now Lippo Center) Hong Kong; China; 1984-1988
Abstract	This announcement of Rudolph's participation as head of a seminar series contains some criticism of the architect. Described "as maker of clock parts" this unusual metaphor is later repeated in commenting on the Bond Centre as a "watch movement."
State	Project Not Built or Sited

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On why he maintained a small practice
“Architecture is a personal effort, and the fewer people coming between you and your work the better. This keeps some people from practicing architecture, like the sculptor Nivola [Constantino Nivola, 1911-1988], who says “I cannot stand anybody coming between me and my work.” This is a very real problem, and you can only stretch one man so far. The heart can fall right out of a building during the production of working drawings, and sometimes you would not even recognize your own building unless you followed it through. If an architect cares enough, and practices architecture as an art, then he must initiate design; he must create rather than make judgments.” Heyer, Paul. Architects on Architecture: New Directions in America. New York: Walker, 1966

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