Contemporary Confrontations

Publication Type	Magazine Article
Year of Publication	1979
Authors	Finkelpearl, Philip J.
Source	The Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians
Volume	38
Number	2
Pagination	203-205
Date Published	May
Publication Language	eng
Key Words	Rudolph; Paul Marvin; 1918-1997; Criticism; Crawford Manor; New Haven; CT; 1962-1966
Abstract	This is a bibliographic essay on a number of books by and about the work of architect Robert Venturi. The article addresses the Crawford Manor/Decorated Shed argument. The author makes this interesting statement in his text. "Paul Rudolph once acidly remarked that Venturi's buildings have already been built."
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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