Interview with William Grindereng: Longtime Architectural Associate of Architect Paul Rudolph / Interviewed by Bruce Barnes

Publication Type	Miscellaneous
Year of Publication	2006
Authors	Grindereng, William; Barnes, Bruce
Date Published	June 28
Publication Language	eng
Key Words	Rudolph; Paul Marvin; 1918-1997; Bangladesh (formerly East Pakistan) Agricultural University; Mymensingh; Bangladesh; 1965-1975; Government Service Center; Boston; MA; 1962-1971; SMTI / UMass Dartmouth; North Dartmouth; MA; 1963-; Barnes; Bruce E.; 1951-; Gill; Grattan; Biographical; Rudolph Residence; 23 Beekman Place; New York; NY; 1967-1997; Rudolph Residence; 31 High Street; New Haven; CT; 1958-1965; First Church and Related Facilities; Boston; MA; 1968-1972; Earl W. Brydges Library; Niagara Falls; NY; 1969-1974
Abstract	Video recording of an interview with architect William Grindereng, in which he recounts the portion (1955-1972) of his career he was associated with architect Paul Rudolph . Among the many major projects discussed is the Government Service Center in Boston, the Bangladesh (Formerly East Pakistan) Agricultural University and SMTI / University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. Also in attendance, Grattan Gill, also a former architectural associate of Rudolph as well as job captain or project manager for SMTI / UMass Dartmouth during the construction of the campus in the 1960s.
Notes	Interview in Boston by Bruce Barnes, Librarian UMass Dartmouth, June 28, 2006
State	Massachusetts
Custom 2	Video production, Heather Tripp

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On Dharmala Sakti Building, Jakarta, Indonesia, 1982-1988
“I always see the site. Of course I went there. I did an interesting thing, at their suggestion, as a matter of fact. I told them that I wanted to get as clear an idea of vernacular architecture in that part of the world as possible. They took me to some villages nearby, but they also took me to a tourist park that had built about twelve structures from the Indonesian islands. They are very distinctive architectural types. New Guinea is very different, of course, from Sumatra, and very different from Bali, and so on. They're all a little bit corny and you could tell what was supposed to be there and what wasn't. It wasn't perfect. I knew these things from photographs because I'd also done a little research. I had known certainly some of them but not all of them. To see them, even in their degenerated forms in a tourist village, was a fascinating thing. You can always see certain things in reality. That was very instructive for me. You could see the intent; let me put it that way. Quite often the detail wasn't as it should be. Sometimes they would fireproof things when they shouldn't. It's a little bit like Williamsburg; things get changed. It was very instructive to do that. After all, I could have taken six months and gone to two thousand islands or something but I didn't have the time.” Interview with Robert Bruegmann, 1986

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