"Explores the opposition to the glass curtain wall and the International Style tall building. By focusing on Paul Rudolph's little-known Boston work, the article investigates European and American alternatives to the curtain wall's prevalence in the late 1950's, ranging from a revived interest in Auguste Perret to the Banfi, Belgiojoso, Peressutti, and Rogers firm's Torre Velasca building in Milan, Italy."
Abstract from America: History and Life
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Massachusetts
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On New York City, 1959 “We need sequences of space which arouse one’s curiosity, give a sense of anticipation, which beckon and impel us to rush forward and find that releasing space which dominates, which climaxes and acts as a magnet and gives direction. This is well illustrated by the Fifth Avenue entrance to Rockefeller Plaza, where one strides forward in anticipation of seeing the sunken court and its activities. Most important of all we need those outer spaces which encourage social contact, again well illustrated by Rockefeller Plaza, the best outdoor living room in America.”
Rudolph, Paul Marvin, 1918-1997. "The Changing Face of New York." American Institute of Architects. Journal 131 (April 1959): 39.
