Re-thinking Designs of the 60s.

Publication Type	Magazine Article
Year of Publication	1998
Authors	Rudolph, Paul Marvin, 1918-1997
Source	Perspecta
Volume	29
Pagination	60-64
Key Words	Oriental Masonic Gardens; New Haven; CT; 1968-1971; Rudolph; Paul Marvin; 1918-1997; Interviews; speeches; panel discussions; conferences
Abstract	Rudolph expounds on his ideas on "the twentieth century brick" (prefabricated housing) and specifically mentions the Oriental Masonic Gardens project in New Haven. By this time the project had failed and been demolished.
Notes	This artcle is part of a transcript of a conference held in 1992 at The New School for Social Research and sponsored by "Architects, Designers and Planners for Social Responsibilty." The entire transcript is printed at the bottom of each page of this issue of "Perspecta" and runs the entire length of it. This citation refers only to the contribution by Rudolph.
State	Connecticut

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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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