The beach house in Paul Rudolph's early work

Publication Type	Thesis
Year of Publication	1986
Authors	McDonough, Michael
Academic Department	School of Architecture
Number of Pages	31, 30 leaves
Date Published	December
University	University of Virginia
Degree	Master of Architectural History
Key Words	Rudolph; Paul Marvin; 1918-1997; Finney Guest House; Siesta Key; Sarasota; FL; 1947 (with Ralph Twitchell) Project Not Built; Lamolithic/Lambie Development; Siesta Key; Sarasota; FL; 1948 (with Ralph Twitchell); Revere Quality House; Siesta Key; Sarasota; FL; 1948 (with Ralph Twitchell); Burnette; Residence; Sarasota; FL; 1949-1950 (with Ralph Twitchell); Cocoon House (Healy Guest House); Siesta Key; Sarasota; FL; 1950 (with Ralph Twitchell); Coward Residence; Siesta Key; Sarasota; FL; 1951 (with Ralph Twitchell); Knott Residence; Yankeetown; FL; 1951 (with Ralph Twitchell) Project Not Built; Wheelan Cottages; Siesta Key; Sarasota; FL; 1951 (with Ralph Twitchell); Hook Guest House; Siesta Key; Sarasota; FL 1952-1953; Sanderling Beach Club; Siesta Key; Sarasota; FL; 1952-1953; Walker Guest House; Sanibel Island; FL; 1952-1953; Umbrella House (Hiss Residence); Lido Shores; Sarasota; FL; 1953-1954; Deering Residence; Casey Key; Sarasota; FL; 1956-1958; Liggett Residence; Tampa; FL; 1958; Wallace Residence; Athens; AL; 1961-1965
Abstract	This thesis pays particular attention to examining the Cocoon or Healy Guest House. The author's interview with the architect is frequently cited throughout the text.
State	Florida

On Gropius as a teacher

“Gropius’s greatest contribution was to introduce you to the International Style of the 1920s and 1930s and then to release you. Gropius may be wrong in believing that architecture is a cooperative art. Architects were not meant to design together; it’s either all his work, or mine.”
Rudolph quoted in: Jones, Cranston. Architecture Today and Tomorrow. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1961, p. 175.

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Defining Urban Design: CIAM Architects and the Formation of a Discipline, 1937-69

Publication Type	Book
Year of Publication	2009
Authors	Mumford, Eric Paul, 1958-
City	[New Haven]
Publisher	[Yale University Press]
Key Words	Rudolph; Paul Marvin; 1918-1997; CIAM (Congres Internationaux d'Architecture Moderne); Architecture; Modern -- 20th century
Abstract	Paul Rudolph is not a central figure in the thesis of this monograph but he and his work are frequently cited.

Paul Rudolph Foundation Built Models On Display in Florida

"The Paul Rudolph Foundation has built two models for the exhibit "Modernism at Risk: Modern Solutions for Saving Modern Landmarks", currently on display at the College of Design at the University of Florida."

Check out the photographs of the models below.

http://paulrudolph.blogspot.com/2009/09/foundation-built-models-on-displ...

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Interpreting moods in sticks, stones, and sunshine: the life and architecture of Ralph Spencer Twitchell

Publication Type	Thesis
Year of Publication	1992
Authors	Rice, Patty Jo S.
Academic Department	American Studies
Number of Pages	xiii, 162 leaves
Date Published	May
University	University of South Florida
City	Tampa, FL
Degree	Master of Arts
Key Words	Twitchell; Ralph Spencer; 1890-1978; Rudolph; Paul Marvin; 1918-1997; Twitchell Residence; Siesta Key; Sarasota; FL; 1941 (with Ralph Twitchell); Denman Residence; Siesta Key; Sarasota; FL; 1946-1947 (with Ralph Twitchell); Miller Residence; Casey Key; Sarasota; FL; 1947-1948 (with Ralph Twitchell); Alexander Harkavy Residence; Siesta Key; Sarasota; FL; 1946 (with Ralph Twitchell); Lucienne Twitchell Neilson Residence; Martha's Vineyard; MA; 1947-1951 (with Ralph Twitchell); Lamolithic/Lambie Development; Siesta Key; Sarasota; FL; 1948 (with Ralph Twitchell); Revere Quality House; Siesta Key; Sarasota; FL; 1948 (with Ralph Twitchell); Cocoon House (Healy Guest House); Siesta Key; Sarasota; FL; 1950 (with Ralph Twitchell)
Abstract	This Masters degree thesis is one of the few biographical resources on Ralph Twitchell, former partner of Paul Rudolph. The basis for the original research is primary source material, including interviews, with among others, Twitchell's daughter, Sylva Twitchell Hutchins and his third wife, Paula Bane Frazier, whom he married in 1969. The work generally gives most credit for the architecture created by the partnership to Twitchell. Nonetheless, for Rudolph scholars this is a valuable resource on the Twitchell/Rudolph partnership. It covers in detail some obscure projects such as the Lucienne Twitchell Neilson Residence in Martha's Vineyard, MA.

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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.

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