Archives: Quotes

Reflecting on the Art and Architecture Building, Yale University.

“I’ve never worked on a building that affected me as much as that one does. I’d like to think that, in spite of everything, it says something about the nature of architecture.” Crosbie, Michael J. “Paul Rudolph on Yale’s A & A: His First Interview on His Most Famous Work.” Architecture: The AIA Journal 77…

From “Paul Rudolph: Lower Manhattan Expressway”

“One characteristic of the twentieth century is that nothing is ever completed, nothing is ever fixed. We don’t think of things being complete within themselves…So the whole idea of the uncompleted building which is going to be expanded in unknown ways is an obsession.” Kilian, Steven, et al. “Paul Rudolph: Lower Manhattan Expressway” New York:…