Welcome to the Archives of The Paul Rudolph Institute for Modern Architecture. The purpose of this online collection is to function as a tool for scholars, students, architects, preservationists, journalists and other interested parties. The archive consists of photographs, slides, articles and publications from Rudolph’s lifetime; physical drawings and models; personal photos and memorabilia; and contemporary photographs and articles.
Some of the materials are in the public domain, some are offered under Creative Commons, and some are owned by others, including the Paul Rudolph Estate. Please speak with a representative of The Paul Rudolph Institute for Modern Architecture before using any drawings or photos in the Archives. In all cases, the researcher shall determine how to appropriately publish or otherwise distribute the materials found in this collection, while maintaining appropriate protection of the applicable intellectual property rights.
In his will, Paul Rudolph gave his Architectural Archives (including drawings, plans, renderings, blueprints, models and other materials prepared in connection with his professional practice of architecture) to the Library of Congress Trust Fund following his death in 1997. A Stipulation of Settlement, signed on June 6, 2001 between the Paul Rudolph Estate and the Library of Congress Trust Fund, resulted in the transfer of those items to the Library of Congress among the Architectural Archives, that the Library of Congress determined suitable for its collections. The intellectual property rights of items transferred to the Library of Congress are in the public domain. The usage of the Paul M. Rudolph Archive at the Library of Congress and any intellectual property rights are governed by the Library of Congress Rights and Permissions.
However, the Library of Congress has not received the entirety of the Paul Rudolph architectural works, and therefore ownership and intellectual property rights of any materials that were not selected by the Library of Congress may not be in the public domain and may belong to the Paul Rudolph Estate.
LOCATION
Address:
City: Amman
State:
Zip Code:
Nation: Jordan
STATUS
Type: Government
Status: Project
TECHNICAL DATA
Date(s): 1954
Site Area:
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Height:
Floors (Above Ground):
Building Cost:
PROFESSIONAL TEAM
Client: United States Department of State
Architect: Paul M. Rudolph
Associate Architect:
Landscape: Sasaki & Novak
Structural: Seelye, Stevenson & Knecht
MEP: Ebaugh & Gothe
QS/PM:
SUPPLIERS
Contractor:
Subcontractor(s):
New Embassy for the United States
DRAWINGS - Design Drawings / Renderings
DRAWINGS - Construction Drawings
DRAWINGS - Shop Drawings
PHOTOS - Project Model
PHOTOS - During Construction
PHOTOS - Completed Project
PHOTOS - Current Conditions
LINKS FOR MORE INFORMATION
RELATED DOWNLOADS
PROJECT BIBLIOGRAPHY
“Second Group of American Embassy Buildings”, Architectural Record, Volume 119, p.161-165, (1956)
Enseignement de l'Architecture et Condition de Travail des Jeune Architectes aux Etats-Unis, Guevrekian, Gabriel , Architecture d'Aujourd'hui, September, Volume 28, p.72-95, (1957)
Tentori, Francesco. “Due edifici per l’universita.” Casabella, December, Volume 234, (1959)
Yamada, Hiroyasu. “Paul Rudolph: Away from Genealogy of the Celebrated Architects.” Kokusai-Kentiku, June, Volume 27, p.54-57, (1960)
Boyarsky, Alvin. “Paul Rudolph Retrospective Exhibition.” Royal Institute of British Architects Journal, December, Volume 71, p.524-525, (1964)
Rudolph, Paul Marvin. “Paul Rudolph / A Note to the Architects of Japan.” Kokusai Kentiku, April, Volume 32, p.17-70, (1965)
Moholy-Nagy, Sibyl, and Schwab Gerhard, The Architecture of Paul Rudolph, New York, (1970)
“Chronological List of Works by Paul Rudolph, 1946-1974.” Architecture & Urbanism, p. 150. (1975)
“100 By Paul Rudolph / 1946-74”, Architecture and Urbanism, July, p.1-327, (1977)
Howey, John. The Sarasota School of Architecture: 1941-1966. Cambridge, MA, (1997)
Loeffler, Jane C. The Architecture of Diplomacy: Building America's Embassies. New York, (1998)
Rohan, Timothy M. Architecture in the Age of Alienation: Paul Rudolph's Postwar Academic Buildings. Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, (2001)
Domin, Christopher, et al. Paul Rudolph: the Florida Houses. Princeton Architectural Press (2002)
Stern, Robert A. M. “Secrets of Paul Rudolph: His First Twenty-Five Years”, Architecture on the Edge of Postmodernism : Collected Essays, 1964-1988. New Haven, p.5-20, (2009)