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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.
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LOCATION
Address: 54 Spanish River Drive
City: Boynton Beach
State: Florida
Zip Code: 33435
Nation: United States
STATUS
Type: Residence
Status: Built; Demolished
TECHNICAL DATA
Date(s): 1960-1961
Site Area: 4,287 s.f.
Floor Area: 4 beds 3.5 bath 3,621 s.f.
Height:
Floors (Above Ground): 2
Building Cost:
PROFESSIONAL TEAM
Client: R. H. Daisley
Architect: Paul Rudolph
Associate Architect: Richard T. Hanna
Landscape: Boynton Landscape Company
Structural:
MEP: Air Conditioning Designers
QS/PM:
SUPPLIERS
Contractor: Warren D. Reiff
Subcontractor(s):
Daisley Residence
The residence is designed for a subdivision which requires all roofs to be pitched. Rudolph turns this restriction into a design feature of the house, pulling them apart and combining them in a way to play them against each other.
All of the structural bearing walls are built of sand-colored concrete block, run in stacked bond.
The roofs are surfaced with off-white enameled aluminum
The interior is finished with terrazzo floors and acoustic plaster for ceilings
The house is sold for $270,000 USD by Donald C. Dayton and Lucy J. Dayton to Katherine Jones Muckle and Craig Wright Muckle on February 28, 1977
The house is sold for $262,500 by Katherine Jones Muckle and Craig Wright Muckle on to Aaron B. Raikis and Gertrude G. Raikis on March 10, 1981
The house is sold for $330,000 by Aaron B. Raikis and Gertrude G. Raikis to Eugene Mock and Angela I. Mock on May 01, 1984
The house is transferred by Quit Claim Deed to Angela I. Mock on March 29, 1991.
The house is listed for $1,500,000 USD on December 02, 2007 and delisted May 31, 2008
The house is sold for $1,028,000 USD by William Miller III, Eugene C. Miller and Kevin Miller representing the Eugene Mock and Angela I. Mock Trust to Eugene C. Miller on June 4th, 2008.
A boat lift is built on the site in 2010.
The house is listed for $2,595,000 USD on December 12, 2019.
The house is sold for $2,435,000 USD by Eugene C. Miller and Mary Susan Miller to Gregory H. Smith and Katherine E. Smith on January 16, 2020.
The house is torn down in 2021.
A new 5,249 ft² (487.6 m²) 2 storey home is built on the site in 2022. The demolition contractor is Frederico Demolition of Delray Beach and the contractor is Varga Homes.
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
Christopher Domin and Joe King. Paul Rudolph: The Florida Houses. Princeton Architectural Press, 2002.
“Chronological List of Works by Paul Rudolph, 1946-1974.” Architecture and Urbanism, no. 49, Jan. 1975.
“Daisley Residence.” Architecture and Urbanism, no. 80, July 1977, pp. 56–57.
“Six New Houses by Paul Rudolph.” Architectural Record, no. 132, Nov. 1962, pp. 134–38.