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.

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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.

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: 303 East Drive
City: East Fishkill
State: New York
Zip Code: 12533
Nation: United States

STATUS
Type: Office
Status: Built

TECHNICAL DATA
Date(s): 1962-1966
Site Area: 4,309,826 s.f.
Floor Area: 500,000 s.f.
Height:
Floors (Above Ground):
Building Cost:

PROFESSIONAL TEAM
Client: IBM Corporation
Architect: Paul Rudolph
Associate Architect:
Landscape:
Structural:
MEP: Walter Kidde Constructors, Inc.
QS/PM:

SUPPLIERS
Contractor:
Subcontractor(s):

Research, Office and Manufacturing Facilities for the IBM Corporation

Project is designed as a home of the firm’s Component Parts Division.
Site was originally known as the Lepetka Farm.
Construction begins April 3, 1963 as was expected to be complete mid-1965 with partial occupancy scheduled in Fall of 1964.
Sunshades originally proposed for the project are removed from the design to save cost, resulting in the vertical stubs that appear above the top row of windows.

“Paul Rudolph’s IBM building at East Fishkill, New York was conceived as a factory, laboratory, and headquarters for the Components Division (which no longer exists as such) - all in the same package. One of its most expensive features, a mechanical floor sandwiched between the two occupied floors (except where all three are used as offices) was a requirement of the client. In a last-minute effort at economy, the concrete sunshades were removed, leaving their stubs as reminders of a silhouette that might have been.”

— Dixon, John Morris. "IBM Thinks Twice." Architectural Forum (March 1966)