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.

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City: New York
State: New York
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Nation: United States

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Type: Masterplan / Housing
Status: Project

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Date(s): 1967
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Architect: Paul Rudolph
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Lower Manhattan Expressway

• On June 06, 1992, a 40 x 33 1/2" original drawing of the project signed “Paul Rudolph ‘72” is purchased by the Howard Gilman Foundation at auction at Christie’s for $2,860 and gifted to the Museum of Modern Art in New York City.

• From October 01 - November 20, 2010 the project is the subject of an exhibit at The Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture of The Cooper Union titled Paul Rudolph: Lower Manhattan Expressway, organized in collaboration with The Drawing Center. Approximately 30 full-scale reproductions of drawings, prints, and photographs dated from 1967-1972 are on public view. The works are shown together with a reconstruction of Rudolph's model of the LME project created by students of the School of Architecture. The exhibition is co-curated by Jim Walrod and Ed Rawlings, Principal, Rawlings Architects.

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
“Study of the Lower Manhattan Expressway in the project ‘new forms of the evolving city.” Architecture and Urbanism 80 (July 1977): 136, 306-311.

Franzen, Ulrich, and Paul Rudolph. Evolving Cities: Urban Design Proposals, with text by Peter Wolf. New York: American Federation of Arts, 1974.