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: 165 Church Street
City: New Haven
State: Connecticut
Zip Code: 06510
Nation: United States
STATUS
Type: Government
Status: Project
TECHNICAL DATA
Date(s): 1968-1972
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Client: City of New Haven, Connecticut
Architect: Paul Rudolph
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Government Center including new City Hall, library, plaza, police station, bank, Federal office building and garage
The project scope is to design a 240,000 s.f. City Hall and a new library, with underground parking on a site bounded by the New Haven Green and a group of existing buildings on the block, including the existing 32,000 s.f. City Hall.
Rudolph’s design preserves part of the existing Victorian Gothic building facing the green - and use the section with its grand stair as the entrance to the new city offices.
The library is on the lower floors of the new building. A ceremonial outdoor space is created between the City Hall and library wings.
The new buildings echo the verticality of the old City Hall - with tall window slits echoing the Gothic windows, slant-topped stair and elevator wells are meant to suggest “towers.”
Although the overall project is unbuilt, the EOC (Emergency Operations Center) plaza located at 200 Orange Street is constructed and completed in 1978. The brutalist design is composed of cut stone slabs of Stony Creek Granite on top of reinforced, cast-in-place concrete.
“Paul Rudolph’s design for the New Haven Government Center is the most sophisticated kind of urban in-fill: it creates new buildings sympathetic to the old in color, massing and character - and adds some fine new outdoor spaces.”
DRAWINGS - Design Drawings / Renderings
DRAWINGS - Construction Drawings
DRAWINGS - Shop Drawings
PHOTOS - Project Model
PHOTOS - During Construction
PHOTOS - Completed Project
PHOTOS - Current Conditions
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PROJECT BIBLIOGRAPHY
Freeman, Belmont. “Review - Model City: Buildings and Projects by Paul Rudolph for Yale and New Haven.” Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, vol. 69, no. 1, 2010, pp. 134–36. JSTOR.
Jeanne M. Davern. Architecture 1970-1980: A Decade of Change. McGraw-Hill, 1980.
“New Haven Planning Major New Project.” New York Times, 2 Jan. 1966.
Paul Rudolph. Paul Rudolph: Dessins D’Architecture. Office du Livre, 1974.
Tony Monk. The Art and Architecture of Paul Rudolph. John Wiley & Sons Ltd., 1999.