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Rudolph Hall: Paul Rudolph’s Controversial Classic at Yale University

July 1, 2025
Written by Kye Cardinalis and Featured image by Kenneth C. Zirkel

For the most part, Yale University’s campus in New Haven, CT is dominated by the Collegiate Gothic architectural style. But there are some notable exceptions. Among them is Rudolph Hall.…

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Paul Rudolph’s UMass Dartmouth: A Unified Core for Learning

January 18, 2024
Written by Kye Cardinalis and Featured image by UMassD Mrketing

Dartmouth, Massachusetts is home to one of the most remarkable examples of brutalism in college campus design: the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth (UMass Dartmouth). In this post, you will learn…

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the Endo Pharmaceuticals building exterior

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Retro Road Trip

Endo Laboratories: The “Fortress for Pharmaceuticals”

March 16, 2023
Written by Kye

While in Garden City on Long Island, you can drive to see a brutalist structure that has been dubbed the “Fortress for Pharmaceuticals” by John Morris Dixon in “Progressive Architecture.”…

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The Boston Government Service Center and the Psychology of Space

January 6, 2023
Written by Kye Cardinalis and Featured image photography by Gunnar Klack/CC-BY-SA-2.0.

The next time you are visiting West End in Boston, drop by 19 and 25 Staniford Street to pay a visit to the marvel of Brutalism that is the Boston…

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Metric Line Side Chair, Charles Hollis Jones

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Crystal Clear: Discover the History of Lucite + Plexiglas in Home Décor

October 3, 2020
Written by Anna Marcum

No material is more evocative of the 20th century than plastic. The utilitarian aspects of Lucite and Plexiglas coupled with the material’s luxe high gloss transparency inspired a coterie of architects and designers to play with the relationship between form and function.

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Paul Rudolph: Sarasota and Beyond

August 18, 2020
Written by Jade Boren and Sarah Jane Stone

Breaking the mold of what “modern” was supposed to be, architect Paul Rudolph altered the landscape of Sarasota, Florida. His career would eventually lead him to create the Yale Arts &…

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Mid Century Lifestyle

Think Mod, Stay at the Sarasota Modern

March 15, 2019
Written by Will Levin

For those who want more out of the ordinary hotel experience, The Sarasota Modern should be on your radar.

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Florida's Sarasota Architectural Foundation is honoring visionary architect Paul Rudolph through this year's SarasotaMod Weekend. Will you be attending?

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SarasotaMOD Honors Paul Rudolph—Get Your Tickets!

According to the event’s press release, SarasotaMOD Weekend is “honoring the 100th birth year of Paul Rudolph, the great 20th Century American architect and early pioneer of the Sarasota School of…

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