Paul Rudolph

The Yale Art and Architecture Building was completed in 1963 and became a major example of American Brutalism. Its complex concrete surfaces and interlocking interior spaces made it both admired and controversial.

The building was damaged by a major fire in 1969 and later altered. It was restored decades later and renamed Rudolph Hall in recognition of its architect.

Rudolph chaired Yale's Department of Architecture during an important period in the 1950s and 1960s. His teaching and buildings influenced a generation of American architects.

He is strongly associated with Brutalism because of his expressive concrete work, especially at Yale. But his career also includes Sarasota modern houses and later dense urban megastructure proposals.