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Join Us In the morning, glinting tessellations of light sheathe the massive interlocking shapes of the cobalt blue glass of the Lippo Centre in Hong Kong, which appears to expand and contract. On the other side of the world, the sun’s rays rake across the striated concrete facade of the Art and Architecture Building at Yale University, each facet of its Roman bulk sequentially shading another. For Paul Rudolph, the architect of both of these buildings, a key design goal was a return to monumentality, a deliberate shift away from the ethereal soaring steel and glass structures that dominated mid-century America.
Twenty-seven years after Rudolph’s death, the Metropolitan Museum of Art is presenting the first museum show dedicated to his life and work, largely organized around his renowned presentation drawings, with supporting ephemera. His legacy is decidedly mixed; his works are endlessly litigated, both in the realm of public reception and a.