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Materialized Space: The Architecture of Paul Rudolph
August 27, 2024, 6:26.50 pm ET

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Image: Paul Rudolph

The Metropolitan Museum of Art will present the first-ever major museum exhibition to examine the career of the influential 20th-century architect Paul Rudolph, a second-generation Modernist who came to prominence during the 1950s and 1960s alongside peers such as Eero Saarinen and I.M. Pei. Materialized Space: The Architecture of Paul Rudolph, on view from September 30, 2024, through March 16, 2025, will showcase the full breadth of Rudolph’s important contributions to architecture—from his early experimental houses in Florida to his civic commissions ren­dered in concrete, and from his utopian visions for urban megastructures and mixed-use sky­scrapers to his extraordinary immersive New York interiors. The exhibition will give visitors the opportunity to experience the evolution and diversity of Rudolph’s legacy and better understand how his work continues to inspire ideas for urban renewal and redevelopment in cities across the world. The presentation will feature a diverse range of over 80 works in a variety of scales, from small objects that he collected throughout his life to a mix of material generated from his office, including drawings, models, furniture, material samples, and photographs.

Image: Paul Rudolph (American, 1918-1997), Perspective section drawing of the Art and Architecture Building, Yale University, New Haven, 1958. Pen and ink, graphite, and plastic film with halftone pattern, on illustration board. 36 7/8 x 53 5/8 x 2 in. (93.6 x 136.2 x 5.1 cm) School of Architecture, Yale University, Manuscripts and Archives, Yale University Library.



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