Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
Archivision Base to Module 13
Preferred Title:
A A Building
Alternate Title:
A&A Building
Image View:
View along upper north wall, depicting window treatment
Creator:
Paul Rudolph (American architect, 1918-1997)
Location:
site: Yale University (New Haven, Connecticut, United States)
Location Note:
Chapel Street
Date:
completed 1963 (creation); renovated 2008 (restoration)
Cultural Context:
American
Style Period:
Brutalist; Twentieth century
Work Type 1:
school (building)
Work Type 2:
classroom
Work Type 3:
library (building)
Classification:
architecture
Material:
concrete
Technique:
construction (assembling)
Subjects:
architectural exteriors; Education; educational; window
Description:
The Yale Art and Architecture Building is one of the best known examples of Brutalist Architecture in the United States. Designed by architect Paul Rudolph and completed in 1963, the complex building contains over thirty floor levels in its seven stories. The building is made of ribbed, bush-hammered, concrete. When the architecture building first opened, it was praised widely by critics and academics, and received several prestigious awards, including the Award of Honor by the American Institute of Architects. (Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia. org/wiki/Main_Page)
Image Description:
Photographed 1990, before recent renovation and addition (completed 2008).
Collection:
Archivision Addition Module Three
Identifier:
1A1-RPA-SA-A4
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

A+A Building