Comments on: More Paul Rudolph houses – exteriors and interiors https://ounodesign.com/2009/05/26/more-paul-rudolph-houses-exteriors-and-interiors/ Sun, 01 Jan 2012 13:09:44 +0000 hourly 1 By: The House That Led Nowhere | MISFITS' NOTES ON ARCHITECTURE https://ounodesign.com/2009/05/26/more-paul-rudolph-houses-exteriors-and-interiors/#comment-661 Sun, 01 Jan 2012 13:09:44 +0000 http://blog.ounodesign.com/?p=4172#comment-661 […] Architecture likes more than a one-off, it’s an oeuvre – A Body of Work. This could be why the architecture of Paul Rudolph is remembered even though most of it was very much “of its […]

]]> By: Whatever happened to the seating platform, the conversation pit? | Ouno Design https://ounodesign.com/2009/05/26/more-paul-rudolph-houses-exteriors-and-interiors/#comment-660 Tue, 23 Jun 2009 08:56:08 +0000 http://blog.ounodesign.com/?p=4172#comment-660 […] the Edersheim apartment by architect Paul Rudolph. Most Paul Rudolph houses featured a conversation pit or equivalent. Below is a related but sort of rustic space age […]

]]> By: vijay narain https://ounodesign.com/2009/05/26/more-paul-rudolph-houses-exteriors-and-interiors/#comment-658 Tue, 16 Jun 2009 13:44:32 +0000 http://blog.ounodesign.com/?p=4172#comment-658 The play of levels in Paul Rudolph houses are superb. They add tremendously to the whole experience and so are mostly placed centrally as focal point. They also give such visual delight as not seen in any other architect’s work. Conversation pits would be a great source of bonding in the current stressful life style, even if one has to add the inescapable tv of today.

]]> By: Kelvin Dickinson https://ounodesign.com/2009/05/26/more-paul-rudolph-houses-exteriors-and-interiors/#comment-657 Tue, 02 Jun 2009 13:48:20 +0000 http://blog.ounodesign.com/?p=4172#comment-657 I agree about the conversation pits. Rudolph used them in most of his residential designs, in the beginning as 1 or 2 step depressions in the floor, but later elevating them above the main floor to create balconies or “nests”. He even put one in the center of his office when he worked in New Haven.

The use of multiple levels in Rudolph’s work is fascinating to be in (I work at Modulightor where there are multple levels and balconies) but not very friendly in the ADA regulated present day.

]]> By: ii-ne-kore https://ounodesign.com/2009/05/26/more-paul-rudolph-houses-exteriors-and-interiors/#comment-659 Wed, 27 May 2009 03:38:45 +0000 http://blog.ounodesign.com/?p=4172#comment-659 yes, what did happen to conversation pits? maybe the tv. time for a comeback of living low and talking. or playing scrabble. or what have you.

]]>