I think Paul Rudolph was more stylist than engineer as an architect. That's the problem with many of his buildings: the styling got in the way of practical concerns. But those forms are well worth preserving at any cost. Brutalist architecture in the hands of a practicioner such as Rudolph is sculptural and very pleasing to the eye and he loved surprises and stylish feats such as impossibly thin, light stairs, and cantilevers. A house of his in Westport Connecticut has recently been demolished and it was a stunning example of his work. Anything by him in Buffalo needs to be cataloged and appreciated as the work of one of mid-century America's most curious modern architects.
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