Paul Rudolph designed Yale’s Art and Architecture Building, now named Paul Rudolph Hall.
Completed in 1963 in New Haven, Connecticut, the building was created while Rudolph chaired Yale’s Department of Architecture. Its ribbed, bush-hammered concrete, dramatic level changes, and unusually complex interior made it an early and influential American example of Brutalism.
The building was originally known as the Yale Art and Architecture Building, or the A&A Building. A major fire in 1969 led to alterations, while a 2007–08 renovation restored many elements closer to Rudolph’s original intentions. The building was renamed Rudolph Hall in 2007.
A common mix-up is confusing Rudolph with Yale-associated architects such as Eero Saarinen or Philip Johnson. They were important modernists, but neither designed this building. Rudolph Hall remains the home of Yale’s School of Architecture.