美国建筑师保罗•鲁道夫（1918年至1997年）在20世纪50年代和20世纪60年代初以其有感染力的大型混凝土建筑而享誉国际。鲁道夫一生有着巨大的影响力，是他这一代最重要的美国建筑师之一。在很大程度上，他的名声随着战后现代主义在美国的命运而起起沉沉。 这本有见地的书重新思考了鲁道夫的建筑风格和该学科对其项目的评估。它包括建筑和城市历史领域的**学者的近十二篇文章，所有这些文章重新阐述了鲁道夫的理论和实践。投稿探索了这位建筑师对材料的创新使用，包括胶合板，有机玻璃和裸露的混凝土；他生活和工作过的地方，从英美轴线到孟加拉三角洲； 他与CIAM（CongrèsInternationaux d’Architecture Moderne）的合作关系；以及他的建筑哲学潮流。

American architect Paul Rudolph (1918–1997) was internationally known in the 1950s and early 1960s for his powerful, large-scale concrete buildings. Hugely influential during his lifetime, Rudolph was one of the most significant American architects of his generation. To a remarkable extent, his reputation rose and fell with the fortunes of postwar modernism in America. This insightful book reconsiders Rudolph’s architecture and the discipline’s assessment of his projects. It includes nearly a dozen essays by well-known scholars in the fields of architectural and urban history, all of which shed new light on Rudolph’s theories and practices. Contributions explore the architect’s innovative use of materials, including plywood, Plexiglas, and exposed concrete; the places he lived and worked, from the Anglo-American axis to the Bengal delta; his affiliation with CIAM (Congrès Internationaux d’Architecture Moderne); and currents within his philosophy of architecture.