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Gwauthmey
(Revivalist)
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CHARLES GWATHMEY..

 Charles Gwathmey (June 19, 1938 — August 3, 2009) was an American architect.

 Born in Charlotte, North Carolina.

 He was the son of the American painter Robert Gwathmey and photographer Rosalie
Gwathmey.

 He attended the High School of Music and Art in New York City, graduating in 1956.

 He attended the University of Pennsylvania and received his Master of Architecture

degree in 1962 from Yale School of Architecture.

 In 1965, while not yet a licensed architect, he designed a house and studio for his
parents in Amagansett, NY, that became famous and revolutionized beach house
design.
 He was the recipient of the Brunner Prize from the American Academy of Arts and
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Letters in 1970,

 In 1983, he won the Medal of Honor from the New York Chapter of the American
Institute of Architects and in 1985.

 He received the first Yale Alumni Arts Award from the Yale School of Architecture

 In 1988 the Guild Hall Academy of Arts awarded Gwathmey its Lifetime Achievement
Medal in Visual Arts

 In 1990 a Lifetime Achievement Award from the New York State Society of Architects
has been received by him.
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Revivalism In Architecture

 Revivalism really took-off during the 19th century, in part as a romantic reaction to the
impersonal nature of the Industrial Revolution.

 Usually, classically inspired styles such as Greek Revival and Roman Revival were
madly popular in the US and Europe

 The Gothic Revival style was popular for public buildings, churches, of course, and
even mansions and more modest private homes.
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YALE ART COMPLEX...

 Location New Haven, CT, USA.

 Also known as Rudolph Hall.

 Formerly known as the Art and Architecture Building.

 One of the earliest and best known examples of Brutalist architecture in the United States.
The complex building contains over thirty floor levels in its seven stories.

 The building is made of ribbed, bush-hammered concrete. • The design was influenced by
Frank Lloyd Wright's Larkin Administration Building, in Buffalo, NY and the later buildings of
Le Corbusier. • When the building first opened, it was praised widely by critics and
academics, and received several prestigious awards.
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 A large fire on the night of June 14, 1969 caused extensive damage and during the
repairs, many changes were made to Rudolph's original design.

 Yale University decided to undertake the exterior and interior renovation of the
structure along with the addition of a seven-story History of Art Building that allows for
an expanded Art and Architecture Library, classrooms, seminar rooms, lecture halls,
faculty offices, lounge, and public café.

 Completed in 1963.
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