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Rudolph Hall in 2022, showing the 2008 addition to the right of Paul Rudolph's original Brutalist structure. Rudolph Hall (built as the Yale Art and Architecture Building, nicknamed the A & A Building, and given its present name in 2007 [1]) is one of the earliest and best-known examples of Brutalist architecture in the United States.
The hall has a seating capacity of 6,300, designed in reinforced concrete by the Italian architect Pier Luigi Nervi and completed in 1971. [1] It was constructed on land donated by the Knights of Columbus and is named for Pope St. Paul VI. [2]
The University of Minnesota Old Campus Historic District is a historic district located in Minneapolis, Minnesota.Listed in the National Register of Historic Places since 1984, it includes a number of historic buildings that were constructed during the late 1800s and early 1900s, and represents the oldest extant section of the University of Minnesota campus.
The Saint Paul City Hall and Ramsey County Courthouse, located at 15 Kellogg Boulevard West in Saint Paul, Ramsey County, in the U.S state of Minnesota is a twenty-story Art Deco skyscraper completed in 1932.
Paul Cornelius Reilly (1890–1984) was an American architect who designed many buildings for Catholic clients. He is also remembered for his design of Manhattan theatres. He is also remembered for his design of Manhattan theatres.
Boston City Hall is the seat of city government of Boston, Massachusetts. It includes the offices of the mayor of Boston and the Boston City Council. The current hall was built in 1968 to assume the functions of the Old City Hall. [2] It is a controversial and prominent example of Brutalist architecture, part of the modernist movement.
Richard Upjohn (22 January 1802 – 16 August 1878) was a British-American architect who emigrated to the United States and became most famous for his Gothic Revival churches.
The sound is carried by waves, known as whispering-gallery waves, that travel around the circumference clinging to the walls, an effect that was discovered in the whispering gallery of St Paul's Cathedral in London. [1] The extent to which the sound travels at St Paul's can also be judged by clapping in the gallery, which produces four echoes. [2]