Rudolph Hall reviewed in New Haven Register

Robert A. M. Stern, dean of the architecture school and another student of Rudolph’s, said 45 years ago the only electric needs of the students probably were a pencil sharpener and a radio

Today, everything is computerized and architectural models are digitally fabricated with help of a seven-arm robot in the subbasement, the kind of equipment used by designers at Boeing, said Stern, who participated in a tour of the facilities Friday.

He pointed out that the concrete and aggregate, which covers the facade and many interior surfaces, was recreated where necessary to allow for installation of the new wiring.

Poured into molds, workers then chipped away at the material with hammers as they did almost a half century ago, to achieve the same rough surface, Stern said.

Yale’s building looks to past and future New Haven Register 9/27/08

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A Hawaiian Modernist, by Way of Russia

Thomas McDonald for The New York Times

Architectural models, drawings, site plans, photographs and assorted documentation by the celebrated Hawaiian Modernist architect Vladimir Ossipoff (1907-1998) are the subject of an overhung but nonetheless extraordinarily interesting exhibition at the Yale School of Architecture in New Haven. The show celebrates the reopening of the Art and Architecture Building after a $126 million restoration and addition, designed by the New York firm Gwathmey Siegel & Associates.

A Hawaiian Modernist, by Way of Russia Benjamin Gennocchio New York Times 9/26/08

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MFA Grad Leslie Hewitt lauded in New York Magazine

Hewitt’s art combines personal artifacts like family photos with more traditional found items to explore the intersection of personal memory and history. A graduate of Cooper Union and the Yale M.F.A. program, she approaches her career with a steadiness that impresses many observers. “What she’s dealing with as a subject matter has resonance beyond the now,” says Naomi Beckwith, a curator at the Studio Museum. Where does she see Hewitt’s work in 2048? “Well out of my price range.”

Who’s Who, 2048 New York Magazine 9/28/08

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Paul Newman dies at 83

James Bundy, dean of the Yale School of Drama, said Saturday that although Newman left the Yale School of Drama after a year to start his career, he managed to be supportive of that instutution over the years, contributing not only with dollars but with his time with students.

Paul Newman: A Legend Dies At 83 Malcolm Johnson Hartford Courant 9/28/08

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Balmori and Sander’s Rooftop Classroom

Laurie Lambrecht for The New York Times

When Matthew Blesso, 35, a real estate developer, bought his 3,100-square-foot apartment in Lower Manhattan two years ago, he turned it over to two Yale professors, the architect Joel Sanders and the landscape architect Diana Balmori. Together, they teach a course called Interface, about integrating architecture and landscape design. And so, with Mr. Blesso’s blessing, they turned his $4 million apartment into an extended classroom.

In the Penthouse, A True Garden Apartment Fred A. Bernstein NYT 9/24/08

Slideshow here.

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2008 Building Project Dedicated

Aileen Agricola/Staff Photographer

Less than four months ago, a wood-and-metal home on 20 King Place was nothing more than a dream of 64 Yale architecture students.

Yesterday at 5:30 p.m., the Yale School of Architecture dedicated the building as its 2008 first-year building project. The house, designed for occupancy by a low-income, disabled veteran, is the 20th affordable home the architecture school has built for members of the New Haven community, School of Architecture Dean Robert A.M. Stern ARC ’65 said.

“We, as a school, hope to make a positive, cohesive impact on the King Place neighborhood,” Stern said.

Homeward Bound Alex Plana Yale Daily News 9/26/08

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Tipton tentatively plans to establish a foundation

“The second oldest MacArthur ‘Genius Grant’ recipient this year has tentative plans to establish a foundation that would teach fellow mature light designers a few of the skills that she has used to gain international recognition in the field.”

Tipton to use $500K for lighting Lacey Gonzales Yale Daily News September 25, 2008

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An interview with Paula Vogel and Sarah Ruhl

Playwrights Ruhl And Vogel: From Student And Teacher To Award-Winning Peers
By FRANK RIZZO | Hartford Courant September 21, 2008

“On a sunny, late-summer afternoon, playwrights Paula Vogel and Sarah Ruhl sit at an outdoor cafe in downtown New Haven to talk about the connections of intellect, imagination and happenstance that swirl around their lives and careers, like a great theatrical DNA spiral.

“The conversation takes place down the street from Yale’s University Theatre, where Ruhl’s epic work ‘Passion Play’ opens Thursday. It is a play that began in Vogel’s class 12 years ago. Ruhl dedicates it to her former teacher, now colleague.”

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Stern’s prep-work

For new colleges, Stern prepped at the Taft School
Paul Needham Yale Daily News September 24, 2008

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CONGRATULATIONS JENNIFER TIPTON!!!!!!!!!!!

Jennifer Tipton, long-time professor of lighting design at the Yale School of Drama, is one of 25 recipients of a “genius fellowship” from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation this year.

25 Receive $500,000 ‘Genius’ Fellowships By PATRICIA COHEN New York Times September 23, 2008

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A 10th Square?

New Haven is about to get a 10th square. Mayor John DeStefano Jr. announced Thursday that he has appointed Northland Investment Corp. to develop the 4.5-acre site of the former Veterans Memorial Coliseum, as part of a plan that city officials hope will turn a currently derelict segment of downtown into a bustling business and residential district in just a few years.

The Newton, Mass., company will pair up with Yale School of Architecture Dean Robert A.M. Stern ARC ‘65, whom University officials announced last week will be designing the school’s two new residential colleges.

A 10th Square? Martine Powers and Victor Zapana Yale Daily News 9/12/08

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Yale Herald Reviews New A&A Building

LIZZY NADAI/YH

A lengthy restoration over the past year, however, has revived Rudolph’s original vision for the building. Perhaps with it will surface a newfound respect for Rudolph’s brilliance, and perhaps even a bit of atonement for its flaws.

The building’s re-dedication will be on Nov. 9, exactly 45 years and a day after the original building debuted. So far, reception to the restoration has been positive. Appreciation for the building has grown with time, and some of the problems that plagued the original have been resolved.

Large floor-to-ceiling windows and skylights bring plenty of sunlight into the space during the day. At night, the building’s lights glimmer from within like a giant lantern. New glass technology as well as full air conditioning has restored Rudolph’s original window proportions while providing a liveable, workable space. The return of the original orange carpet provides a contrast to the stark concrete and casts a soft orange glow and distinct warmth throughout the bare interior.

A&A Redux: redeeming a tarnished reputation William Wong Yale Herald 9/14/08

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What’s up at the CT art museums this fall

Put It on the Wall: Big museums, small galleries and what’s in-between. New Haven Advocate Stephen Vincent Kobasa New Haven Advocate September 18, 2008

Benjamin West and the Venetian Secret

“A small new exhibit at the Yale Center for British Art explores an 18th century art embarrassment.”

BAC’s Venetian Secret kind of like Victoria’s, except older – Kevin Adkisson – September 19, 2008

BAC website: Benjamin West and the Venetian Secret

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Hartford Courant on the Jeffrey Loria Center

A Baffling Blot On Yale
By PHILIP LANGDON – September 14, 2008 – Hartford Courant

“As the scope of this debacle sinks in, one can only hope that Yale Architecture School, from which Gwathmey sprang, will do some soul-searching about how it trains its graduates. This latest performance is so embarrassing, it brings the value of the architecture school itself into question.”

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