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Sarasota News Leader January 18, 2013 Page 82 Hall went on to show how Rudolph quickly understood the need to create new ways to cope with the local environs, climate and culture, as these were of paramount importance. "He learned to adapt his designs to the intense Florida sun and the heat," Hall said. "He used a lot of new techniques, using counterbalancing louvered shades, or 'flats,' as he called them, and numerous openings, with louvers. To ameliorate the sun and heat, he experimented with many materials and designs." Hall's slides demonstrated that the modern architecture of Rudolph's day was filled with huge glass expanses. Rudolph understood the need to shield and shelter the buildings, Hall said. Rudolph was 22 when he started working for local architect Ralph Twitchell. Rudolph arrived in 1941, fresh from Harvard, Hall ex- Paul Rudolph designed the original Riverview High School in the late 1950s. Photo courtesy Sarasota County Historical Resources Paul Rudolph also designed the Jewett Arts Center at Wellesley College. Photo courtesy of Daderot/ Wikepedia