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Sarasota News Leader January 18, 2013 Page 83 plained. Rudolph stayed just a year, left for The design of the Sanderling Beach Club won Yale University and served in the Army before Rudolph the prestigious Paris Prize, and a number of his projects were voted homes of returning to work with Twitchell in 1948. the year in various publications, Hall added. Hall mentioned that Ocala block, which was regionally mined and produced — and which Paul Rudolph also designed the original, was incorporated into many of the buildings 1958 Riverview High School, which has been of Rudolph's and Twitchell's "Sarasota School torn down. The exterior of the Sarasota High of Architecture" — no longer is available; it School Addition he designed is to be saved, though it seems the interior — which inhas been mined out. cludes several iconic and significant Rudolph Many Sarasota residents are familiar with Ru- architectural features — is likely to be gutdolph from his activities after he left this city, ted, based on recent Sarasota County School Hall indicated. In response to a question from Board discussions. the audience, Hall pointed out that during Ru- Hall said he feels the interior changes to the dolph's years at Yale, the university was not Sarasota High School Addition will be mainly only a major hub of architecture but of pub- cosmetic and that the building could be relishing. Rudolph devised a rendering style that turned to its original glory. was camera-ready for publications, magazines "The genius of the building is it is best appreciand books. ated in section — the classroom spaces with a (Rudolph was dean of the Yale School of Ar- bridge through the center, which gives air the ability to move from low to high through the chitecture for six years.) space. The grand stair, the central breezeway, "So he got a lot of notice, and a lot of his work, the oculus or open-air skylight letting light though done in Sarasota, became world-fa- down … It is really a wonderful building. Many mous," Hall pointed out. feel the building should be landmarked." % Paul Rudolph stands in front of a design for one of his buildings. Photo courtesy Sarasota County Historical Resources