Re: [in-enaction] cons: The Rudolph house reprive

Architexturez. wrote:

> Since a local Web site began spreading that news last month, a debate 
> has erupted about the character of Westport and the future of the house, 
> which is on sought-after Minute Man Hill Road.
>
> cont'd....
> http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/17/nyregion/17house.html?ref=nyregion

Famed architect's work gets reprieve
From Times Wire Reports
December 25, 2006


A state judge has spared a Westport home, designed by renowned architect 
Paul Rudolph, from demolition — for now.

The 4,200-square-foot stucco house, designed by Rudolph in 1972, is an 
elongated series of interconnecting cubes with cantilevered panels that 
hang above large windows.

Rudolph, who died in 1997, was dean of the Yale School of Architecture 
in the late 1950s and early 1960s.

Connecticut Trust for Historic Preservation is fighting plans by the 
prospective owners of the home, who want to tear it down and rebuild. 
Another hearing is set for Jan. 2

http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-na-briefs25.4dec25,1,2701013.story?coll=la-news-a_section

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A Reprieve in Connecticut for a Modernist House

By DAVID HAY
Published: December 23, 2006
STAMFORD, Conn., Dec. 22 — A Connecticut judge on Friday ordered 
demolition halted on a Modernist house designed by a renowned architect, 
a project that has provoked a heated controversy in the wealthy town of 
Westport.

Janet Durrans for The New York Times

A historic preservation group hopes to save a 4,200-square-foot stucco 
house designed in 1972 by Paul Rudolph.

But the judge, Taggart D. Adams of State Superior Court, refused a 
request by a historic preservation group to order the owner of the house 
or its prospective buyer to cover the roof, which has been stripped of 
its tar covering, leaving the interior exposed. The group, the 
Connecticut Trust for Historic Preservation, had argued that with rain 
forecast over the weekend, the house could suffer “demolition by neglect.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/23/nyregion/23house.html