Christina Crawford Lectures at Rudolph House
Christina Crawford gave a lecture on the residential work of late modernist architect Paul Rudolph at the New England Chapter of the Society of Architectural Historians (NESAH) event this past weekend. The talk was part of a tour of Rudolph’s 1956 Yanofsky House, in Chestnut Hill, one of the only remaining Rudolph Houses in New England. In her talk, she tested Rudolph’s written interest in “regionalist” architecture against this one work, comparing the house to other seminal modern houses in the Boston area which also expressed interest in contextual specificity. The house itself was a treat to see: only 2,500 sf at the main level, its highly obsessive edge detailing, varied sequence of spaces, and expansive interior to exterior vistas made for a rich experience. The owners’ long and somewhat tortured process to restore the house was covered in the New York Times.
Christina is an active member of NESAH’s Board of Directors, and in that capacity gave a talk on her research on Ukrainian Constructivism this past fall.
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