Welcome to the Archives of the Paul Rudolph Heritage Foundation. The purpose of this online database is to function as a tool for scholars, students, architects, preservationists, journalists and other interested parties. The archive consists of photographs, slides, articles and publications from Rudolph’s lifetime; physical drawings and models; personal photos and memorabilia; and contemporary photographs and articles.

Unless otherwise noted, all images and drawings are copyright © The Estate of Paul Rudolph and The Paul Rudolph Heritage Foundation. Please speak with a representative of the Paul Rudolph Heritage Foundation to get permission to use any drawings or photos. Drawings, sketches and other materials produced by Rudolph’s architectural office at the Library of Congress are maintained there for preservation, but the intellectual property rights belong to the Paul Rudolph Estate and Ernst Wagner, founder of the Paul Rudolph Heritage Foundation.

LOCATION
Address: Oleta River State Park
City: North Miami Beach
State: Florida
Zip Code: 33160
Nation: United States

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Type: Exhibition
Status: Project

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Date(s): 1956
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Client: The Inter-American Center Authority of the State of Florida
Architect: Paul Rudolph
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Inter-American Center

The Inter-American Cultural and Trade Center - Interama - is designed to be “the first permanent international exposition in the world - designed to bring to the people of all nations the best examples of culture, festivals, sports, government, industry and leisure activities.”
Hugh Ferris, who was involved with the 1939 New York World’s Fair, produces most of the renderings for the initial design phase of the project. Rudolph is brought in as a design consultant, along with Alfred Browning Parker, Rufus Nims, Tripp Russell, Russell Pancoast, and Luis Malaussena. The design team is led by Miami architect Robert Fitch Smith.
The project is developed over several decades, with Rudolph later given the design for the International Bazaar for the international area of the Interama Project in the 1960’s.