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
STATUS
Type: Exhibition
Status: Project
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Date(s): 1964
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Client: The Inter-American Center Authority of the State of Florida
Architect: Paul Rudolph
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International Bazaar for the International Area of the Interama Project
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.”
Four related areas dedicated to Cultural-Festival, Sports-Leisure, International and Industrial, will “show how the people of the Americas live, work, play and prosper together in an atmosphere of freedom and cooperation.”
The project site is located on 1,700 acres of land near greater Miami, Florida known as the “Gateway of the Americas” because of its geographical location and cultural bonds with Latin America.
The project is scheduled to open in 1969. Pavilions for the site are designed by Marcel Breuer, Louis Kahn, Paul Rudolph, Dean Jose Luis Sert, Edward Durell Stone and Harry Weese. A 1,000-foot tall ‘Tower of Freedom’ is designed by Minoru Yamasaki which features a revolving restaurant and observation platform.
Rudolph’s pavilion is known as the ‘International Bazaar’. The International Bazaar is to provide space where visitors may watch skilled artisans at work and purchase the arts and crafts native to each nation.
A Federal Act (PL-89-355) is signed on February 19, 1966 by President Lyndon B. Johnson authorizing the Federal government to spend up to $9.5 million USD for a Federal exhibit and two years of maintenance. A bill appropriating money for the U.S. exhibit is passed by Congress on October 22, 1966 and signed into law a few days later by President Johnson.
“Rudolph arranged his International Bazaar as a collection of open-air and enclosed spaces under a series of billowing concrete canopies carefully sited for shade and ventilation.”
DRAWINGS - Design Drawings / Renderings
DRAWINGS - Construction Drawings
DRAWINGS - Shop Drawings
PHOTOS - Project Model
PHOTOS - During Construction
PHOTOS - Completed Project
PHOTOS - Current Conditions
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PROJECT BIBLIOGRAPHY
“Interama.” il., port. Progressive Architecture 48 (April 1967): 55, 57.
“INTERAMA exposition hailed as full-scale experiment in urban design.” il. Architectural Record 141 (March 1967): 40.
Rudolph, Paul. Paul Rudolph, Dessins D’Architecture. Fribourg: Office du Livre, 1974. il., sec. pp. 172-173.
“Chronological list of works by Paul Rudolph, 1946-1974.” il., plan. Architecture and Urbanism 49 (January 1975): 160.
“International bazaar.” il., plan. Architecture and Urbanism 80 (July 1977): 174-175.
Lejeune, Jean Francois. “Interama: Miami and the Pan-American Dream.” il. South Florida History, Volume 36, No 3 (2009)
Rifkind, David, “Interama: Miami and the Pan-American Dream,” Cite n.78 (Spring 2009), 36-37.