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: 1500 Wallace Boulevard
City: Amarillo
State: Texas
Zip Code: 79106
Nation: United States

STATUS
Type: Office
Status: Built

TECHNICAL DATA
Date(s): 1978-1981
Site Area: 200,401 s.f.
Floor Area: 47,161 s.f.
Height:
Floors (Above Ground): 2
Building Cost:

PROFESSIONAL TEAM
Client: Panhandle Area Cancer Council
Architect: Paul Rudolph
Associate Architect: Wilson/Doche Architects, Inc.
Landscape:
Structural:
MEP:
QS/PM:

SUPPLIERS
Contractor:
Subcontractor(s):

The Don and Sybil Harrington Cancer Center

In 1978, Dr. Phillip Periman (a Yale graduate who attended lectures of Vincent Scully) sends requests for qualifications to a number of architects, including Rudolph, I.M. Pei, Edward Larabee Barnes and Philip Johnson. Rudolph receives the commission with Wilson/Doche Architects, Inc. as associate architects.
The building design derives its form from the parallelogram plan of the individual exam rooms, which Rudolph proposed after intense study of the psychological aspects of such spaces on the patients.
The brick and board-formed concrete vocabulary is derived from the context of the surrounding fabric of medical facilities.
The project wins an Excellence of Design Award.