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: 1 Broadcast Center
City: Amarillo
State: Texas
Zip Code: 79101
Nation: United States

STATUS
Type: Culture
Status: Built

TECHNICAL DATA
Date(s): 1980
Site Area: 122,451 s.f.
Floor Area: 17,735 s.f.
Height:
Floors (Above Ground): 1
Building Cost:

PROFESSIONAL TEAM
Client: Stanley Marsh III
Architect: Paul Rudolph
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SUPPLIERS
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Television Station

The client is Stanley Marsh III, a local entrepreneur in Amarillo, Texas. He meets Rudolph while Rudolph is in Amarillo, Texas for the earlier 1978 Don and Sybil Harrington Cancer Center. He commissions Rudolph to design an office for him on the 12th Floor of the Chase Tower, 600 South Tyler Street in Amarillo.
Mr. Marsh, impressed by Rudolph’s design for his office, later commissions Rudolph to design a new and larger for his Channel Seven Television Station in Amarillo.
Rudolph’s design is for a square broadcast facility covered in a pyramidal mesh “shroud” that will be illuminated at night. This canopy is also designed to direct natural light into the interior and shade the building against the Texas sun.
The facility includes a central studio, newsroom, offices, conference room, and production, maintenance and storage areas.
Construction begins in 1983 and finishes in 1984.
The employees refer to the building as the ‘pyramid of power’.
In 2012 the facility is renamed the ‘Canady Broadcast Center’ in honor of Bill Canady, the company’s Chief Engineer who retires that year.