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Burroughs Wellcome – Paul Rudolph

Burroughs Wellcome – Paul Rudolph

2024

Designed by Paul Rudolph and completed in 1972 in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, the Burroughs Wellcome Headquarters is a landmark of Late Modernist architecture. Its bold, cantilevered concrete volumes step down the landscape in a ziggurat-like formation, echoing the natural contours of the site.

Rudolph’s interplay of mass and void, combined with his signature textured concrete, creates a rhythmic and sculptural composition that is both monumental and deeply site-responsive. Carefully modulated daylight animates the interiors, reinforcing the building’s dynamic spatial qualities. Celebrated as one of the most distinctive corporate buildings in the U.S., it stands as a testament to Rudolph’s innovative and expressive architectural vision

Part of the Office of Good Intentions. Human(s) Work

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Tags:

  • administrative,
  • Building,
  • contemporary,
  • Durham,
  • North Carolina,
  • Paul Rudolph,
  • Paul Rudolph,
  • United States,
  • and United States of America

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