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In his will, Paul Rudolph gave his Architectural Archives (including drawings, plans, renderings, blueprints, models and other materials prepared in connection with his professional practice of architecture) to the Library of Congress Trust Fund following his death in 1997. A Stipulation of Settlement, signed on June 6, 2001 between the Paul Rudolph Estate and the Library of Congress Trust Fund, resulted in the transfer of those items to the Library of Congress among the Architectural Archives, that the Library of Congress determined suitable for its collections. The intellectual property rights of items transferred to the Library of Congress are in the public domain. The usage of the Paul M. Rudolph Archive at the Library of Congress and any intellectual property rights are governed by the Library of Congress Rights and Permissions.
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LOCATION
Address: Gregg Beach aka Siesta Key Public Beach; 948 Beach Road
City: Siesta Key
State: Florida
Zip Code: 34242
Nation: United States
STATUS
Type: Leisure & Sport
Status: Project
TECHNICAL DATA
Date(s): 1956
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Client: Board of County Commissioners for Sarasota County
Architect: Paul M. Rudolph
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Public Beach Development
The project scope is to design recreation facilities for Gregg Beach on Siesta Key.
The overall plan is to create public beaches on ‘the Gregg property’, the Nokomis Beach on Casey Key and the county beach on Manasota Key. Because funds are not available to complete all of the beaches in their entirety, the projects are planned in several phases.
On April 11, 1955 The Board of County Commissioners appoints Paul Rudolph as architect for the ‘new Greg Beach’ on Siesta Key. Commissioner Glenn R. Leach, who was named to select an architect for the project, says he feels Rudolph can do “an outstanding job for the county.” The rest of the commissioners authorized his employment for the project. Mr. Leach says he expects to have the work completed by the fall of 1956.
Gregg Beach is later known as Siesta Key Public Beach.
The project remains unbuilt.
DRAWINGS - Design Drawings / Renderings
DRAWINGS - Construction Drawings
DRAWINGS - Shop Drawings
PHOTOS - Project Model
PHOTOS - During Construction
PHOTOS - Completed Project
PHOTOS - Current Conditions
LINKS FOR MORE INFORMATION
RELATED DOWNLOADS
PROJECT BIBLIOGRAPHY
Christopher Domin and Joe King. Paul Rudolph: The Florida Houses. Princeton Architectural Press, 2002.
“County Names Rudolph for Gregg Beach.” Sarasota Herald-Tribune, 12 Apr. 1955, p. 3.
Timothy Rohan. The Architecture of Paul Rudolph. Yale University Press, 2014.