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Updated: Sunday, November 22, 2009 11:46 a.m.

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Rudolph rededicated

Staff Reporter
Published Monday, November 10, 2008

The old Art & Architecture building probably would have been demolished long ago if razing it were not cost-prohibitive. But that prospect was unthinkable on Saturday to the 600 people who gathered for the building’s official rechristening.

After three years of renovations, many a roll of paprika carpeting and one last cleaning of its sweeping glass panes, Yale’s iconic edifice was reborn Saturday as Paul Rudolph Hall, in honor of its original architect.

Speeches by the renovation’s architect, its three lead donors, University President Richard Levin and School of...

#1 By MC 12:08a.m. on November 12, 2008

The Loria Center is still one of the most out-of-place and woefully ugly pieces of architecture I have ever seen. I hope YSOA takes a hit in its international respect for allowing such a building to be built.

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