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2012 SAF - Paul Rudolph Scholarship Recipient Announced

SAF is proud to announce the recipient of the first $5,000 SAF - Paul Rudolph Scholarship is Ms. Sara Bone. Sara attends Florida International University (FIU) in Miami, Florida and has just completed her undergraduate studies. She'll begin her first year of graduate school in the FIU Architecture + Arts program in the fall and expects to graduate with her Masters of Architecture degree in 2014. Ms. Bone is a 2008 graduate of Pine View Public High School in Sarasota, Florida.
"Thank you so much, it is such a great honor, SAF
is an incredible organization and it means the world to me to receive your recognition. I look forward to progressing with my architectural studies performing with dedication and passion to the highest of my capabilities. With the support of the SAF I will diligently work to exemplify the exceptional foundation the Sarasota community
has provided me in the global setting of Miami." 
— Sara Bone
SAF believes Sara Bone will be a great student ambassador and link to both Sarasota and the Florida architectural community. Well done and congratulations Sara!


Thank you SHS for letting us throw a party in the breezeway



Paul Rudolph's iconic Sarasota High School Addition
deserves our immediate and full attention.

The Sarasota Architectural Foundation (SAF) steadfastly calls for the Sarasota County School Board...
  • to officially reaffirm and honor its commitment to preserve the Paul Rudolph Addition at Sarasota High School,
  • to instruct the recently selected architectural team for the project, Harvard Jolly Architecture, to explore repurposing the Rudolph-designed gym and not demolish it as is now stated in the School Board's current plan,
  • to not deface the facade of the iconic Rudolph classroom building by enclosing the breezeways in glass, also included in the School Board's current plan, and
  • to provide fees / funds so that the architectural team can explore new options that will honor the Board's commitment "to establishing this building to its prior prominence."

Write to the School Board of Sarasota County and voice your concerns about their plans to enclose the breezeways with glass and demolish the gym. Check the SHS SOS page for more info.




We're all grads of Sarasota High and members of the Sarasota Architectural Foundation. We're concerned about the current renovation plans for SHS especially the demolition of the Paul Rudolph-designed gym and the destruction of the very cool breezeways in Rudolph's classroom building.
 
We hope the School Board will honor their commitment and treat the Rudolph Addition with the care and respect an international architectural icon deserves... for SHS students, for proud Sarasotians and for our visitors from around the globe.
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Hop on the Bus!
 Howey & Weymouth Architecture Tour
Saturday May 19, 2012
9am - 5pm
 Join host Harold Bubil, architecture writer
and Sarasota Herald Tribune real estate editor, for a full day of exploring great architecture
with John Howey and Yann Weymouth in
St. Petersburg and Tampa, Florida. This
special tour is only $45 and includes a light lunch. The bus picks you up in Sarasota at 9am and returns at 5pm. Email Martie and make your reservations today!
martie@modernsarasota.com
and www.saf-srq.org/Regional/Links

SHS / SOS News

"It's not what they take away from you that counts. It's what you do with what you have left."
- Former Vice President Hubert Humphrey

April 30, 2012 Herald Tribune Guest
Editorial by SAF President Jim Keaton
Preserve Rudolph Legacy at Sarasota High
Excellent editorial about the necessity to preserve Paul Rudolph's Sarasota High School.
Click for article

April 30, 2012 Design Observer Blog
by Mark Lamster
Another Imperiled Paul Rudolph Landmark
 Interesting comments from the Communications Specialist for the Sarasota County School District and SAF's Jim Keaton's response.
Click for article

April 18, 2012 DOCOMOMO-US E-News
Brief by Richard Shieldhouse
Paul Rudolph's Sarasota High School Threatened by School Board
SAF steadfastly calls for the School Board to publicly and officially reaffirm and honor its commitment to preserve the Rudolph additions…and to allow the architectural team
to explore options, “establishing this building to its prior prominence." Click for article

April 7, 2012 Herald Tribune
by Chris Angermann
Preserving Architectural Crown Jewel
 4 Questions for Dan Snyder, SAF Paul Rudolph Legacy committee chair: "We want the school board to honor its commitment. Stewardship of iconic buildings, like it or not, is something [the school board has] to do. If they do a good job, the classroom building could easily become the crown jewel of school buildings in the U.S.
Click for article

April 7, 2012
SAF has requested meetings with the Sarasota County School Board members to discuss SHS but they haven't responded, even though they're elected officials. "SAF feels that it it very important that Harvard Jolly has sufficient fees to explore options for SHS that do not demolish the Rudolph-designed gym and do not deface the facade of Building 4 by enclosing the two breezeways," said Jim Keaton, president of the SAF board of directors.

April 5, 2012 Herald Tribune
by Harold Bubil
 Sarasota High School Photo Gallery
 Great photo album with commentary on the history and status of the current preservation threat. Click for photos

Sarasota High School 1960

April 16, 2012  Herald Tribune
 by Dale White
School Board Treads Lightly on
Sarasota High Renovations
 School district officials are treading lightly as they pose ideas – which include enclosing the spacious breezeways with glass, converting
one enclosed breezeway into a media center and possibly demolishing the Rudolph-designed gym – already generating sparks. The Sarasota Architectural Foundation adamantly opposes enclosing the breezeways. "It sounds minor
but enclosing them would really ruin the facade of the building," Dan Snyder, SAF board member said. Click for article

March 30, 2012 Herald Tribune
Real Estate Today by Harold Bubil
St. Petersburg Architect chosen for Sarasota High School project
"What remains to be resolved is the effort by the community to prevent the proposed glassing in of Building 4′s open entry plaza for use as a media center." Click for article

 March 25, 2012 Herald Tribune
 by Harold Bubil
Readers React to SHS Plan
Ken Marsh, Director of Long Range Planning for the School Board of Sarasota County: "Please ensure that your readers know the site remains in development. The plan is a "draft."
Readers React to SHS Plan_Harold Bubil_Sarasota Herald Tribune_Mar25-2012.pdf

March 22, 2012 Sarasota Observer
Opinion/My View
Explore More Options at SHS
"We hope the school district and school board can find a way to explore other options than to demolish the Rudolph gym and enclose the breezeway. In the overall scope and scheme, that would be a small price for taxpayers to pay."
Click for article

 March 17, 2012 Sarasota Herald Tribune
by Harold Bubil
 About Paul Rudolph's Sarasota High School and SAF's efforts to preserve buildings 4 and 5.
Click for article

Sarasota needs to get
it right this time!




 
 
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