At SMOA, fate of canopy is undecided

By Harold Bubil , Herald-Tribune

/ Friday, March 27, 2015

Paul Rudolph, an acclaimed practitioner of modernist architecture from the late 1940s until his death in 1997, designed the walkway to connect Sarasota High’s “old building” to the addition he designed in 1958. Known to generations of students and faculty as “the new building,” that structure is now labeled “Building 4” by the school system. STAFF PHOTO / HAROLD BUBIL

Ringling College of Art + Design is still studying what to do about the iconic covered walkway adjoining Sarasota High School’s 1927 brick building.

For the second consecutive day, Ringling College President Larry Thompson met with architect Carl Abbott and representatives of the Sarasota Architectural Foundation to “explore ideas for the preservation of the 1960s-era, Paul Rudolph-designed canopy.”

A decision is not expected until early next week.

Harold Bubil

Recipient of the 2015 Bob Graham Architectural Awareness Award from the American Institute of Architects/Florida-Caribbean, Harold Bubil is real estate editor of the Herald-Tribune Media Group. Born in Newport, R.I., his family moved to Sarasota in 1958. Harold graduated from Sarasota High School in 1970 and the University of Florida in 1974 with a degree in journalism. For the Herald-Tribune, he writes and edits stories about residential real estate, architecture, green building and local development history. He also is a photographer and public speaker. Contact him via email, or at (941) 361-4805.