Stern, Robert A. M.

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Robert A.M. Stern Architects, LLP, is a 220-person firm of architects, interior designers, and supporting staff. It was founded in 1977. The firm has established an international reputation as a leading design firm with wide experience in residential, commercial, and institutional work. The firm has earned international recognition, numerous awards and citations for design excellence, including National Honor Awards of the American Institute of Architects.

Robert A. M. Stern, founder and senior partner in the firm of Robert A.M. Stern Architects of New York City, is a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects and received the Medal of Honor in 1984 and the President’s Award in 2001 from its New York chapter. In 2002 he received the President’s Medal from the Architectural League of New York and in 2008 was the tenth recipient of the Vincent Scully Prize from the National Building Museum. Prior to becoming dean of the Yale School of Architecture in 1998, Stern was a professor of architecture and director of the Preservation program at the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation at Columbia University. He served from 1984 to 1988 as the first director of Columbia’s Temple Hoyne Buell Center for the Study of American Architecture. Stern has lectured extensively in the United States and abroad on both historical and contemporary topics in architecture. He is the author of several books, including New Directions in American Architecture ; George Howe: Toward a Modern American Architecture ; and Modern Classicism . Stern’s interest and experience in the development of New York City’s architecture and urbanism can be seen in books he has coauthored: New York 1880, New York 1900, New York 1930, New York 1960, and New York 2000 . In 198, Stern hosted Pride of Place: Building the American Dream, an eight-part, eight-hour documentary television series aired on PBS. In the fall of 2001, Stern lectured at Yale as the William Clyde DeVane Professor.

Sources: Firm information courtesy of Robert A. M. Stern Architects, LLP. Biographical information courtesy of Yale School of Architecture.

From the guide to the Robert A. M. Stern Architects records, 1954-2009, (Manuscripts and Archives)

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Role Title Holding Repository
referencedIn Meier mss., 1927-2010 Lilly Library (Indiana University, Bloomington)
creatorOf Howe, George, 1886-1955. George Howe papers, 1926-1974, (bulk 1926-1955). Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
referencedIn Diamonstein-Spielvogel, Barbaralee. Barbaralee Diamonstein-Spielvogel collection, 1976-1999. Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library
referencedIn Righter, James V. (James Volney). Illustrated journal/sketchbook, 1976 Sept.-1979 Feb. 21. Boston Athenaeum
creatorOf The International style in perspective : sound recordings Archives of American Art
creatorOf Stern, Robert A. M. Reminiscences and documentation of Yale University architecture students collected by Robert A. M. Stern, ca. 1970-1974 (inclusive). Yale University Library
creatorOf Stern, Robert A. M. [222 Berkeley St., Boston] [model]. Centre canadien d'architecture, | Canadian Centre for Architecture | CCA
referencedIn Stern, Robert A.M., 1940- : [miscellaneous ephemeral material]. Metropolitan Museum of Art, Thomas J. Watson Library
referencedIn Robert A.M. Stern Architects. Robert A.M. Stern : vertical file. Centre canadien d'architecture, | Canadian Centre for Architecture | CCA
creatorOf STERN, ROBERT A. M. Artist file : miscellaneous uncataloged material. Museum of Modern Art (MOMA)
creatorOf Robert A. M. Stern Architects records, 1954-2009 Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives
referencedIn Hickory Business Furniture. Robert A.M. Stern designs for HBF Textiles [realia]. Centre canadien d'architecture, | Canadian Centre for Architecture | CCA
creatorOf School of Architecture, Yale University, reminiscences and documentation of architecture students collected by Robert A. M. Stern, circa 1970-1974 Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives
creatorOf O'Keefe, Suzanne. Audiotapes and transcripts of lectures on Louis I. Kahn, 1974-1978. University of Pennsylvania, Architectural Archives
referencedIn Columbia University. Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation : Centennial (1881-1991) Archive, 1954-1982, (bulk 1980-1981) Columbia University. Avery Architecture and Fine Arts Library. Department of Drawings and Archives.
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associatedWith Columbia University. Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation. person
associatedWith Diamonstein-Spielvogel, Barbaralee. person
associatedWith Harvard University. Graduate School of Design. corporateBody
associatedWith Hickory Business Furniture. corporateBody
associatedWith Howe, George, 1886-1955. person
associatedWith Meier, Deborah person
associatedWith O'Keefe, Suzanne. person
associatedWith Righter, James V. (James Volney) person
associatedWith Robert A. M. Stern Architects. corporateBody
associatedWith Yale University corporateBody
associatedWith Yale University. School of Architecture. corporateBody
associatedWith Yale University. School of Art and Architecture. corporateBody
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Architecture, Domestic
Architecture
Architecture
Architecture, American
Commercial buildings
Schools of architecture
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Birth 1939-05-23

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