Robert A.M. Stern, FAIA Dean of the Yale School of Architecture Senior Partner, Robert A.M. Stern Architects

"The Architecture of Education:
Receptacles of Traditions and Knowledge"

Paul L. Cejas School of Architecture Auditorium ~ FIU University Park
Tuesday, October 7, 2003, 7:00 PM

Robert A.M. Stern is a practicing architect, teacher, and writer. Mr. Stern is a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects and received the Medal of Honor of its New York Chapter in 1984. As founder and senior partner of Robert A.M. Stern Architects, he personally directs the design of each of the firm's projects.

Mr. Stern is the dean of the Yale School of Architecture. He was previously a professor of Architecture and director of the Historic Preservation Program at the Graduate Schools of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation at Columbia University. Mr. Stern served from 1984 to 1988 as the first director of Columbia's Temple Hoyne Buell Center for the Study of American Architecture. He 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 (Braziller, 1969; revised edition, 1977); George Howe: Toward a Modern American Architecture (Yale University Press, 1975); and Modern Classicism (London: Thames & Hudson; New York: Rizzoli, 1988).

Mr. Stern's particular interest and experience in the development of New York City's architecture and urbanism can be seen in his books, New York 1900 (Rizzoli, 1983), co-authored with John Massengale and Gregory Gilmartin; New York 1930 (Rizzoli, 1987), co-authored with Thomas Mellins and Gregory Gilmartin, which was nominated for a National Book Award; New York 1960 (Monacelli, 1995); and New York 1880 (Monacelli, 1999), co-authored with Thomas Mellins and David Fishman. Mr. Stern's work has been exhibited at numerous galleries and universities and is in permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Duetsches Architekturmuseum, the Denver Museum of Art, and the Art Institute of Chicago. In 1976, 1980, and 1996, he was among the architects selected to represent the United States at the Venice Biennale. In 1986 Mr. Stern hosted the "Pride of Place: Building the American Dream," an eight-part, eight-hour documentary television series aired on the Public Broadcasting System. Mr. Stern serves on the board of directors of the Walt Disney Company. He is a graduate of Columbia University (B.A., 1960) and Yale University (M. Architecture, 1965).