Robert Arthur Morton Stern, usually credited as
Robert A. M. Stern, (born May 23, 1939) is an
American architect and Dean of the
Yale University School of Architecture.
His work is generally classified as
postmodern, though a more useful classification would be a particular emphasis on context and the continuity of traditions. He may have been the first architect to use the term "postmodernism", but more recently he has used the phrase "modern traditionalist" to describe his work.
Early life, education, and career
He received a
bachelor's degree from
Columbia University in 1960 and a
master's degree in architecture from
Yale University in 1965. After graduating from Yale, Stern worked as a designer in the office of
Richard Meier in 1966, prior to forming the firm of
Stern & Hagmann with a fellow student from his days at Yale,
John S. Hagmann, in 1969. In 1977 he founded the successor firm, Robert A. M. Stern Architects. Before becoming architecture dean at Yale, he was professor of architecture at
Columbia University and director of Columbia's Temple Hoyne Buell Center for the Study of American Architecture.
Major Projects
Major Public Projects include the Lakewood Public Library in
Lakewood, Ohio, an inner ring suburb of
Cleveland, Ohio; in
Nashville, Tennessee, Jacksonville Public Library in
Jacksonville, Florida, and the main library in
Columbus, Georgia;
Point West Place in
Framingham,
Massachusetts; the Federal Reserve...
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