Yale Bulletin and Calendar

November 9, 2001

Volume 30, Number 10

AIA honors Stern for his contributions
to the 'urban landscape'

Robert A.M. Stern, dean of the School of Architecture, received a Presidents Award from the New York chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIA) at the 2001 Heritage Ball, on Oct. 30.

He was honored along with former New York Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan and The McGraw-Hill Construction Information Group for their "outstanding contribution to architecture and the urban landscape," according to AIA New York President Margaret Helfand.

Stern, also the J.M. Hoppin Professor of Architecture, is founder and senior partner of the New York firm Robert A.M. Stern Architects. (See related story.) Closely associated with the postmodern movement in architecture, he has worked on such projects as the Ohrstrom Library, St. Paul's School in Concord, New Hampshire; the Hobby Center for the Performing Arts in Houston, Texas; the William Gates Computer Science Building at Stanford University; world headquarters of Mexx International in Voorschoten, Netherlands; the Gap Building in San Francisco; and diverse buildings for the Walt Disney Company.

Described in the AIA announcement of the Presidents Award as "a fixture in the civic and architectural scene in New York City," Stern has written several acclaimed books on contemporary architecture, architectural history and the architecture of New York. He co-authored a series on in which each volume is devoted to a specific year in New York's history, from 1890 to 1960.

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