Robert Arthur Morton Stern

Background

Stern, Robert Arthur Morton was born on May 23, 1939 in New York City. Son of Sidney S. and Sonya (Cohen) Stern.

Education

Bachelor, Columbia University, 1960. Master of Architecture, Yale University, 1965.

Career

Program director Architectural League New York, 1965-1966. Designer Office Richard Meier, Architect, New York City, 1966. Consultant Small Parks Program, Department Parks, 1966-1970.

Urban designer, assistant to assistant administrator housing and development administration, 1967-1970. Partner Robert A.M. Stern & John S. Hagmann, Architects, 1969-1977. Principal Robert A.M. Stern Architects, LLP, 1977-1989, senior partner, since 1989.

Dean Yale School Architect, since 1998, J.M. Hoppin professor architect, since 2000. Board directors Walt Disney Company, 1992-2003. Consultant Eye on New York television documentary, Columbia Broadcasting System-television, 1966-1967.

Member architecture committee Whitney Museum American Art, 1970-1976, advisory commission, architectural section Venice Biennale, 1980. Lecturer architecture Columbia University, 1970-1972, assistant professor 1973-1977, associate professor, 1977-1982, professor since 1982. Visiting fellow Institute for Architecture and Urban Studies, 1974-1976, trustee, 1983-1985.

Director Temple Hoyne Buell Center for Study American Architecture, 1984-1988, director History Preservation Program, 1991-1998. Visiting lecturer Yale University, 1972, 73. Visiting critic Rhode Island School Design, 1976, University Pennsylvania, 1977, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, 1978.

William Henry Bishop visiting professor architecture Yale University, fall 1978. Editorial consultant Architectural History Foundation, 1979-1983.

Achievements

• Robert Arthur Morton Stern has been listed as a notable architect, educator, writer by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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• book

  • The Anglo-American Suburb (Architectural Design Profile)

    (Wonderful compendium of planning.)

  • Pride of Place: Building the American Dream

    (architecture of American houses)

  • Hood, Raymond (Catalogue / Institute for Architecture and Urban Studies)

    (Book by Stern, Robert A. M)

  • Modern Classicism

    (Book by Robert A.M. Stern, Raymond W. Gastil.)

  • New Directions in American Architecture

    (.)

  • House That Bob Built by Stern, Robert A.M. (1991) Hardcover
  • Modern Classicism by Robert A.M. Stern, Raymond W. Gastil. (1988) Hardcover
  • New directions in American architecture by Robert A. M. Stern New directions in architecture
  • George Howe: Toward a Modern American Architecture

Membership

Member New York City Mayor's Task Force on Urban Design, 1966-1967, architects selection committee New York Convention Center, 1979. Trustee American Federation Arts, 1967-1979, Institute for Architecture and Urban Studies, 1983-1985. Vice president Cunningham Dance Foundation, 1969-1973.

Board directors Preservation League New York, since 1984, Historic Landmarks Preservation Center, since 1995. Trustee National Building Museum, since 1999, Trust for Historic Preservation, since 2000. Fellow American Academy Arts & Sciences, American Institute of Architects (board directors New York chapter 1976-1978, Distinguished architectural award, New York chapter, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1987, National honor award, 1980, 1985, 1990, medal of honor, 1984), Society Architectural Historians (board directors 1975-1978), Architectural League New York (president 1973-1977, executive committee since 1977), New York State Association Architects (excellence in design certified, 1985), American Architecture Foundation (board regents 1989-1991), Skidmore, Owings and Merrill Foundation (board directors 1984-1990), Chicago Institute for Architecture and Urbanism (board directors 1990-1993), Century Association, Coffee House Club.

Connections

Married Lynn G. Solinger, May 22, 1966 (divorced 1977). 1 child, Nicholas Singapore.

Father:

Sidney S. Stern

Mother:

Sonya (Cohen) Stern

Spouse:

Lynn G. Solinger

child:

Nicholas Singapore Stern