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Robert A. M. Stern

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Stern , (born May 23, 1939) is an American architect and Dean of the Yale School of Architecture .1 He received a bachelor's degree from Columbia College of 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.2 His work is generally classified as postmodern ,though a more useful classification would be a particular emphasis on context and the continuity of traditions.3 He may have been the first architect to use the term "postmodernism" [1] , but more recently he has used the phrase "modern traditionalist" to describe his work.4 He and his firm have notably been involved in projects for The Walt Disney Company , including the plan for the town of Celebration, Florida and the design of Disney's feature animation building. He and his firm were also involved in planning the renovation of Times Square , New York City , beginning in 1992 and is the campus master planner for Georgetown University , the Harvard Law School , the College of Notre Dame of Maryland and Acadia University in Wolfville Nova Scotia . Major Public Projects include the Nashville Public Library in Nashville, Tennessee , Jacksonville Public Library in Jacksonville, Florida , and the main library in Columbus, Georgia ; the Federal Reserve Bank in Atlanta, Georgia , and federal courthouses in Youngstown, Ohio , Beckley, West Virginia and Richmond, Virginia . He hosted the television series Pride of Place: Building the American Dream on PBS and his book New York 1930 was nominated for the National Book Award . He is a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects . v t e5

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