The holder of the Driehaus Prize 2011 is Robert Arthur Morton Stern

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Martin Horáček
22.12.2010 00:05
American architect Robert A. M. Stern was announced as the laureate of the Driehaus Prize for Classical Architecture on December 16, 2010. The most significant global award for contemporary traditionalist architects, accompanied by a financial reward of $200,000, was awarded to him by a committee established by the School of Architecture at the University of Notre Dame in the USA. Its members include, alongside the sponsor Richard Driehaus, architects Michael Lykoudis, David Schwarz, and Léon Krier, critic Paul Goldberger, founder of the city of Seaside Robert Davis, and president of the American Academy in Rome Adele Chatfield-Taylor. At the same time, the Henry Hope Reed Award ($50,000), intended for non-architects for cultivating and promoting traditional building and art, was awarded to American economist and lawyer Robert A. Peck, who has been actively involved in federal public building management for a long time. Both awards will be presented on March 26, 2011, at a ceremonial event in Chicago.
Spangler Campus Center, Harvard Business School, Boston, Massachusetts, 2001; photo Peter Aaron/Esto

Robert A. M. Stern (* May 23, 1939)

— Studied architecture at Columbia University and Yale (1965 MA)
— 1966 worked in the studio of Richard Meier
— 1969 founded the studio Stern & Hagmann with former classmate John S. Hagmann, changed to Robert A. M. Stern Architects in 1977
— Dean of the architecture school at Yale
— A pioneer of postmodernism and contemporary traditionalism
— Advocate of stylistic pluralism, in the last two decades designing in virtually all styles, from Renaissance to high-tech and deconstruction
— Significant theorist and critic of architecture, numerous publications
— Hundreds of projects for private clients and the public sector worldwide, including master plans for new cities

Comcast Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2008; photo Peter Aaron/Esto

Publications

— New Directions in American Architecture (Braziller, 1969; updated edition, 1977)
— George Howe: Toward a Modern American Architecture (Yale University Press, 1975)
— Modern Classicism (London: Thames & Hudson; New York: Rizzoli, 1988)
— The Philip Johnson Tapes: Interviews by Robert A.M. Stern (Monacelli, 2008)
— Architecture on the Edge of Postmodernism: Collected Essays 1964–1988 (Yale University Press, 2009).
— New York 1900 (Rizzoli, 1983), co-authors John Massengale and Gregory Gilmartin
— New York 1930 (Rizzoli, 1987), co-authors Thomas Mellins and Gregory Gilmartin
— New York 1960 (Monacelli, 1995)
— New York 1880 (Monacelli, 1999), co-authors Thomas Mellins and David Fishman
— New York 2000 (Monacelli, 2006), co-authors David Fishman and Jacob Tilove
 
Freedom Plaza, George W. Bush Presidential Center, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas; under construction, completion 2013

Publications about him

— Robert Stern (London: Academy Editions, 1981)
— Robert A.M. Stern Buildings and Projects 1965-1980 (New York: Rizzoli, 1981)
— Robert A.M. Stern: Buildings and Projects 1981-1985 (New York: Rizzoli, 1986)
— Robert A.M. Stern: Modernità e Tradizione (Rome: Edizioni Kappa, 1990)
— The American Houses of Robert A.M. Stern (New York: Rizzoli, 1991)
— Architectural Monographs no. 17, Robert A.M. Stern: Selected Works (London: Academy Editions, New York: St. Martins Press, 1991)
— Robert A.M. Stern: Buildings and Projects 1987-1992 (New York: Rizzoli, 1992)
— Robert A.M. Stern: Buildings (New York: Monacelli, 1996)
— Robert A.M. Stern: Houses (New York: Monacelli, 1997)
— Robert A.M. Stern: Buildings and Projects 1993-1998 (New York: Monacelli, 1998)
— Robert A.M. Stern: Buildings and Projects 1999-2003 (New York: Monacelli, 2003)
— Robert A.M. Stern: Houses and Gardens (New York: Monacelli, 2005)
— Robert A.M. Stern: Buildings and Towns (New York: Monacelli, 2007)
— Robert A.M. Stern: Buildings and Projects 2004-2009 (New York: Monacelli, 2009)
— Robert A.M. Stern: On Campus (New York: Monacelli, 2010)

New Dormitories, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut; in the design phase, completion 2015

Selected buildings in Europe

— Hotel Cheyenne (Western style) and Newport Bay Club Hotel (Classicism), Disneyworld, Marne-La-Vallée, France, 1992
— Zubiarte Retail and Leisure Center (Postmodernism), Bilbao, Spain, 2004
— Musiskwartier District (Dutch vernacular), Arnhem, Netherlands, 2006
— Tour Carpe Diem (Deconstruction), La Défence, Paris, France – in design
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22.12.10 10:17
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