Designs for Learning: Colleges and University Building by Robert A.M. Stern Architects

STERN, Robert A.M., et al.

ISBN 10: 1580934811 / ISBN 13: 9781580934817

Published by Monacelli Press, New York, 2016

About this Item

Roundtable moderated by Paul Goldberger. Edited by Peter Morris Dixon. Filled with color photographs and architectural drawings and plans. 461 pages. Thick 4to, grey cloth, d.w. New York: Monacelli Press, (2016). First Edition. Fine in fine dust wrapper. Inscribed by the architect to Mildred Schmertz, former Editor-in-Chief of The Architectural Record.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Designs for Learning: Colleges and University Building by Robert A.M. Stern Architects
• Publisher: Monacelli Press, New York
• Publication Date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1580934811
• ISBN 13: 9781580934817
• Binding: hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: fine
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • AUTOGRAPH
  • ARCHITECTURE
  • EDUCATION
  • UNIVERSITIES

About this title

Synopsis

Through more than thirty projects for major colleges and universities across the country and in China, Designs for Learning presents the principles and practices behind academic buildings, libraries, graduate centers, and academic facilities that sensitively integrate into the fabric of each campus

In its forty years, Robert A.M. Stern Architects has honed a contemporary practice that is in close dialogue with the past, making it one of the most admired architectural firms today. Even in its growing global reach and expanding practice areas, the firm maintains a close attention to form, context, local culture, and received tradition, as well as to the demands and needs of the building users.

These principles have served the firm particularly well on campuses, where architectural styles and building traditions are often well established. Robert A.M. Stern Architects has created classroom buildings, student centers, athletic facilities, and libraries that respect and expand those traditions. In each case, the firm demonstrates a deep understanding of the American college campus, with its roots in Thomas Jefferson's design for the University of Virginia.

In their buildings, "the present, interacting with memories of the past, can create something that can be interesting in the future." Each campus in Designs for Learning is described in detail, with historic photographs and campus plans illustrating its development. Projects by Robert A. M. Stern are placed in their context, providing a complete view of these distinguished places of learning.

About the Author

Architect, educator, and architectural historian Robert A.M. Stern is the founding partner of Robert A.M. Stern Architects. Dean of the Yale School of Architecture from 1998 to 2016, he is co-author of a five-volume history of New York's architecture and urbanism as well as Paradise Planning: The Garden Suburb and the Modern City.

Graham S. Wyatt, Alexander P. Lamis, Melissa DelVecchio, Preston J. Gumberich, Kevin M. Smith, and Gary L. Brewer are partners at Robert A.M. Stern Architects.