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Robert A. M. Stern (1939-2025) Architect, educator, author. Robert A. M. Stern was born in Brooklyn, New York, and died in Manhattan, New York. He designed the residential building at 15 Central Park West in Manhattan, New York, and he taught at Columbia University. He lived in Manhattan, New York, and had a home in East Hampton, New York.

Full Name

Robert Arthur Morton Stern

Locations

KingsNew YorkSuffolk

Author's Timeline


1939

Birth

Kings County: Robert Arthur Morton Stern was born in Brooklyn, New York, on May 23, 1939.

1956

Other Life Event

Kings County: Mr. Stern graduated from the old Manual Training High School in Brooklyn, New York, in 1956.

1960

Other Life Event

New York County: Mr. Stern received a bachelor’s degree in history from Columbia College in New York, New York, in 1960.

1970-1998

Other Life Event

New York County: Mr. Stern taught at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation from 1970 to 1998.

1975

Literary Work

George Howe: Toward a Modern American Architecture
Yale University Press
0300016425 / 978-0300016420
Nonfiction.


1977

Literary Work

New Directions in American Architecture
George Braziller
0807605239 / 978-0807605233
Nonfiction.

1992

Literary Work

New York 1900: Metropolitan Architecture and Urbanism 1890-1915
Rizzoli International
0847805115 / 978-0847805112
Nonfiction written by Robert A.M. Stern, Gregory Gilmartin, and John Massengale.

1997

Literary Work

New York 1960: Architecture and Urbanism Between the Second World War and the Bicentennial
The Monacelli Press
1885254857 / 978-1885254856
Nonfiction written by Robert A.M. Stern, David Fishman, and Thomas Mellins.

2008

Literary Work

The Philip Johnson Tapes: Interviews by Robert A.M. Stern
The Monacelli Press
1580932142 / 978-1580932141
Nonfiction.

2013

Literary Work

Paradise Planned: The Garden Suburb and the Modern City
The Monacelli Press
1580933262 / 978-1580933261
Nonfiction written with David Fishman and Jacob Tilove.

2016

Literary Work

Pedagogy and Place: 100 Years of Architecture Education at Yale
Yale University Press
9780300211924 / 978-0300211924
Nonfiction written with Jimmy Stamp.

2018

Literary Work

The New Residential Colleges at Yale: A Conversation Across Time
The Monacelli Press
1580935044 / 978-1580935043
Nonfiction written with Gideon Fink Shapiro.

2022

Literary Work

Between Memory and Invention: My Journey in Architecture
The Monacelli Press
1580935893 / 978-1580935890
Autobiography written with Leopoldo Villardi.

2025

Literary Work

New York 2020: Architecture and Urbanism at the Beginning of a New Century
The Monacelli Press
1580936946 / 978-1580936942
Nonfiction written with David Fishman and Jacob Tilove.

2025

Residence

Suffolk County: Mr. Stern had a home in East Hampton, New York.

2025

Death

New York County: Robert A. M. Stern died at his home in Manhattan, New York, on November 27, 2025.
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