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Robert A.M. Stern

Robert A.M. Stern is an architect, writer, teacher, and principal of the Robert A.M. Stern Architects firm in New York. The Dean of the Yale School of Architecture, he was awarded the Topaz Medallion by the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture and the American Institute of Architects, of which he is a Fellow. He has authored several books, including New York 1900, New York 1930, and Modern Classicism.

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