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To be an architect is to possess an individual voice speaking a generally understood language of form.

Robert A. M. Stern

The American dream has always depended on the dialogue between the present and the past. In our architecture, as in all our other arts-indeed, as in our political and social culture as a whole-ours has been a struggle to formulate and sustain a usable past.

Robert A. M. Stern

Robert A. M. Stern

Robert A. M. Stern

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Born: May 23, 1939

Died: November 27, 2025 (aged 86)

Bio: Robert Arthur Morton Stern, usually credited as Robert A. M. Stern, was a New York City and New Haven based American architect, professor, and academic writer. He served as the Dean of the Yale School of Architecture.

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