Architect Robert AM Stern, 86, who founded and ran the New York City-based architecture firm that bears his name that designed schools, museums and libraries for the masses but also a landmark Manhattan condominium building overlooking Central Park for the ultra-wealthy, died in the city on Nov. 25 after a brief illness, a family member said. The New York Times.
Robert AM Stern Architects, also known as RAMSA, was founded by Stern as a sole practice in 1977 and is now ranked #285 on ENR’s Top 500 Design Firms list, with approximately 250 employees and $82.7 million in design revenue by 2024.
In a career spanning five decades, Stern was also a faculty member Columbia and Yale Universities, and directed the Yale School of Architecture from 1998 to 2016.
At his death, Stern was still working at his company, which will retire in January, he said Architect’s Journal,
Read more about Stern’s career and the impact of design and construction in this account from Architectural Record, ENR’s sister publication.
