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Diane Lewis, architect and eminent Cooper Union professor, has died

2017-05-02T13:45:00-04:00

New York architect and professor Diane Lewis has passed away, The Cooper Union announced in a statement today. She was the first woman appointed to the school's full-time architecture faculty and tenured in 1993. Since then, she was a “beloved and influential voice” in the community, wrote Nader Tehrani, dean of the Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture.

Lewis won the 1976 Rome Prize in Architecture, being one of the youngest recipients of the award. In addition to her experience at the American Academy in Rome, she spent her formative years working at Richard Meier's office from 1977-78, followed by six years at I.M. Pei and Partners from 1978-83, while launching her teaching career.

Photo © Rob Mattson, Sarasota Herald-Tribune, via Asia Contemporary Art Week.

Then in 1983, she established her eponymous firm, Diane Lewis Architects. She fiercely dedicated her practice to studio teaching and critical writing on architecture, and she integrated the approach of “the architecture of t...

Robert A.M. Stern wins 2017 AIA/ACSA Topaz Medallion

2016-12-08T17:39:00-05:00

The AIA and the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) deemed Robert A.M. Stern the 2017 laureate of the Topaz Medallion, the highest accolade bestowed to an architecture educator. The yearly award distinguishes an individual for their significant involvement in architecture education for at least a decade, and also for their widespread influential teaching.

Credit: Yale School of Architecture

Robert A.M. Stern was acknowledged for his dedication to architecture education throughout his 50-year career — from his buildings, his teaching at Columbia University and deanship at Yale School of Architecture, to his numerous books such as “New Directions in American Architecture”, his New York City architectural heritage series, and the recent “Pedagogy and Place: 100 Years of Architecture Education at Yale”. The Partners at Robert A.M. Stern Architects also promote emerging talent in awarding the $10,000 RAMSA Travel Fellowship every year.

Previous Topaz laureates include ...