Vincent Scully spent an entire lifetime at Yale: first as a student, then as a professor for over six decades. But a debate over the partial demolition of the Yale Divinity School in the late 1990s almost caused Scully to sever ties with the University.
The modernist architect Charles Gwathmey ARC ’62, who oversaw the restoration of the Art & Architecture Building and the construction of the Loria Center for the History of Art, died Aug. 3 at the age of 71. His fellow architect and longtime friend Robert A.M. Stern ARC ’65, the dean of the Yale School of Architecture, reflected on Gwathmey’s work, his life and his legacy...
NEW YORK — Charles Gwathmey ARC '62, the modernist architect who tenderly restored the Art & Architecture Building as the capstone of his career, died Monday in Manhattan. He was 71.
The area designated as a Jordanian national parkland, situated about six miles south of the southern tip of the Sea of Galilee, is a slice of no-man’s-land on the Israel-Jordan border. Some biblical scholars believe the site is the entrance to the Garden of Eden, but at the moment it is home only to ruins, scraggly weeds and a crack squadron of Jordan’s Royal Guard.
For two months this year, the modern concrete edifice on the corner of York and Chapel streets will play host to an unusual sight: white picket fences.
“I love architecture, but I also love chocolate. Like Josephine Baker, ‘j’ai deux amours,’ with the difference that I don’t sing about Paris but about Palladio,” said Kurt Forster, the Vincent Scully visiting professor of architectural history.
A 1960s Vogue magazine photo shoot of a cocktail party in Paul Rudolph’s former New Haven house depicts women wearing pearls and men in tuxedos sipping martinis next to Rudolph’s trademark cantilevered staircase — steps that appear to be floating in the air.
Could the choice of a traditional architect to build Yale’s two new residential colleges actually betray the University’s tradition?
Two teams — each with a tie to the Yale School of Architecture — are now the only candidates remaining for the title of developer of the old Veterans Memorial Coliseum site.
The selection of an architect was almost entirely based on discussions among members of the Yale Corporation, University President Richard Levin said Wednesday.
Robert A.M. Stern ARC ’65, the dean of the Yale School of Architecture, has been commissioned to design Yale’s 13th and 14th residential colleges, the News has learned. University President Richard Levin confirmed the appointment when reached at home Wednesday night. A public announcement is scheduled for today, Levin said. “He’s the ideal person to do this job,” Levin...
Less than a month after it officially embarked upon the addition of two new residential colleges, the University is close to choosing an architect for what will be Yale’s most prized commission in decades.
