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Robert A.M. Stern: Buildings and Projects, 1987-1992
Published in Paperback by Rizzoli (1992)
Authors: Robert A. M. Stern, Vincent Joseph Scully, Elizabeth Kraft, and Vincent, Jr. Scully
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Counter-factual comment on my wish list¿.
Everyone has his or her own what-if scenarios and Mr. Robert A. M. Stern would play a central role in mine. For some people it's cars, or planes, houses, or paintings by the Old Masters. In my case the list is all of the above. So were I ever to make the Fortune 500, a home by one of the Greatest Architects would top the list.

This book covers a relatively short period of this Artist's career, specifically 1987-1992. It also happens to include many projects that were built in New England where I live. I had seen some of his work in person, and other examples in magazines, but it wasn't until I did some research that I found he was responsible for nearly all the projects I had so enjoyed. Many know one project in Massachusetts as Mr. Stern designed the Norman Rockwell Museum in the Berkshire Hills of Stockbridge. He also designed several buildings for Disney in Orlando, as well as numerous Colleges, and residences both urban and rural.

There is a fairly good chance his work is known to many readers because of some of the project's locales and the frequency that so many Americans visit them. While walking in a city with towers looming above it is often impossible to get far enough away to see what is blocking out the sun, this book solves that problem. And chances are Mr. Stern's work is not preventing the sun from reaching you, as his designs seem to belong where they are. His work and the surrounding areas accommodate each other as opposed to many Architects whose goal is to leave their mark. Once you become familiar with his work you will see the statements made by his buildings leave as strong an impression as any. Mr. Stern is a master designer, and his elegant, classically influenced work stands out because of what it is as opposed to how tall, how ostentatious, or how intrusive.

Even if you have never thought of picking up a book featuring the work of an Architect, I suggest if you do, this is a great place to start, and will not disappoint. His work is accessible; it is not the 15 minutes of fame trendy nonsense that is as silly and pretentious as it is transient.


Alexander Gorlin: Buildings and Projects
Published in Paperback by Rizzoli (1997)
Authors: Vincent Joseph Scully, Paul Goldberger, Alexander Gorlin, Vincent, Jr. Scully, and Paul Goldberg
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American Architecture and Urbanism
Published in Hardcover by Henry Holt & Company, Inc. (1988)
Authors: Vincent Joseph Scully and Vincent, Jr. Scully
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The Architecture of the American Summer: The Flowering of the Shingle Style
Published in Paperback by Rizzoli (1989)
Authors: Vincent Joseph Scully, Vincent, Jr. Scully, and Temple Hoyne Buell Center for The Study
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The Earth, the Temple, and the Gods: Greek Sacred Architecture
Published in Paperback by Yale Univ Pr (1979)
Authors: Vincent Joseph Scully and Vincent, Jr. Scully
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Frank Lloyd Wright
Published in Paperback by George Braziller (1960)
Authors: Vincent Joseph Scully and Vincent, Jr. Scully
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Modern Architecture: Romanticism and Reintegration
Published in Paperback by DaCapo Press (1993)
Authors: Henry-Russell, Jr. Hitchcock, Vincent Joseph Scully, and Vincent, Jr. Scully
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Pueblo/Mountain, Village, Dance
Published in Paperback by University of Chicago Press (1989)
Authors: Vincent Joseph Scully and Vincent, Jr. Scully
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Aldo Rossi: Buildings and Projects
Published in Hardcover by Rizzoli (1985)
Authors: Peter Arnell, Rafael Moneo, Ted Bickford, Vincent Joseph Scully, Jose Rafael Moneo, Rafael Moneo Vincent Scully, and Vincent, Jr. Scully
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