Office Culture

At Robert A.M. Stern Architects, our staff includes people from around the world with a wide variety of professional backgrounds and all levels of experience. We collaborate with the best design consultants as we work throughout the United States and internationally. Strong advocates of continuing education, our office organizes field trips to historical architectural sites and lectures by colleagues and guests while exploring issues in both classical and modernist architecture. Our office offers frequent happy hours, supports staff athletic teams, and promotes weekend sketchbook outings.

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RAMSA Prize

Governed by Hierarchy: Japan’s Samurai Districts Brenna Decker and Caitlin B. Getman traveled throughout southern Japan to catalogue and analyze six preserved samurai districts. ...

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GALLERY

The inaugural exhibition "Drawing from Experience" focuses on the tradition of travel sketching, a fundamental component of an architect’s lifelong education. The hand-to-eye connection internalizes an impression of the built environment in a way that can ...

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RAMSA Fellowship

Catenary Vaulting on Mfangano Island Jonathan Dessi-Olive traveled to Kenya, to introduce timbrel vaulting – a traditional clay building system – to craftsman on the island of Mfangano. He proposed locally-manufactured clay tiles as a sustainable solut ...

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