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Monday, September 28
Registration & Reception: 5:30-6:30 pm
Remarks & Discussion: 6:30-8:00 pm

Yale Center Beijing
8 Jianguomenwai Avenue
36th Floor
Tower B of IFC Building
(Yong'anli Subway Station, Exit C)

Yale Center Beijing invited Robert A.M. Stern, dean of the Yale School of Architecture and Ma Yansong participate Leaders Forum on Monday 28 September, 2015. They are going to have a discussion “Challenges and Opportunities of Local, Regional & National Architectural Identity in an Age of Global Practice”. 

Free admission and limited space only. Please provide a scanned copy of your business card, Yale school and class year (if applicable), and a question that you would like to pose to Dean Stern to [email protected] by September 28, 2015. We will notify successful registrants by September 28, 2015. Priority for entry goes to Yale alumni and students, but non-Yale alumni are welcome. This event will be in English, with simultaneous translation into Chinese.

The talk by Mr. Stern will be followed by discussions with leading architects including Yale Professor Alan Plattus (YC '76), Yansong Ma (M.Arch. 2002), Former Dean Wenyi Zhu, current Dean Weimin Zhuang, Vice Dean Jian Liu from Tsinghua University’s School of Architecture, and architect Pei Zhu.

The Speaker

Robert A. M. Stern is a practicing architect, teacher, and writer. He is a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects, and received the AIA New York Chapter's Medal of Honor in 1984 and the Chapter's President's Award in 2001, among numerous other awards. As founder and Senior Partner of Robert A. M. Stern Architects, he personally directs the design of each of the firm's projects.

Mr. Stern is the J.M. Hoppin Professor of Architecture and Dean of the Yale School of Architecture. He has lectured extensively in the United States and abroad on both historical and contemporary topics in architecture. He is the author of several books. Mr. Stern's profound interest in the development of New York City's architecture and urbanism can be seen in his books, including New York 1930 (Rizzoli, 1987) coauthored with Thomas Mellins and Gregory Gilmartin, which was nominated for a National Book Award, an unusual distinction for a book about architecture. Seventeen books on Mr. Stern's work have been published. Mr. Stern's work has been exhibited at numerous galleries and universities. Mr. Stern served on the Board of Directors of The Walt Disney Company from 1992 to 2003. Mr. Stern is a graduate of Columbia University (B.A., 1960) and Yale University (M. Architecture, 1965).

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