For Immediate Release: November 3, 2008
Media Contact: Marketing and Communication Department
2008 Vincent Scully Prize Lecture to be held at the Embassy of Canada
WHAT
Established in 1999, the Vincent Scully Prize recognizes exemplary scholarship, criticism, or practice in architecture, historic preservation, and urban design.The prize is named after Professor Vincent Scully, in order to honor his work and extend his legacy. For more than four decades, Scully's teaching and scholarship have profoundly influenced prominent architects and urban planners, including the tenth laureate, Robert A.M. Stern.
Stern, a student of Scully's in the 1960s, is now the dean of the Yale School of Architecture. Since assuming that post in 1998, Stern has transformed the school into a place where diverse ideas and discourse are both encouraged and valued. In addition to his leadership at Yale, Stern's years of teaching at Columbia and Yale Universities and his influential publications reflecting on the history of architecture in New York have had profound impact on architecture.
Stern, who was recently reappointed to a third consecutive, five-year term as dean, has been repeatedly praised by colleagues and the architecture community at large for his contributions at Yale. Deborah Berke, member of the Scully Prize jury and an adjunct professor at Yale, notes that Stern has brought vibrancy to the institution.
As part of his acceptance of the Scully Prize, Stern will give an original lecture on the state of design education today at the Embassy of Canada on Thursday, November 13, 2008. Chase W. Rynd, president and executive director of the National Building Museum acknowledged the selection of the lecture venue, "With three prior Vincent Scully Prize laureates, Jane Jacobs, Phyllis Lambert, and Witold Rybczynski, of Canadian heritage, it is a natural fit to hold the Vincent Scully Prize lecture at the Embassy of Canada."
There is a celebratory gala and award ceremony at the National Building Museum on Wednesday, November 12. For more information on the gala, please visit www.nbm.org or email tpassarelle@nbm.org.
WHO
Robert A.M. Stern, Dean, Yale School of Architecture and Founder and Senior Partner, Robert A.M. Stern Architects
Vincent Scully, Sterling Professor Emeritus of the history of Art, Yale University and a distinguished visiting professor at the University of Miami
Carolyn S. Brody, Honorary Trustee, National Building Museum, Vincent Scully Prize Juror
David M. Schwarz, Chair, Vincent Scully Prize Jury
Chase W. Rynd, President and Executive Director, National Building Museum
WHERE
Embassy of Canada
501 Pennsylvania Ave NW
Washington, DC 20001
202.682.1740
*Valid ID required for entry and all visitors must pass through security.
Metro: Archives-Navy Memorial-Penn Quarter Metro, Green and Yellow Line; Judiciary Square, Red Line
WHEN
Thursday, November 13, 2008
PUBLIC RECEPTION: 5:30 - 6:30 pm
LECTURE: 6:30 – 8:00 pm
TICKETS
$12 National Building Museum members and students; $20 Non-members. Prepaid registration required. Click here or call 202.272.2448 to register.
Contacts
Marketing and Communications Department, 202.272.2448, ext. 3458
Background
The Vincent Scully Prize was instituted in honor of Vincent Scully, the Sterling Professor Emeritus of the history of art at Yale University and a distinguished visiting professor at the University of Miami. For more than four decades his teaching and scholarship have profoundly influenced prominent architects and urban planners. The jury for the Prize is comprised of Chairman David Schwarz; Carolyn Brody; Robert Peck; Samina Quraeshi; and Deborah Berke. Past recipients of the Scully prize include Vincent Scully, Jane Jacobs, Andrés Duany and Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk, Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown, His Highness The Aga Khan, His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales, Phyllis Lambert, Witold Rybczynski, and Richard Moe.
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