
Banana Republic Building, Chicago, Illinois, Front Elevation
Catalogue
- Year
- 1990
- Dimensions
- 60.8 × 91.8 cm (23 15/16 × 36 1/8 in.)
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Artist
- Robert A. M. Stern
Artist

Drawing
Robert A. M. Stern is an American architect and urban planner whose practice spans residential, institutional, and civic design from the 1960s onward. Working primarily in a contextualist approach that engages historical precedent and regional character, Stern has designed private residences, academic buildings, and master-planned communities that respond to their architectural and cultural setting rather than imposing a singular stylistic doctrine. His work bridges modernism and traditional architecture, treating ornamentation and material specificity as integral to design rather than decorative afterthought.
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Record
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- Robert A. M. Stern
- Year
- 1990
- Dimensions
- 60.8 × 91.8 cm (23 15/16 × 36 1/8 in.)
- Watts ID
- WW-1990-134777
Source
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Source
- aic
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified





