Ralph Lauren Helps Build New Bridges

by Gabrielle Hennessey

The memory of late architect Charles Gwathmey, who passed away 3 August this year, is being honored with a new eponymous professorship at the Yale School of Architecture faciliated by the generosity of American designer Ralph Lauren.

Lauren and his wife, Ricky, shared a close friendship with Gwathmey, whose vast design résumé includes the Holocaust Memorial in Berlin, the Yale Arts Complex, and various housing and urban design projects — all executed in his iconic “High Modernist” style.

The Charles Gwathmey professorship serves not only as a living tribute to the architect, but also as a means of fostering growth into the design community and encouraging the flow of fresh, new ideas: something which will never go out of style.

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