Ralph Lauren Honors Charles Gwathmey with Yale Professorship

Architect Peter Eisenman will be Yale's first Charles Gwathmey Professor of Architecture.

From Yale Daily News -- Interior Design, 11/6/2009

From Yale Daily News: When renowned architect Peter Eisenman entered the Yale School of Architecture’s Paul Rudolph Hall to teach “Formal Analysis” Thursday, his title was still the Louis I. Kahn Visiting Professor of Architectural Design.

But starting in January, Eisenman will be the first Charles Gwathmey Professor of Architecture.

University President Richard Levin announced today that American fashion designer Ralph Lauren has endowed a permanent professorship in honor of the late architect Charles Gwathmey ARC ’62, whose last project was the renovation of Rudolph Hall and the design of the Loria Center last fall. Eisenman will be the first appointee to the position. The University did not disclose the amount of Lauren’s donation, but the minimum required for a permanent professorship is $3 million, according to the Yale Tomorrow Fundraising Campaign’s Web site.

 
Shots for the Gwathmey Siegel renovation of Yale's Paul Rudolph Hall.

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