Photograph: Francis Dzikowski/OTTO, courtesy of RAMSA.

Built by the prolific New York architecture firm Carrère and Hastings to commemorate Yale’s two-hundredth anniversary in 1901, the Bicentennial Buildings have recently reopened to the public as the Schwarzman Center, having undergone a dramatic restoration and transformation by Robert A.M. Stern Architects. Join Melissa DelVecchio, RAMSA partner in charge of the project, and Christian Ponce, YSC Visitor Services Manager, for a special New Haven Preservation Trust tour of the Center, which will highlight its history, the process of its revitalization, and its active role in university life today. Following the tour, participants will be invited to enjoy a drink at the Well, the basement bar of the Schwarzman Center.

Melissa DelVecchio is a partner at Robert A.M. Stern Architects and is the design lead for many of the firm’s most complex academic and institutional projects. Building upon her education that included an intensive study of classical architecture and a subsequent immersion into contemporary design, her work synthesizes tradition and invention, reinforcing the many visual, social, environmental, and cultural influences that give places identity and meaning. In addition to the Schwarzman Center, Melissa’s projects include two new residential colleges at Yale University, the first LEED Gold-certified academic building in China, and the Raclin Murphy Museum of Art, the anchor for the University of Notre Dame’s new arts district. She is a fellow of the American Institute of Architects as well as a jury member for the Richard H. Driehaus Prize and the Rafael Manzano Martos Prize. Melissa also recently served as the Robert A.M. Stern Visiting Professor of Classical Architecture at the Yale School of Architecture and as the Visiting Critic in Classical Architecture and Urbanism at Catholic University of America.

 This NHPT members only tour is free, but space is limited to the first 25 registrants.

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