Vincent Joseph Scully, Jr. (b.1920) is a Sterling Professor Emeritus of the History of Art in Architecture at Yale University, and the author of several books on the subject. Architect Philip Johnson once described Scully as the “the most influential architectural teacher ever.” A Sterling Professorship is the highest academic rank at Yale University, awarded to a tenured faculty member considered one of the best in his field. ... The Parthenon on top of the Acropolis, Athens, Greece Architecture (from Latin, architectura and ultimately from Greek, αρχιτεκτων, a master builder, from αρχι- chief, leader and τεκτων, builder, carpenter) is the art and science of designing buildings and structures. ... Yale redirects here. ... Architect at his drawing board, 1893 An Architect is a person who is involved in the planning, designing and oversight of a buildings construction. ... 1933 Portrait of Philip Johnson by Carl Van Vechten Philip Cortelyou Johnson (July 8, 1906 – January 25, 2005) was an influential American architect. ...

Born and raised in New Haven, Connecticut, Scully attended Hillhouse High School. At the age of 16, he entered Yale University. He earned his BA degree from Yale in 1940, and his Ph.D in 1949. Teaching classes at Yale since 1947, often to a full house, he is also a Distinguished Visiting Professor at the University of Miami. Year 1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1940 calendar). ... Year 1949 (MCMXLIX) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1949 calendar). ...

In 1952 he was awarded the Alice Davis Hitchcock Award. In 2004, Scully was a recipient of the National Medal of Arts, the United States' highest honor for artists and arts patrons. The award was given to him for "remarkable contributions to the history of design and modern architecture, including his influential teaching as an architectural historian." Yale Bulletin 1952 (MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Alice Davis Hitchcock Award, established in 1949, annually recognizes the most distinguished work of scholarship in the history of architecture published by a North American scholar. ... The National Medal of Arts is an award and title bestowed on selected honorees by the National Endowment for the Arts. ...

Scully's early advocacy was critical to the emergence of both Louis I. Kahn and Robert Venturi as important 20th Century architects. Louis Isadore Kahn (February 20, 1901 - March 17, 1974) practised as an architect in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and taught architecture there and at Yale. ... Robert Charles Venturi (June 25, 1925 -) is a Philadelphia-based architect who worked under Eero Saarinen and Louis Kahn before forming his own firm with John Rauch. ...

In 1999, the Vincent Scully Prize was established by the National Building Museum to honor individuals who have exhibited exemplary practice, scholarship or criticism in architecture, historic preservation and urban design. The Vincent Scully Prize was established in 1999 to recognize exemplary practice, scholarship or criticism in architecture, historic preservation and urban design. ... Categories: Museum stubs | Museums in Washington, DC | Architecture museums ...

Major publications

• Architecture: The Natural and the Manmade
• The Villas of Palladio
• Frank Lloyd Wright 1960
• Modern Architecture - The Architecture of Democracy 1961, 1974
• "The Shingle Style: Architectural Theory and Design from Richardson to the Origins of Wright" 1955, Library of Congress catalog card number 55-5988
• The Shingle Style Today 1974
• The Earth, the Temple, and the Gods: Greek Sacred Architecture 1979
• American Architecture and Urbanism 1988
• Pueblo: Mountain, Village, Dance 1989
• Louis I. Kahn 2000