Lectures
Gordon H. Smith Lecture
Timur Galen and Phil Bernstein
A Conversation on Practice
Timur Galen is an Executive Vice President at The Related Companies. Galen also served as Global Co-Head of Corporate Services and Real Estate (CSRE) at Goldman Sachs, where he led the development of 200 West Street, the firm’s global headquarters, and the transformative redevelopment of the broader New York/New Jersey campus, including 30 Hudson Street and the Conrad New York hotel and retail complex. He also oversaw the evolution of the balance of Goldman’s global campus, including significant projects in Beijing, Hong Kong, Singapore, Tokyo, Paris, Moscow, Chicago, São Paulo, Salt Lake City and major new developments in London and Bengaluru.
Phil Bernstein (YC ‘79, M.Arch '83) is Associate Dean at the Yale School of Architecture where he has taught since 1988. He was formerly a Vice President at Autodesk, where he was responsible for setting the company’s future vision and strategy for technology as well as cultivating and sustaining the firm’s relationships with strategic industry. Phil was the executive responsible for Autodesk’s Waltham AEC Headquarters project, which received more than 14 architectural awards including those from the American Institute of Architects, Business Week/Architectural Record, the Association of General Contractors and Interiors Magazine. Prior to joining Autodesk, he practiced architecture as a principal at Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects where he managed many of the firm’s most complex commissions.