The Edward P. Bass Fellowship enables the Yale School of Architecture to pair a leading developer with resident or visiting faculty, offering an advanced studio and makes possible within the School the kind of interchange between sophisticated architects and sophisticated market-based clients that characterizes much of the work being done in the field today. The Durst Organization, recognized as a world leader in the development of high-performance and environmentally advanced commercial property, was founded in 1915 and is the owner, manager and builder of 13 million square feet of residential property. A third generation of his family to lead the Durst Organization, Douglas Durst assumed the role of president in 1992, a position he held until 2010 when he became the company’s chairman.
