Edward Larrabee Barnes
Edward Larrabee Barnes | |
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| Born | April 22, 1915 Chicago, Illinois |
| Died | September 22, 2004 (aged 89) |
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| Occupation | Architect |
Edward Larrabee Barnes (April 22, 1915 – September 22, 2004) was an American architect. His work was characterized by the "fusing [of] Modernism with vernacular architecture and understated design."[1] Among his best known projects are the Dallas Museum of Art, the Walker Art Center, and 590 Madison Avenue.
Early life and education[]
Barnes was born in Chicago, Illinois into a family he described as "incense-swinging High Episcopalians", consisting of Cecil Barnes, a lawyer, and Margaret Helen Ayer, recipient of a Pulitzer Prize for the novel Year of Grace. Barnes graduated from Harvard in 1938 after studying English and Art History before switching to architecture, then taught at his alma mater Milton Academy,[2] before returning to Harvard for further studies under Walter Gropius and Marcel Breuer. He graduated from the Harvard Graduate School of Design in 1942 and served in the Navy during World War II. After the war he worked for Henry Dreyfuss in Los Angeles designing prototypes for mass-produced homes.
Career[]
In 1949 Barnes founded Edward Larrabee Barnes Associates in Manhattan. During his long career, Barnes, with his wife Mary Barnes as interior designer, designed office buildings, museums, botanical gardens, private houses, churches, schools, camps, colleges, campus master plans, and housing.
Over the years, he also taught at Harvard University, the Pratt Institute, and the University of Virginia, and served as a member of the Urban Design Council of New York and as vice-president of the American Academy in Rome. In 1969, Barnes was elected into the National Academy of Design as an Associate member, and became a full member in 1974. He was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1978.[3] In 2007 he was posthumously honored with the American Institute of Architects' highest award, the AIA Gold Medal. He also received the Thomas Jefferson Medal in Architecture, the Harvard University 350th Anniversary Medal, and some forty other awards. His Haystack Mountain School of Crafts won the AIA Twenty-five Year Award.
In 1993 Barnes announced his retirement but he continued to work as a consultant for Lee / Timchula Architects, founded by Barnes' lead partner, John M.Y. Lee and associate, Michael Timchula. Lee / Timchula inherited various projects that the Barnes' office were awarded.
The AIA Board of Directors posthumously awarded the 2007 AIA Gold Medal to Edward Larrabee Barnes, FAIA.
Barnes died in 2004 in Cupertino, California. His archives are located at the Frances Loeb Library at Harvard University.[4] He is laid to rest on Mt. Desert Island, Maine.
Partners[5][6][]
- John Ming Yee Lee
- Percy Keck
- Alistair Bevington
Selected projects[]
- State University of New York at Purchase Master Plan, Purchase, NY, 1960s
599 Lexington Avenue, New York City (1986) - State University of New York at Potsdam Master Plan, Potsdam, NY 1960s
- Haystack Mountain School of Arts and Crafts Master Plan, Deer Isle, ME, 1962
- El Monte Renewal Project (master plan and architecture), San Juan, PR, 1964
- Christian Theological Seminary, Indianapolis, IN, 1966
- Bennington College student housing, Bennington, VT 1966
- Crown Center Master Plan, Kansas City, MO 1970s
- 28 State Street, Boston, MA, 1969
- Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN 1969
- Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN, 1971
- Minneapolis Sculpture Garden, Minneapolis MN, 1971
- Smart Museum, Chicago, IL, 1974
- Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA, 1974
- Cochrane-Woods Art Center, Chicago, IL, 1974
- Visual Arts Center at Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME, 1975
- Packard Hall of Music and Art at Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO, 1976
- Cross Campus Library, Yale University, 1976 (Remodeled in 2007)[7]
- Citigroup Center, New York City (collaboration), 1977
- Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Burlington, VT, 1977
- Asia Society building, New York City, 1980
- Hyatt Regency Kansas City hotel, Kansas City, MO, 1980
- , St. Louis, MO, 1982
- Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art, Utah State University, Logan, UT, 1982
- 535 Madison Avenue, New York City, 1982
- 590 Madison Avenue, New York City, 1983
- Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX, 1984
- Schine Student Center at Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 1984
- 121 South Main Street, Providence, Rhode Island, 1984[8]
- Gooch Dillard, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, 1984
- Museum of Art Fort Lauderdale, Fort Lauderdale, FL 1986
- 599 Lexington Avenue, New York City, 1986
- AXA Center, New York City, 1986
- 125 West 55th Street, New York City, 1988
- Hyde Collection, Glens Falls, NY, 1989 (expansion)
- Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA, 1990
- Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville, TN, 1990
- Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building, Washington, DC, 1992
- , Manhasset, NY, 1993
- Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, AL, 1993 (expansion)
- IUPUI University Library, Indianapolis, IN, 1994
Gallery[]
28 State Street, 1969
Walker Art Center, 1971
Hyatt Regency Kansas City, 1980
Asia Society, 1980
121 South Main Street, 1984
Dallas Museum of Art, 1984
787 Seventh Avenue, 1986
Hammer Museum, 1990
Knoxville Museum of Art, 1990
IUPUI University Library, 1994
Mathematics and Science Library at Amherst College, MA
Hallmark Hall Brothers' Crown Center Development in the early 70s
University of Texas, Southwest Medical Center-North Wing
Sarah Scaife Galleries at the Carnegie Museum of Art
Rockefeller Hall at Harvard Divinity School
Florida Atlantic University School of Arts. Built on old runways
Atrium of 590 Madison Ave. IBM Tower
References[]
- ^ "AIArchitect This Week | Edward Larrabee Barnes, FAIA, Selected for 2007 AIA Gold Medal". info.aia.org. Retrieved 2021-07-19.
- ^ "Milton Magazine, Spring 2005". Issuu. Retrieved 2021-01-02.
- ^ "Book of Members, 1780-2010: Chapter B" (PDF). American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Retrieved May 17, 2011.
- ^ "Collection: The Edward Larrabee Barnes Collection | HOLLIS for". hollisarchives.lib.harvard.edu. Retrieved 2021-08-01.
- ^ Firm was renamed Edward Larrabee Barnes and John M.Y. Lee Architects in 1983.
- ^ blake, peter (1994). Edward Larrabee Barnes Architect. 300 Park Ave South, New York, NY 10010: Rizzoli International Publications. p. 9. ISBN 0-84-78-1821-7.CS1 maint: location (link)
- ^ "The Bass Library Grand Opening" (PDF). no•ta be•ne: News from the Yale Library. 22 (2): 1. Fall 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 May 2013. Retrieved 1 April 2015.
- ^ Daivs, Marion (6 Aug 2005). "Brown to buy Old Stone Bank Building for $31.5M". Providence Business News. Retrieved 1 April 2015.
- Edward Larrabee Barnes, Edward Larrabee Barnes: Architect, Rizzoli International Publications, 1995. ISBN 978-0-8478-1821-1.
- "Edward Larrabee Barnes, Modern Architect, Dies at 89", The New York Times, September 23, 2004. [1]
- "Snatched from Oblivion," (with Henry Dreyfuss) Metropolis magazine'', October 2006, p. 56 by Jeffrey Head
- Emporis.com biography
External links[]
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- Edward Larrabee Barnes at archINFORM
- [2] Biography and sample buildings
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