Edward Larrabee Barnes (April 22, 1915 – September 22, 2004) was a prolific American architect.
Barnes was a Harvard graduate and over the years taught variously at Harvard, the Pratt Institute, and the University of Virginia. He was the founder of Edward Larrabee Barnes Associates in New York City, member of the Urban Design Council of New York, and a vice-president of the American Academy in Rome.
In 2007 he was honored with the American Instit...
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Edward Larrabee Barnes (April 22, 1915 – September 22, 2004) was a prolific American architect.
Barnes was a Harvard graduate and over the years taught variously at Harvard, the Pratt Institute, and the University of Virginia. He was the founder of Edward Larrabee Barnes Associates in New York City, member of the Urban Design Council of New York, and a vice-president of the American Academy in Rome.
In 2007 he was honored with the American Institute of Architects highest award, the AIA Gold Medal.
Barnes was born in Chicago, Illinois. His mother was Margaret Helen Ayer who won a Pulitzer Prize for the novel Year of Grace. His father was a lawyer.
He graduated from Harvard in 1938 after studying English and Art History before switching to architecture. He taught at Milton Academy. He graduated the Harvard design school 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.
In 1949 he...
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