EDWARD LARRABEE BARNES

“Although Barnes was modest, perhaps to a fault…his influence has nonetheless been broad and deep.”

— Henry N. Cobb, FAIA

Born in Chicago, IL, Edward Larrabee Barnes (1915-2004) studied architecture at the Harvard Graduate School of Design under Walter Gropius and Marcel Breuer. He opened his own practice in Manhattan in 1949, and over the next 45 years designed projects around the country including the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, MN; the Haystack Mountain School of Arts and Crafts on Deer Isle, ME; and the Dallas Museum of Art.

When the American Institute of Architects posthumously awarded Barnes the 2007 AIA Gold Medal, it was noted that Barnes “is best remembered for fusing Modernism with vernacular architecture and understated design.” The Gold Medal honors an individual whose significant body of work has had a lasting influence on the theory and practice of architecture.

For more detailed biographical information, please visit The Cultural Landscape Foundation or read his obituary in the New York Times.