Edward Durell Stone
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Edward Durell Stone was a prominent 20th-century American architect known for his modernist yet ornamental designs on major public and cultural buildings.
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Edward Durell Stone buildings
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American architect
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architect
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human
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activeYearsEnd
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1970s
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activeYearsStart
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1920s
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awardReceived
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American Institute of Architects Gold Medal for Architecture (various chapter awards)
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child
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Hicks Stone
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countryOfCitizenship
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United States of America
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dateOfBirth
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1902-03-09
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dateOfDeath
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1978-08-06
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designed
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2 Columbus Circle, New York City (1964)
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John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (with others)
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U.S. Pavilion at Expo 58 in Brussels
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United States Embassy chancery in New Delhi (1954–1959)
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original building for the Museum of Modern Art, New York (1939)
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educatedAt
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Harvard University Graduate School of Design
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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University of Arkansas
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employer
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Edward Durell Stone & Associates
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familyName
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Stone
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fieldOfWork
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architecture
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genre
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cultural buildings
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institutional architecture
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public buildings
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givenName
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Edward
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influencedBy
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European modernism
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movement
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Modern architecture
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New Formalism
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name
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Edward Durell Stone
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nationality
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American
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notableFor
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combining modernist forms with decorative screens and patterns
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notableWork
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2 Columbus Circle, New York City
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A. T. & T. Building, Kansas City, Missouri
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John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, D.C.
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Museum of Modern Art building (1939), New York City
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Perkins Memorial Library, Duke University
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Radio City Music Hall interior, New York City
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U.S. Pavilion at the 1958 Brussels World’s Fair (Expo 58)
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United States Embassy in New Delhi, India
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University of Arkansas Fine Arts Center, Fayetteville
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placeOfBirth
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Fayetteville, Arkansas, United States
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placeOfDeath
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New York City, New York, United States
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sibling
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James Hicks Stone
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spouse
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Hicks Stone’s mother (second wife, name: Maria Elena Torchio Stone)
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Sarah Lucille Stone
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style
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formal, symmetrical compositions
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ornamental modernism
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workedAt
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New York City
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