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 ×1

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


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