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Howard Barnstone (March 27, 1923, in Auburn, Maine – May 1987 in Houston, Texas) was a Houston-based American architect.[1] He was best known for his work with Mark Rothko on the Rothko Chapel, and for the houses and public buildings he designed with Preston M. Bolton and Gene Aubry in the 1950s and 1960s, largely in Houston and Galveston.[2][3] Barnstone attended Yale College and the Yale School of Architecture, from which he received a Bachelor of Architecture in 1948. He was a professor at the University of Houston College of Architecture and Design for more than thirty years.[4][2] From 1952 to 1961, Barnstone was a partner in Bolton & Barnstone, one of Houston´s most public modern architectural firms at the time; the firm became Barnstone and Aubry (1966-1970) after he partnered with Aubry, his former student.[3][4][5] Architectural historian Stephen Fox characterized Barnstone's approach as one committed to personal vision, free inquiry, and delight over orthodoxy or conventional wisdom, resulting in diverse buildings that combined proportional grace with wit and charm, and diminutive scale with spatial expansiveness.[2]
- ^ Peter Applebome (May 2, 1987). "Howard Barnstone, 64, Dies; Texas Architect and Author". The New York Times. Retrieved 5 June 2014.
- ^ a b c Stephen Fox, "Howard Barnstone 1923–1987," Cite, Fall 1987, pp. 18–21.
- ^ a b Peter Applebome, " "Howard Barnstone 64 Dies, Texas Architect and Author," The New York Times, February 5, 1987. Accessed April 12, 2019.
- ^ a b Houston Library, "Howard Barnstone Collection," Archived 2014-06-06 at the Wayback Machine Houston Library, Collections. Accessed April 17, 2019.
- ^ Stephen Fox, Barnstone, Howard, Texas State Historical Association, Articles. Accessed April 17, 2019.