Résumé

United States Naval Reserve, 1942-1947.

Founding Partner, Edward Larrabee Barnes and Associates, New York, NY, 1949-1988.

Teaching

Architectural Design Critic and Lecturer, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY, 1954-1959.

Architectural Design Critic and Lecturer, Yale University, New Haven, CT, 1957-1964.

Member of the Visiting Committee, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA, 1965-1968.

Visiting Professor, Harvard University, Graduate School of Design, 1978-c. 1993.

Thomas Jefferson Professor of Architecture, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, 1980.

Professional Activities

Director, Municipal Art Society of New York, New York, NY, 1960-c. 1993; Barnes served as Treasurer for this organization in 1961.

Trustee, American Academy of Rome, Rome Italy, 1963-1978; Barnes served as the 1st Vice-President in 1973, 1st Vice-Chairman in 1975 of the Rome Academy.

Member, Urban Design Council of New York, 1972-1976.

Trustee, Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1975-c. 1993.

Member, Westchester Planning Board, Westchester County, NY, 1976-c. 1993.

Professional Awards

Recipient, American Academy of Arts and Letters, Arnold W. Brunner Memorial Prize, New York, NY, 1959.

Recipient,Progressive Architecture magazine, design citation, 1959.

Recipient, Architectural League of New York, Silver Medal, New York, NY, 1960.

Design citation, Progressive Architecture magazine, 1963.

Recipient, 1st Honor Award, Federal Housing Administration (FHA), Washington, DC, 1963.

Recipient, Citation in Landscape Architecture, Architectural League of New York, New York, 1965.

Named Fellow, American Institute of Architects (FAIA), 1966, for Design.

Named Associate, National Academy of Design, New York, NY, 1969.

Recipient, Medal of Honor, American Institute of Architects (AIA), New York Chapter, New York, 1971.

Recipient, AIA, Honor Award, 1972.

Recipient, Harleston Parker Medal, Boston Society of Architects, Boston, MA, 1972;

Recipient, Merit Awards, American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA), Washington, DC, 1972.

Academician, National Academy of Design, New York, NY, 1974. (See "Academicians: Architects," National Academy of Design 162nd Annual Exhibition, March 24-April 29, 1987, [New York: National Academy of Design, 1987], n.p.)

Honor Citation, Progressive Architecture magazine, 1974.

Recipient, AIA, Honor Award, 1977.

Named Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Cambridge, MA, 1978.

Recipient, Merit Awards, American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA), Washington, DC, 1978.

Recipient, Louis Sullivan Award, International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers, Washington, DC, 1979;

Recipient, AIA Firm Award,1980.

Recipient, Honor Award, Connecticut Society of Architects, New Haven, CT, 1980.

Recipient, Thomas Jefferson Medal, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, 1981.

Recipient, Honor Award, Mayor of the City of New York, New York, 1982.

Recipient, Honorary Doctorate, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI, 1983.

Recipient, Honorary Doctorate, Amherst College, Amherst, MA, 1984.

College

B.Arch., Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 1938, at Harvard, Barnes studied under Marcel Breuer.

M.Arch., Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 1942.

College Awards

Sheldon Traveling Scholarship, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 1941-1942.

Relocation

Barnes died from complications due to a stroke at his house in Cupertino, CA at the age of 89.

Spouse

Barnes married Mary Elizabeth Coss in 1944;

Children

Edward and Mary Barnes had one son, John Barnes.