Edward Durrell Stone (1902 Fayetteville Arkansas - 1978 New York City), American modernist twentieth century American architect. (19th century - 20th century - 21st century - more centuries) Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s The 20th century lasted from 1901 to 2000 in the Gregorian calendar (often from (1900 to 1999 in common usage). ... Architect at his drawing board, 1893 An architect/Building designer is a person involved in the planning, designing and oversight of a buildings construction, whose role is to guide decisions affecting those building aspects that are of aesthetic, cultural or social concern. ...

Stone attended Harvard and MIT and established his own firm in New York in 1936. After a period of strict interpretation of International Style, in the 1950's Stone departed from modernist strictures and developed an individual, idiosyncratic style which included patterns of ornament. By some accounts, this was through the influence of his wife. Treated as a renegade Stone continued to receive major commissions in the US and abroad. International style can refer to International style in ballroom dancing - see ballroom dance; International style in architecture - see international style. ...

In 2004 his life and career received renewed attention because of the impending destruction of Busch Stadium in St. Louis, and a fresh controversy over 2 Columbus Circle, an enigmatic, prominent, marble-clad building with Venetian motifs and a curved façade. It has filigreelike portholes and windows only at its top stories. The building was commissioned by Huntington Hartford Jr. as an art museum, and afterward deeded to the City. Proposed alterations to the building by architect Brad Cloepfil touched off a preservation debate joined by Tom Wolfe and Robert A. M. Stern, among city-wide, national and international preservation groups. Busch Stadium in St. ... The modernist building designed by Edward Durrell Stone at 2 Columbus Circle in New York City is listed as one of the World Monuments Funds 100 most endangered sites for 2006 (listed June 21, 2005). ... Tom Wolfe (born March 2, 1931) is an American author and journalist. ... Robert A.M. Stern Robert Arthur Morton Stern, usually credited as Robert A. M. Stern, (born May 23, 1939) is an American architect and Dean of the Yale School of Architecture. ...

Important works include:

• Museum of Modern Art, New York (with Philip L. Goodwin, 1939)
• Edward Durrell Stone House, New York City (1956)
• US Embassy, New Delhi (1958)
• US Pavilion at Expo 58, Brussels (1958)
• 2 Columbus Circle, New York City (1962)
• National Geographic Building, Washington, DC (1964)
• Busch Stadium, Saint Louis, Missouri (1966)
• State University of New York at Albany (1968)
• Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Washington, DC (1971)
• Aon Center, Chicago, Illinois (formerly Standard Oil Building) (1972)

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