Masonry Magazine July 1979 Page. 9
Edward Larrabee Barnes Selected for 1979 Louis Sullivan Award
Edward Larrabee Barnes, FAIA, an internationally recognized leader in architectural design for three decades, is the winner of the 1979 Louis Sullivan Award for Architecture.
The announcement that the award and accompanying $5,000 prize would go to Barnes was made jointly by the International Union of Bricklayers & Allied Craftsmen, which sponsors the awards program, and the American Institute of Architects, which administers it.
The Sullivan Award is given by the Bricklayers' International Union once every two years to the practicing U.S. or Canadian architect whose work is deemed to best exemplify the ideals and achievements of the late Louis Sullivan, the father of modern American architecture. The recipient is selected by a jury chosen by the union and AIA.
Previous winners of the award were Ulrich Franzen, FAIA, New York; Hartman-Cox Architects, Washington, D.C.; Philip Johnson, FAIA, New York; and Davis, Brody & Associates, New York.
Barnes, a native of Chicago who has his architectural practice headquartered in New York, is regarded as one of the most influential American architects, and a master in the use of masonry. Three of his projects are pictured on these pages.
This year's jury commented that Barnes' buildings over the years "have been uniformly sensitive to their surroundings, restrained in their use of materials, thoughtful and clear."
John T. Joyce, Secretary of the Bricklayers' International Union, said: "The jury's selection of Mr. Barnes is an outstanding choice one that gives added stature to the award and much satisfaction to the International Union. Mr. Barnes is one of those architects who knows what masonry can do, who is confident in his use of the materials, and who applies masonry in ways that are at the same time both traditional and fresh.
"Long before other architects were talking about post-modernism, Mr. Barnes was demonstrating the importance of site and setting in his designs, and this dedication to what has been called 'the architecture of the vernacular' has kept him at the forefront of his profession for many years."
Barnes will receive the award and prize at the International Union's general board meeting in San Diego in September.
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