Bart Prince

Biography

Prince was born in New Mexico and is a graduate of Highland High School and Arizona State University. He opened his own practice in Albuquerque in 1973.^[1] He counts as his architectural inspirations: Frank Lloyd Wright, Antoni Gaudi, and Bruce Goff, the latter to whom Prince was a former student and assistant.^[2] He accounts the inspiration for his individual creativity to Claude Debussy and Pablo Picasso.^[3]

Prince worked closely with Bruce Goff when they were associate architects on the Pavilion for Japanese Art in Los Angeles from 1978 to 1988.^[4]

Prince's great-grandfather was L. Bradford Prince, the governor of New Mexico Territory from 1889 to 1893.^[1]

His home and studio in Albuquerque is uniquely characteristic of his novel creativity.^[5]

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Selected works

The following is a selection of works by Prince that best exemplify his style:^[6]

1982: Dale and Margo Seymour Residence, Los Altos, California
1984: Bart Prince Residence and Studio, Albuquerque, New Mexico
1988: Pavilion for Japanese Art at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (with Bruce Goff), Los Angeles, California
1988: Bradford Prince Residence, Albuquerque, New Mexico
1989: Joe and Etsuko Price Residence (and an addition in 1996), Corona del Mar, California
1991: Henry Whiting Residence, near Sun Valley, Idaho
1991: Judy and Stuart Spence Residence, South Pasadena, California
1993: George Gradow / Barbi Benton Residence, Aspen, Colorado
1993: Boyd and Mary Kay Hight Residence, near Mendocino, California
1993: Christopher Mead / Michele Penhall Residence, Albuquerque, New Mexico
1998: Borden / Wiegner Residence, Jemez Springs, New Mexico
1999: Steve Skilken Residence, Columbus, Ohio
2002: Fu Residence, Rio Rancho, New Mexico
2004: Parsifal Townhomes, Albuquerque, New Mexico
2004: Whitmore Residence, Glorieta, New Mexico
2005: Dan Scherger and Suzanne Kolberg Residence, Albuquerque, New Mexico

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