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= Bart Prince =

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Bart Prince is an American architect based in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He is best known for his highly organic style of architecture. He counts Frank Lloyd Wright, Antoni Gaudi, and Bruce Goff as his architectural inspirations, the latter of whom Prince was a former student and assistant to; as well as Claude Debussy and Pablo Picasso as inspirations of individual creativity. Prince worked closely with Bruce Goff as associate architects on the Pavilion for Japanese Art in Los Angeles from 1978 to 1988.

Biography
Born on June 24, 1947 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Prince's family raised Bart in a traditional Mormon family, but it’s unclear if Prince is or is not Mormon, we do know that Prince admired Mormon builders calling them prodigious builders. Prince had a passion for architecture and music growing up, he knew at an early age he wanted to pursue a career in architecture. He attended high school at Highland High School from 1962 through 1965, enrolled in his first drafting class where he went ambitiously beyond the course requirements and produced his own house design, which included nine technical working drawings, although his isometric drawings needed more attention than other drawings, he was obvious an "over achiever". In 1964 through 1965 he got his hands-on experience with a contractor by the name of Fred Hill, Hill did some tract houses in their neighborhood, Prince originally was hired to do technical drawings and eventually became the head designer for Hill. Prince went to Arizona State University college of architecture from 1965 to 1970. With Wright as an inspiration many wondered why Prince did not go to the Taliesin School of apprentices that was founded by Frank Lloyd Wright, Prince explanation was that "he is dead, and it seemed pointless to go". Prince knew he wanted to stay in the southwest so that was his main reasoning why he went to college in Arizona. ASU was known for its rigorous program for architecture that included 5 years that was comprised of 170 hours of courses, but Prince still did good in college despite the rigorous program, his transcript proved that he often earned A's in his studio classes. Many of his professors stated that he was an advanced individual and his college didn’t want to hold him back, so they let him graduate early within 4 years. In 1969 the war in Vietnam was at its peak and Prince was drafted but was later granted a college deferment. Prince mentioned that he was told that Arizona was a good school to go to but later would regret going there and often wonder that there must be a better school out there, but as he looks back at his college years, he became more appreciative of the curriculum. Prince eventually met Bruce Goff one day when Goff came to his college to give a lecture. Goff was touring the studio and liked all of Prince models. Later that day Prince was hoping to catch Goff before he went back to Norman Oklahoma and he did, Goff asked Prince to show him more drawings of his projects, later Goff told him that they would become good friends because he was impressed on how Princes could express his individualistic creativity. Goff mentored Prince for serval years which lead to a good friendship becoming partners. Prince thought of Goff as the next thing closest to Frank Lloyd Wright, with their ability to express their own unique creativity. Prince view on architecture seemed to be unique and different he was once said “There should be as many as kinds of houses as there are kinds of people and as many differentiations as there are different individuals”.

Selected Works[edit]
The Following is a selection of works by Prince that best exemplify his style:


 * 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, Los Angeles, California (with Bruce Goff)
 * 1988: Bradford Prince Residence, Albuquerque, New Mexico
 * 1989: Joe and Etsuko Price Residence, Corona del Mar, California (addition in 1996)
 * 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

References[edit]

 * 1) ^ Trend Magazine Global, "Radically Original: The Art of Bart Prince's Architecture. Retrieved 07-16-2017.
 * 2) ^ Architectural Digest, "Bart Prince", December 31, 2009. Retrieved 07-16-2017.
 * 3) ^ Bart Prince - LACMA. Retrieved 07-16-2017.
 * 4) ^ Bart Prince - Projects. Retrieved 07-16-2017.