Bart Prince (born June 24, 1947) is an American architect based in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He is best known for his highly organic style of architecture.
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]
The following is a selection of works by Prince that best exemplify his style: [6]
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