Beckman Auditorium, Edward D. Stone, Architect 1963

Beckman Auditorium, Edward D. Stone, Architect 1963
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Designed by Edward Durell Stone (1902 - 1978), the architect began his architectural studies at the University of Arkansas, where his interest in architecture was encouraged by the chairman of the art department. His older brother, James Hicks Stone (1886–1928), was already a practicing architect in Boston, Massachusetts, who encouraged him to join him there. While in Boston, Stone attended the Boston Architectural Club (now Boston Architectural College), Harvard University, and MIT, and apprenticed in the offices of Coolidge, Shepley, Bulfinch and Abbott, (successor firm to H.H. Richardson).