Bainbridge Bunting (November 23, 1913 – February 13, 1981) was an American

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and

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. Bunting received his Ph.D. from

Harvard University Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1636 as Harvard College and named for its first benefactor, the Puritan clergyman John Harvard, it is the oldest institution of high ...

. Beginning in 1948, he was a faculty member of the

University of New Mexico The University of New Mexico (UNM; es, Universidad de Nuevo México) is a public research university in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Founded in 1889, it is the state's flagship academic institution and the largest by enrollment, with over 25,400 ...

Art Department until his retirement in 1979. Bunting wrote numerous articles and three books on the architecture of

New Mexico ) , population_demonym = New Mexican ( es, Neomexicano, Neomejicano, Nuevo Mexicano) , seat = Santa Fe , LargestCity = Albuquerque , LargestMetro = Tiguex , OfficialLang = None , Languages = English, Spanish ( New Mexican), Navajo, Ke ...

, and was noted for his expertise in adobe architecture, the

Zuni Pueblo Zuni Pueblo (also Zuñi Pueblo, Zuni: ''Halona Idiwan’a'' meaning ‘Middle Place’) is a census-designated place (CDP) in McKinley County, New Mexico, United States. The population was 6,302 as of the 2010 Census. It is inhabited largely b ...

and the architecture of

John Gaw Meem John Gaw Meem IV (November 17, 1894 – August 4, 1983) was an American architect based in Santa Fe, New Mexico. He is best known for his instrumental role in the development and popularization of the Pueblo Revival Style and as a proponent of ar ...

. Bunting is credited by architectural historian

Marcus Whiffen Marcus Whiffen (4 March 1916 - February 2002) was an English architectural journalist, historian, author and photographer specialising in British and American architecture. He was Professor Emeritus in the School of Architecture at Arizona State ...

with having re-introduced the term " Châteauesque" to describe the architectural style previously and more generally known as "Chateau Style" or "French Chateau Style.".Whiffen, Marcus, ''American Architecture Since 1780: A guide to the styles'', The MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 1969 p.142

Writings

* ''Houses of Boston's Back Bay: An Architectural History, 1840–1917'' * ''Harvard: An Architectural History'' (Belknap Press) * ''Early Architecture in New Mexico'' University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque, 1976 * ''Taos adobes : Spanish colonial and territorial architecture of the Taos'' * ''Survey of Architectural History in Cambridge'' * ''John Gaw Meem: Southwestern Architect'', School of American Research Book, University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque, NM, 1983 * ''Of Earth and Timbers Made: New Mexico Architecture''

References

External links

Bainbridge Bunting Papers
University of New Mexico, Center for Southwest Research {{DEFAULTSORT:Bunting, Bainbridge 1913 births 1981 deaths Writers from Kansas City, Missouri American architecture writers University of New Mexico faculty People from Albuquerque, New Mexico Harvard University alumni 20th-century American non-fiction writers 20th-century American male writers American male non-fiction writers