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Edward Durell Stone (1902 Fayetteville, Arkansas - 1978 New York City) was an American modernist twentieth century architect. Stone attended the University of Arkansas, Harvard and MIT and established his own firm in New York in 1936. After a period of strict interpretation of International Style, in the 1950s Stone departed from modernist strictures and developed an individual, idiosyncratic style which included patterns of ornament. By some accounts, this was through the influence of his wife. Treated as a renegade, Stone continued to receive major commissions in the United States and abroad. Stone's design talents were perpetuated through the work of his son, Edward Durrel Stone, Jr., whose firm, EDSA, was voted among the 10 most influential landscape architecture firms in the U.S. Recently, his life and career have received renewed attention due to the destruction of Busch Stadium in St. Louis, Missouri, and a controversy over the future of 2 Columbus Circle in New York City, an enigmatic, prominent, marble-clad building with Venetian motifs and a curved façade. It has filigreelike portholes and windows only at its top stories. The building was commissioned by Huntington Hartford Jr. as an art museum, and afterward deeded to the City. Proposed alterations to the building by architect Brad Cloepfil touched off a preservation debate joined by Tom Wolfe and Robert A. M. Stern, among city-wide, national and international preservation groups. Important works include: Image:2 Columbus Circle.jpg|2 Columbus Circle. Image:Aon Center (Chicago).jpg|Aon Center. Image:KennedyCtr.jpg|Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
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