Architect – Barton Myers
Barton Myers is an American architect. Born in 1934 in Norfolk Virginia. Myers is a descendent of Moses Myers the first Jewish settler in Norfolk, Virginia. His grandfather was the former mayor of Norfolk. For a time was a jet fighter pilot. He obtained his Master’s degree in architecture at the University of Pennsylvania. Myers worked with Louis Kahn in the mid-sixties. He was the principal at Diamond and Myers until 1975. Subsequently he founded Barton Myers Associates. At first the firm was based in Toronto then it moved to Los Angeles, California. He has taught at the University of Toronto, and the University of Waterloo. Since 1980 he has held a continuing appointment at the University of California. 52 of his projects are illustrated in a book The Master Architect Series: Barton Myers. Also in that collection: Norman Foster, Cesar Pelli, Murphy/Jahn, Peter Eisenman, Terry Farrell, Kisho Kurakawa, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill.
Dr Phillips Center for the Performing Arts
Orlando, Florida
Tempe Center for the Arts
Tempe, Arizona
New Jersey Performing Arts Center
Newark, New Jersey
Myers Cerritos Centre for the Performing Arts
Cerritos, California
Antoinette Hatfield Hall
Portland, Oregon
CBC Centre
Toronto, Ontario
Dorothy Chandler Pavillion
Los Angeles, California
Citadel Theatre
Edmonton, Alberta
Innis College Residence
Toronto, Ontario