HANOVER, N.H. — H. Allen Brooks, 84, died Aug. 8, 2010, at Kendal at Hanover, the continuing-care retirement community in New Hampshire where he had resided since 2004.
Born Nov. 6, 1925, in New Haven, Conn., Allen Brooks was educated at Dartmouth College (B.A. 1950), Yale University (M.A. 1955) and Northwestern University (Ph.D. 1957). He had a long and distinguished career as an architectural educator and author, primarily at the University of Toronto, where he taught from 1958 to 1986. He wrote seminal works on the architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright and his contemporaries, coining the name, "The Prairie School," and on the architecture of Le Corbusier. He traveled extensively and served as a visiting professor at Dartmouth, Vassar, and the Architectural Association in London. Among his many professional affiliations, he was a fellow and past president of the Society of Architectural Historians.
Allen Brooks will be buried in the family plot in Litchfield, Conn. At his request, there will be no funeral, but contributions may be made in his memory to the Society of Architectural Historians, 1365 North Astor St., Chicago, IL 60610.
Arrangements entrusted to Rowe Funeral Home, Litchfield.
Born Nov. 6, 1925, in New Haven, Conn., Allen Brooks was educated at Dartmouth College (B.A. 1950), Yale University (M.A. 1955) and Northwestern University (Ph.D. 1957). He had a long and distinguished career as an architectural educator and author, primarily at the University of Toronto, where he taught from 1958 to 1986. He wrote seminal works on the architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright and his contemporaries, coining the name, "The Prairie School," and on the architecture of Le Corbusier. He traveled extensively and served as a visiting professor at Dartmouth, Vassar, and the Architectural Association in London. Among his many professional affiliations, he was a fellow and past president of the Society of Architectural Historians.
Allen Brooks will be buried in the family plot in Litchfield, Conn. At his request, there will be no funeral, but contributions may be made in his memory to the Society of Architectural Historians, 1365 North Astor St., Chicago, IL 60610.
Arrangements entrusted to Rowe Funeral Home, Litchfield.
HANOVER, N.H. — H. Allen Brooks, 84, died Aug. 8, 2010, at Kendal at Hanover, the continuing-care retirement community in New Hampshire where he had resided since 2004.
Born Nov. 6, 1925, in New Haven, Conn., Allen Brooks was educated at Dartmouth College (B.A. 1950), Yale University (M.A. 1955) and Northwestern University (Ph.D. 1957). He had a long and distinguished career as an architectural educator and author, primarily at the University of Toronto, where he taught from 1958 to 1986. He wrote seminal works on the architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright and his contemporaries, coining the name, "The Prairie School," and on the architecture of Le Corbusier. He traveled extensively and served as a visiting professor at Dartmouth, Vassar, and the Architectural Association in London. Among his many professional affiliations, he was a fellow and past president of the Society of Architectural Historians.
Allen Brooks will be buried in the family plot in Litchfield, Conn. At his request, there will be no funeral, but contributions may be made in his memory to the Society of Architectural Historians, 1365 North Astor St., Chicago, IL 60610.
Arrangements entrusted to Rowe Funeral Home, Litchfield.
Born Nov. 6, 1925, in New Haven, Conn., Allen Brooks was educated at Dartmouth College (B.A. 1950), Yale University (M.A. 1955) and Northwestern University (Ph.D. 1957). He had a long and distinguished career as an architectural educator and author, primarily at the University of Toronto, where he taught from 1958 to 1986. He wrote seminal works on the architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright and his contemporaries, coining the name, "The Prairie School," and on the architecture of Le Corbusier. He traveled extensively and served as a visiting professor at Dartmouth, Vassar, and the Architectural Association in London. Among his many professional affiliations, he was a fellow and past president of the Society of Architectural Historians.
Allen Brooks will be buried in the family plot in Litchfield, Conn. At his request, there will be no funeral, but contributions may be made in his memory to the Society of Architectural Historians, 1365 North Astor St., Chicago, IL 60610.
Arrangements entrusted to Rowe Funeral Home, Litchfield.
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