JOHN BARTON, AIA

John Barton was born and raised in New Mexico. Schooling and training for John has taken place on both the West and East Coasts, with degrees being awarded from the University of California and Yale. John is an award winning registered architect in New Mexico and Colorado. He began his architectural practice 40 years ago in 1984. His work has encompassed a wide degree of artistic and technical projects with preservation, education, government, private, and non-profit agencies. John has worked extensively with the State of New Mexico on multiple State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) projects.  He is on the SHPO list of Historic Architects and as such works frequently in the Historic Districts of Santa Fe.

John is Past President of the Santa Fe Chapter of the American Institute of Architects, has served on the Vestry of Holy Faith Episcopal Church in Santa Fe and was Architect in Residence at the Cathedral of St. John in New York City for from 1984 to 1991. John and his wife Polly live now in Santa Fe and have three children and two grandchildren. 

JOHN BARTON, AIA

  • 1985 - Present

    Award winning principal of architectural firm with over 300 Projects to date. Work on these Projects includes the following Professional Services:

    • Programming

    • Design

    • Construction Drawings & Specifications

    • Bid Drawings, Specifications & Related Documents

    • Construction Management

    • Shop Drawing, Change Order & Contractor Pay Application Review & Approvals

    • Construction Close out Procedures

    • Post Construction Services

    • Facility Planning & Management Services

    • Code Compliance

    • Roof Design & Consulting

    Projects have included work on the following Facilities:

    • Museum Exhibition Work

    • Governmental

    • Residential

    • Aviation

    • Medical

    • Libraries

    • Industrial

    • Religious

    • Historic Preservation

  • Yale University, Masters in Religion, 1987

    University of California at Los Angeles, Masters in Architecture (Professional Technical Degree), 1980

    University of California at Santa Barbara, Bachelor of Art (Awarded with Honors), 1977

    Santa Fe Preparatory School, High School (Class Baccalaureate), 1973

    • Past President, AIA Santa Fe

    • Licensed and Registered Architect in New Mexico and Colorado

    • Registered Architect in New York

    • Certified by the National Council for the Registration of Architects (NCARB)

    • Past regional director of the Interfaith Forum on Religion, Art and Architecture

    • Past member of New Mexico Solar Association

    • Registered Roof Consultant with RCI Inc.

    • NM State Office of Historic Preservation’s current List of approved Historic Architects

    • 2024 AIA Santa Fe Design Award Citation for 1203 Galisteo Residence and Studio

    • USGBC’s Best Water Conservation Award

    • Recipient of AIA Honor and Merit awards, Project included in Small Adobes, Reeves & Reck, Gibbs-Smith

    • Project featured on Discovery Channel’s Christopher Lowell Show, Dec. 2000

    • Work Retrospective for PBS Colores Program, 1995

    • Work Retrospective published in the Taos News, March 1992

    • Appointed to New York Episcopal Diocese Church Review Board

    • Residential project published in Architectural Record, April, 1989 and The New York Times, November, 1988

    • retrospective published in Newsweek On Campus, April, 1986

    • Senior Thesis, “The Spanish-Pueblo Revival” published in the Architectural Association Quarterly, January-June 1982

    • design for Columbus Circle exhibited at the New York Cultural Center, 1981. Master Thesis Chapel design exhibited in Venice, California, 1980. Welton-Beckett Architect’s fellowship

    • UCLA Graduate Division Grantee

    • UCLA Teaching Honoraria and Scholarship

    • Bachelor’s degree awarded with Honors; UCSB Dean’s List

    • Honors in History. UNM High School Film Award

    • High School Baccalaureate.