Ernest Burden

Burden continues to author books related to various architectural topics and theories. His latest work is titled Bruce Goff’s Design Vocabulary: A Synthesis of Music, Art, and Architecture is set to be released in the summer of 2019.

After graduating high school, Burden attended the University of Oklahoma from 1952-1957. He earned his bachelor's degree in architecture studying under Bruce Goff and expanded his knowledge during at the American School of Architecture. Burden later attended the San Francisco Institute of Architecture where he completed his master's degree in Architecture and Architectural Preservation.

Ernest Burden (born 1934) is an American architect and marketing communications specialist in the design industry. He has authored multiple books about design processes that have been used as academic resources. His works have been published by McGraw-Hill. As a practicing architect, Burden focused on a client-based viewpoint of the design process. This perspective led him to become a marketing consultant. Burden has written books on topics in the A/E/C industry including design presentation. His work, Illustrated Dictionary of Architecture, had 28 editions published between 1998 and 2012 in three languages.

Ernest Burden was born in 1934 in Worcester, Massachusetts. He grew up in Warren, Massachusetts, where he attended high school. During his childhood, Ernest developed an interest in painting and drawing, planning to become a painter. When Ernest's mother brought him to meet a cartoon illustrator, he changed to target architecture.