David Garrard Lowe (né Lowenstein, January 9, 1933 – September 21, 2024) was an American historian, architectural preservationist, and author. He founded the Beaux-Arts Alliance in 1995. He was a communicant of the Episcopal Church of the Resurrection (Manhattan).
The David Garrard Lowe Historic Chicago Photograph Collection is housed at the Art Institute of Chicago's Ryerson and Burnham Libraries.
Books Lost Chicago (University of Chicago Press, 1975) (Gramercy, 1993) Chicago Interiors: Views of a Splendid World (Contemporary Books, 1979) Stanford White's New York (Doubleday, 1992) Beaux-Arts New York: An Exhibition at the Gallery of the New York School of Interior Design (New York School of Interior Design, 1993) Stanford White and New York in the Gilded Age (New York School of Interior Design, 1994) Beaux Arts New York (Watson-Guptill, 1998) Chicago and American Architecture, Whitehall Lecture, (Henry Morrison Flagler Museum, 2001) Art Deco New York (Watson-Guptill, 2004)
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External links In Memoriam: David Garrard Lowe, Author and Defender of Historic Architecture Remembering David Garrard Lowe, whose book 'Lost Chicago' helped the city find itself What is Art Deco?