Richard G. Stein (1916-1990) was an American architect.[1]
Stein was born in Chicago in 1916.[2] He attended the New York University and Harvard University to study architecture.[3] During the World War II, he served in the United States Army Corps of Engineers.[2] He was married to Ethel, and they had a son, Carl.[3]
His architectural work was surrounded by designs that conserve energy use.[3] He found out that with a careful use of building materials and design, one can decrease energy use by 20 percent.[3] In 1977, he published a book, Architecture and Energy, on this subject.[4]
Between 1946 and 1960, Stein joined the founding principals, Read Weber, Sidney Waisman Katz, and Taina Waisman Katz, of architectural firm Katz Waisman & Weber expanding the firm[5] to Katz Waisman Blumenkranz Stein Weber, Architects Associated.[1] He founded his firm, the Stein Partnership, in 1961.[2]
Stein was a fellow of the American Institute of Architects.[1] He died in 1990 in Tarrytown, New York at the age of 73.[3]