Bainbridge Bunting (November 23, 1913 – February 13, 1981) was an American architectural historian, teacher, and author.

[2] Bunting was born November 23, 1913, in Kansas City, Missouri.

[3] Beginning in 1948, he was a faculty member of the University of New Mexico Art Department until his retirement in 1979.

[4] Bunting is credited by architectural historian Marcus Whiffen with having re-introduced the term "Châteauesque" to describe the architectural style previously and more generally known as "Chateau Style" or "French Chateau Style.

"[5] Bunting died February 13, 1981, in Beverly, Massachusetts.