Edwin Butler Crittenden

Edwin Butler Crittenden FAIA (1915-2015) was an American architect practicing in Anchorage, Alaska.

Referred to later in life as the "dean of Alaska architecture",[1] he was the most notable Alaskan architect of the 20th century.

He served in the United States Coast Guard from 1942 to 1946, and worked for Santa Paula, California, architect Roy C. Wilson between 1946 and 1948.

[8] CCC/HOK Architects and Planners operated until the agreement ended in 1980,[9] though HOK continued to pursue Alaskan projects.

[9] In addition to extensive building projects, CCC/HOK was also involved in the 1976 selection by voters of Willow, Alaska, as the site of a new state capital to replace Juneau.

After leaving practice, Crittenden spent four years as a campus architect for Sheldon Jackson College in Sitka.

He and his family lived for a year in Helsinki, where he studied northern design strategies and the work of Alvar Aalto and Ralph Erskine.