Eleanor Raymond
American architect (1887–1989)
Eleanor Agnes Raymond (March 4, 1887 – July 24, 1989) was an American architect and historian of architecture and design. During a professional career spanning some sixty years of practice, mainly in residential housing, Raymond explored the use of innovative materials and building systems. Much of her work was commissioned by women from her social group in Boston and Cambridge, Massachusetts. One client called her “an architect who combines a respect for tradition with a disrespect for its limitations”. The author of a monograph on her life praised her work for its "subtle simplicity without succumbing to architectural exhibitionism".
She designed one of the first International Style houses in the United States in 1931, a plywood house in 1940, and the “Sun House”, in 1948. Raymond undertook one of her most ambitious works, the Dover Sun House, an innovative house with solar collectors, with scientist and inventor Maria Telkes from the MIT Solar Laboratory.
Eleanor Raymond amassed more than 50 years of professional experience in the practice of architecture, and in 1961 was made a fellow of the American Institute of Architects.
Early life and education
Raymond was born in 1887 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and graduated with a bachelor's degree from Wellesley College in 1909. In 1927, Raymond traveled in Europe, visiting France, England, Germany, and Italy.
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