Start

Tue

,

Oct 5

7:00 pm

End

Tue

,

Oct 5

8:30 pm

How

In-Person

Type

Talk

Location

New Canaan Museum & Historical Society, 13 Oenoke Ridge, New Canaan, CT 06840, USA

Oct

5

Noyes Family Legacy of Design Lecture

Start

Tue

,

Oct 5

7:00 pm

End

Tue

,

Oct 5

8:30 pm

How

In-Person

Type

Talk

Location

New Canaan Museum & Historical Society, 13 Oenoke Ridge, New Canaan, CT 06840, USA

Black and white photo of Eliot Noyes

Join Fred Noyes for a presentation on the legacy of his father, architect and industrial designer Eliot Noyes.

Eliot Noyesis famous for his work at MoMA, IBM, and Mobil, and for his design of incredible architecture in New Canaan and elsewhere. Architect and teacher Fred Noyes was raised in New Canaan and attended Harvard University. Growing up, he was surrounded by renowned modern architects, friends and colleagues of his father's including Marcel Breuer and Philip Johnson. Learn about the architect Mary "Molly" Duncan Weed, Noyes's wife, who created many of the interiors for his projects. The talk will focus on the significance of the Noyes Family on architecture and industrial design.

This program is free.

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