Doris Cole

Cole was born in Chicago, the younger of two daughters of Louis Cole and Helen Exley Moore, and was raised in the city and in Grand Rapids, graduating from East Grand Rapids High School in 1955.{{cite news|last1=Michels|first1=Laura|title=Fifties Finery|url=http://www.mlive.com/entertainment/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2011/08/grand_rapids_public_museum_dis.html|work=The Grand Rapids Press|publisher=MLive Media Group|date=August 2, 2011}} She received the AB cum laude from Radcliffe College in 1959, and the Master of Architecture from Harvard University Graduate School of Design in 1963.{{cite web|title=Doris Cole|url=http://lumiere.lib.vt.edu/iawa_db/view_all.php3?person_pk=69®ion=&table=edu&cSel=|website=International Archive of Women in Architecture|publisher=University Libraries Virginia Tech|accessdate=8 August 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151023201216/http://lumiere.lib.vt.edu/iawa_db/view_all.php3?person_pk=69®ion=&table=edu&cSel=|archive-date=23 October 2015|url-status=dead}}

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Cole's early career was spent in architectural offices in Paris and Boston.{{cite journal|title=Brockton Art Center - Fuller Memorial|journal=Bay State Architect|date=April 1969}}{{cite journal|last1=Merrett|first1=Andrea|title=Interview with Doris Cole, FAIA|date=2011|publisher=Oral History Research Office, Columbia University}} In 1981, she was a founding principal of Cole and Goyette, Architects and Planners in Cambridge, Massachusetts, with Harold Goyette, and she remained with the practice until 2012.{{cite journal|title=Doris Cole Establishes Time and Place in her Architecture and in her Writings|journal=Women's Business Boston|date=April 2002|page=6,8,14}} The firm specialized in educational,{{cite journal|last1=Futral|first1=Karen|title=Fun and Games|journal=American School and University|date=August 1992}} commercial, and residential buildings{{cite journal|last1=Mason|first1=Katrina R.|title=Surprise Houses|journal=Remodeling|date=October 1987}} for public and private clients.{{cite journal|last1=Krantz|first1=Les|title=American Architects: A Survey of Award-Winning Contemporaries and their Notable Works|journal=New York: Facts on File, Inc.|date=1989}}{{cite journal|last1=Doumato|first1=Lamia|title=Architecture and Women: A Bibliography|journal=New York and London: Garland Publishing, Inc.|date=1988}}

Cole's projects included the East Boston High School addition and renovation.{{cite journal|title=Design 2002: A Lesson in Excellence: East Boston High School|journal=Learning by Design|date=2002}} She also worked on Everett and Gardner schools additions and renovations in Boston.{{cite journal|title=2 Schools 'Rejuvenated' by Architectural Firm|journal=The Boston Herald|date=February 4, 1994|page=44}} She also designed a private home and barn in Westwood.{{cite journal|last1=Mason|first1=Katrina|title=Window Ideas|journal=Remodeling|date=January 1992}}

In 1994, she was named a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects and in 2006 the Boston Society of Architects awarded her the Women in Design Award of Excellence.{{cite journal|title=Concord Residence Receives Award of Excellence|journal=Concord Journal|date=January 31, 2008}}{{cite web|title=Women in Design Award of Excellence|url=http://www.architects.org/awards/women-design-award-excellence|website=Boston Society of Architects|accessdate=18 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170626044026/http://www.architects.org/awards/women-design-award-excellence|archive-date=26 June 2017|url-status=dead}}

In 2012, Cole established a new practice, Doris Cole FAIA, Architecture/Planning.{{cite web|last1=Doris|first1=Cole|title=Home|url=http://doriscolearchitect.com/index.html|website=Doris Cole, FAIA|accessdate=13 August 2015}}

Doris Cole wrote the first book on women in architecture in the United States, From Tipi to Skyscraper: A History of Women in Architecture.{{cite magazine|last1=Grumbach|first1=Doris|title=Book Review|magazine=The New Republic|date=December 1973}} Other books include Eleanor Raymond, Architect,{{cite book|last1=Cole|first1=Doris|title=Eleanor Raymond, Architect|date=1981|publisher=Art Alliance Press|location=Philadelphia|isbn=978-0-87982-036-7}}{{cite journal|last1=Shortt|first1=Barbara|title=Book Review|journal=Architecture Plus|date=September 1974}} The Lady Architects: Lois Lilley Howe, Eleanor Manning, and Mary Almy 1893–1937,{{cite book|last1=Cole|first1=Doris|last2=Taylor|first2=Karen Cord|title=The Lady Architects: Lois Lilley Howe, Eleanor Manning, and Mary Almy 1893–1937|date=1990|publisher=Midmarch Arts Press|location=New York}} and School Treasures: Architecture of Historic Boston Schools.{{cite book|last1=Cole|first1=Doris|last2=Wheeler|first2=Nick|title=School treasures : architecture of historic Boston schools|date=2002|publisher=Font & Center Press|location=Weston, MA|isbn=978-1-883280-14-7|url=https://archive.org/details/schooltreasuresa00cole}}

Her community service has included the Corporation of Springfield College, Harvard Alumni Association and Harvard University Graduate School of Design Alumni/ae Council.{{cite news|title=Doris Cole, FAIA, named a corporator of Springfield College|publisher=Radcliffe Quarter|date=March 1984}} She has lectured at the University of Virginia, Chicago Women in Architecture and elsewhere.{{cite journal|title=Women in Architecture: Doris Cole and Joan Goody|journal=In Sites, the Quarterly Newsletter of the Chicago Architectural Foundation|date=Winter 1998}}

Cole's professional and personal papers are part of the Doris Cole and Harold Goyette Collection at the Harvard University, Graduate School of Design, Loeb Library, Special Collections.{{cite web|last1=Cole|first1=Doris|title=Doris Cole and Hal Goyette Collection|url=http://hollis.harvard.edu/primo_library/libweb/action/dlDisplay.do?vid=HVD&docId=HVD_ALEPH014379908&fn=permalink|website=Harvard University Graduate School of Design Loeb Library Special Collections|publisher=Harvard University}}

The Loeb Library is also housing a collection of commentary posters. The posters are Doris Cole's response to recent questions asked about her life as an architect. These commentary posters consist of exploratory text and small watercolors. The posters are about architecture and related matters relevant to the past, present, and future of an architect.

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• Multimedia Interactive Children's Theater, Saint Anna's Church, OISTAT Theatre Architecture Competition, Prague, 2011.{{cite journal|title=Multimedia Interactive Children's Theater|journal=8th OISTAT Theatre Architecture Competition Catalogue|date=2011}}
• Trees of Memory, Atlantic City Boardwalk Holocaust Memorial Competition, Atlantic City, New Jersey, 2010.{{Cite web|url = http://www.doriscolearchitect.com/experience.html|title = Architectural Design Experience|date = |accessdate = August 29, 2015|website = Doris Cole, FAIA, Architecture/Planning|publisher = |last = |first = }}
• The Dubai Creek Tower, Tall Emblem Structure Competition, Dubai, UAR, 2009.{{cite web|last1=Cole|first1=Doris|title=Institutional Project Images|url=http://doriscolearchitect.com/institutional.html|website=Doris Cole Architect|accessdate=18 October 2015}}
• Jeremiah Burke High School, rejuvenation and addition design, Boston, 2004.{{cite journal|title=Outstanding Design -Jeremiah E. Burke High School|journal=American School & University Architectural Portfolio|date=November 2004|page=307}}
• East Boston High School, rejuvenation and addition, Boston, 1996 and 2001.{{cite journal|title=School Building Initiative|journal=PreservatiON MASS|date=2003}}{{cite journal|title=Outstanding Renovation – East Boston High School|journal=American School and University Architectural Portfolio|date=2001}}{{cite journal|title=East Boston High School, East Boston, Massachusetts|journal=Visual Architecture|date=Spring 2001}}{{cite journal|title=East Boston High School|journal=College Planning & Management|date=June 2001}}
• Higginson, Mason, and Stone Schools, rejuvenations and additions, Boston, 1995.{{cite journal|title=Playing with Color|journal=American School and University|date=September 1995}}{{cite journal|title=Cole and Goyette finish 3 elementary schools: Playhouse-like rooms & colorful playgrounds|journal=New England Real Estate Journal|date=April 21, 1995}}
• Everett and Gardener Schools, rejuvenations and additions, Boston, 1993.{{cite journal|title=Cole and Goyette Completed 2 Renovations|journal=New England Real Estate Journal|date=April 15, 1994}}{{cite journal|title=Born Again|journal=American School and University|date=June 1994|page=16}}
• Child Care Center, Boston City Hall, Boston, 1988.{{cite news|title=City Hall opens its doors as a Child Care Center|work=The Boston Globe|publisher=Boston Globe Media|date=August 31, 1989}}
• Damson & Greengage Gourmet Deli, Boston, 1987.
• Private residence and barn, Westwood, Massachusetts, 1988.{{cite journal|last1=Leavitt|first1=Helen|title=No Longer Cooped Up|journal=The Boston Globe|date=1989}}

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• Candid Reflections: Letters from Women in Architecture 1972 & 2004 (Midmarch Arts Press, 2007).{{cite journal|title=Food for Bookworms|journal=AIA – Arizona|date=June 2007}}{{cite journal|last1=Gagne|first1=Nicole V.|title=Book Review|journal=Traditional Building Magazine|date=February 2008}}
• School Treasures: Architecture of Historic Boston Schools, with Photographer, Nick Wheeler (Font & Center Press, 2002).{{cite book|last1=Cole|first1=Doris|last2=Wheeler|first2=Nick|title=School Treasures: Architecture of Historic Boston Schools|date=2002|publisher=Font & Center Press|location=Weston, MA|isbn=978-1-883280-14-7|url=https://archive.org/details/schooltreasuresa00cole}}
• "Stargaze: The Future of Women in Architecture." A Creative Constellation (CWA Chicago Women in Architecture, 1999).{{Cite web|url = http://www.doriscolearchitect.com/articles.html|title = Books and Articles Written by Doris Cole|date = |accessdate = August 29, 2015|website = Doris Cole, FAIA, Architecture/Planning|publisher = |last = |first = }}
• The Lady Architects: Lois Lilley Howe, Eleanor Manning and Mary Almy, 1893–1937, with Karen Cord Taylor (Midmarch Arts Press, 1990).{{cite journal|last1=Simpson|first1=Pamela H.|title=Book Review|journal=Woman's Art Journal|date=Fall 1990|volume=2|issue=2}}
• "New England Women Architects." Pilgrims & Pioneers: New England Women in the Arts, edited by Alicia Faxon and Sylvia Moore. (Midmarch Arts Press, 1987).
• Eleanor Raymond, Architect. (Associated University Presses, 1981).{{cite journal|last1=Soo|first1=Lydia|title=Book Review|journal=Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians|date=March 1984}}{{cite journal|last1=Boutelle|first1=Sara Holmes|title=Book Review|journal=AIA Journal|date=October 1982}}{{cite journal|last1=Natchez|first1=Meryl|title=Book Review|journal=Plexus|date=July 1982}}
• "An Interview with Eleanor Raymond." Eleanor Raymond: Architectural Projects 1919–1973 (Boston: Institute of Contemporary Art, 1981).{{cite book|last1=Cole|first1=Doris|title=Eleanor Raymond : architectural projects, 1919-1973|date=1981|publisher=The Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston|location=Boston, MA|oclc=7989353}}{{cite web|last1=Cole|first1=Doris|title=Books and Articles Written by Doris Cole|url=http://doriscolearchitect.com/articles.html|website=Doris Cole Architect|accessdate=18 October 2015}}
• "Eleanor Raymond." Women in American Architecture: A Historic and Contemporary Perspective, edited by Susana Torre. (Whitney Library of Design, 1977).
• From Tipi to Skyscraper: A History of Women in Architecture (Boston: i press, 1973) .{{cite journal|last1=Torre|first1=Susan|title=Book Review|journal=Art in America|date=September 1974}}{{cite journal|last1=Harkness|first1=Sarah P.|title=Book Review|journal=AIA Journal|date=April 1974}}{{cite journal|last1=Hayden|first1=Dolores|title=Book Review|journal=Journal of Architectural Historians|date=December 1975}}

• Fellow of the American Institute of Architects, 1994.{{cite web|last1=Cole|first1=Doris|title=The AIA Historical Directory of American Architects - See more at: """"568HTuJOS9nY12OmgZys/aQmB6wlC/sbBgXhBZAhhOwVKXe40g5YTifRwj7707EfefgSgnVXrTZEYSedLWW1jhTBXbUaCV8i5ab0SpVzxwr/3J9Q492nqSEiqLk8Mlmw""""|url=http://public.aia.org/sites/hdoaa/wiki/Wiki%20Pages/ahd1008299.aspx|website=The American Institute of Architects|publisher=American Institute of Architects|accessdate=18 October 2015}}
• Selected for Exhibition and Catalogue, 2011, Multimedia Interactive Children's Theater, OISTAT Design Competition.{{Cite web|url = http://www.doriscolearchitect.com/honors.html|title = Honors & Awards|date = |accessdate = August 29, 2015|website = Doris Cole, FAIA, Architecture/Planning|publisher = |last = |first = }}{{cite news|last1=Daberto|first1=R.|title=Results|work=8th OISTAT Theatre Architecture Competition 2011 Report|date=2011}}
• Award of Excellence, 2006, Boston Society of Architects / Women in Design.{{cite journal|title=Doris Cole Awarded|journal=Society for College and University Planning|date=March 2007}}
• Boston Preservation Alliance Achievement Award, 2001, East Boston High School, Boston, Massachusetts.{{cite news|title=Cole and Goyette wins two preservation awards for East Boston High School renov. and addition|work=New England Real Estate Journal|date=July 26, 2001}}
• Massachusetts Historical Commission Preservation Award, 2001, East Boston High School, Boston.
• BSA / IIDA / ASID Interior Design Award, 2000, Thomas Gardner and Edward Everett Schools, Boston.{{cite journal|title=Interior Design Award: Thomas Gardner School, Allston, MA, Edward Everett School, Dorchester, MA|journal=Architecture Boston 2000, the Year in Review|date=November 2000|volume=3|issue=5|page=68|url=http://www.architects.org/architectureboston/previous-issues?page=7}}
• American Institute of Architects New York, Center of Architecture, New York, NY, 2012 Exhibition, "Change: Architecture and Engineering in the Middle East, 2000–Present." Architecture project included: Istanbul Disaster Prevention and Educational Centre.{{cite web|last1=AIANY staff|title=2012 Exhibitions|url=http://cfa.aiany.org/index.php?section=PE2012&expid=225|website=AIANY|publisher=American Institute of Architects|accessdate=18 October 2015}}
• American Institute of Architects Exhibition, Many More: Women in Architecture 1978–1988; project included Damson and Greengage Restaurant.{{cite news|title=Women In Architecture, A Centennial Exhibit|work=Chapter Letter|agency=Boston Society of Architects|date=1988}}
• Boston Society of Architects Research Grant, 2004.{{cite news|title=BSA awards $65,000 in Research Grants|work=Chapter Letter|agency=Boston Society of Architects|date=September 2004}}{{cite news|title=Milestones|work=NEWIRE, New England Women in Real Estate|agency=NEWIRE|date=October 2014}}
• National Endowment for the Arts Research Grant, 1981–1982.{{cite news|title=People in Business, Doris Cole, AIA|work=The Concord Journal|date=October 5, 1989}}

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• [http://hollis.harvard.edu/primo_library/libweb/action/dlDisplay.do?vid=HVD&docId=HVD_ALEPH014379908&fn=permalink "Harvard University Graduate School of Design Loeb Library Special Collections"]
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