Doris Cole

Doris Cole, FAIA, (born March 9, 1938) is an American architect and author. She was a founding principal of Cole and Goyette, Architects and Planners Inc. She is the author of From Tipi to Skyscraper: A History of Women in Architecture. which was the first book on women in architecture in the United States.

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. 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.

East Boston High School renovation and addition, 2001 (Photo: Nick Wheeler)

Cole's early career was spent in architectural offices in Paris and Boston. 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. The firm specialized in educational, commercial, and residential buildings for public and private clients.

Cole's projects included the East Boston High School addition and renovation. She also worked on Everett and Gardner schools additions and renovations in Boston. She also designed a private home and barn in Westwood.

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.

In 2012, Cole established a new practice, Doris Cole FAIA, Architecture/Planning.

Other activities

Doris Cole wrote the first book on women in architecture in the United States, From Tipi to Skyscraper: A History of Women in Architecture. Other books include Eleanor Raymond, Architect, The Lady Architects: Lois Lilley Howe, Eleanor Manning, and Mary Almy 1893–1937, and School Treasures: Architecture of Historic Boston Schools.

Her community service has included the Corporation of Springfield College, Harvard Alumni Association and Harvard University Graduate School of Design Alumni/ae Council. She has lectured at the University of Virginia, Chicago Women in Architecture and elsewhere.

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.

Damson & Greengage Gourmet Deli, Boston, Massachusetts, 1987

• Multimedia Interactive Children’s Theater, Saint Anna's Church, OISTAT Theatre Architecture Competition, Prague, 2011.
• Trees of Memory, Atlantic City Boardwalk Holocaust Memorial Competition, Atlantic City, New Jersey, 2010.
• The Dubai Creek Tower, Tall Emblem Structure Competition, Dubai, UAR, 2009.
• Jeremiah Burke High School, rejuvenation and addition design, Boston, 2004.
• East Boston High School, rejuvenation and addition, Boston, 1996 and 2001.
• Higginson, Mason, and Stone Schools, rejuvenations and additions, Boston, 1995.
• Everett and Gardener Schools, rejuvenations and additions, Boston, 1993.
• Child Care Center, Boston City Hall, Boston, 1988.
• Damson & Greengage Gourmet Deli, Boston, 1987.
• Private residence and barn, Westwood, Massachusetts, 1988.

• "Multimedia Interactive Children's Theater". 8th OISTAT Theatre Architecture Competition Catalogue. 2011. 
• ^ "Architectural Design Experience". Doris Cole, FAIA, Architecture/Planning. Retrieved August 29, 2015. 
• Cole, Doris. "Institutional Project Images". Doris Cole Architect. Retrieved 18 October 2015. 
• "Outstanding Design -Jeremiah E. Burke High School". American School & University Architectural Portfolio: 307. November 2004. 
• "School Building Initiative". PreservatiON MASS. 2003. 
• "Outstanding Renovation – East Boston High School". American School and University Architectural Portfolio. 2001. 
• "East Boston High School, East Boston, Massachusetts". Visual Architecture. Spring 2001. 
• "East Boston High School". College Planning & Management. June 2001. 
• "Playing with Color". American School and University. September 1995. 
• "Cole and Goyette finish 3 elementary schools: Playhouse-like rooms & colorful playgrounds". New England Real Estate Journal. April 21, 1995. 
• "Cole and Goyette Completed 2 Renovations". New England Real Estate Journal. April 15, 1994. 
• "Born Again". American School and University: 16. June 1994. 
• "City Hall opens its doors as a Child Care Center". The Boston Globe. Boston Globe Media. August 31, 1989. 
• Leavitt, Helen (1989). "No Longer Cooped Up". The Boston Globe. 

Cover of From Tipi to Skyscraper: A History of Women in Architecture

• Candid Reflections: Letters from Women in Architecture 1972 & 2004 (Midmarch Arts Press, 2007).
• School Treasures: Architecture of Historic Boston Schools, with Photographer, Nick Wheeler (Font & Center Press, 2002).
• "Stargaze: The Future of Women in Architecture." A Creative Constellation (CWA Chicago Women in Architecture, 1999).
• The Lady Architects: Lois Lilley Howe, Eleanor Manning and Mary Almy, 1893–1937, with Karen Cord Taylor (Midmarch Arts Press, 1990).
• "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).
• "An Interview with Eleanor Raymond." Eleanor Raymond: Architectural Projects 1919–1973 (Boston: Institute of Contemporary Art, 1981).
• "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) .

• "Food for Bookworms". AIA – Arizona. June 2007. 
• Gagne, Nicole V. (February 2008). "Book Review". Traditional Building Magazine. 
• Cole, Doris; Wheeler, Nick (2002). School Treasures: Architecture of Historic Boston Schools. Weston, MA: Font & Center Press. ISBN 978-1-883280-14-7. 
• ^ "Books and Articles Written by Doris Cole". Doris Cole, FAIA, Architecture/Planning. Retrieved August 29, 2015. 
• Simpson, Pamela H. (Fall 1990). "Book Review". Women’s Art Journal. 2 (2). 
• Soo, Lydia (March 1984). "Book Review". Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians. 
• Boutelle, Sara Holmes (October 1982). "Book Review". AIA Journal. 
• Natchez, Meryl (July 1982). "Book Review". Plexus. 
• Cole, Doris (1981). Eleanor Raymond : architectural projects, 1919-1973. Boston, MA: The Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston. Retrieved 18 October 2015. 
• Cole, Doris. "Books and Articles Written by Doris Cole". Doris Cole Architect. Retrieved 18 October 2015. 
• Torre, Susan (September 1974). "Book Review". Art in America. 
• Harkness, Sarah P. (April 1974). "Book Review". AIA Journal. 
• Hayden, Dolores (December 1975). "Book Review". Journal of Architectural Historians. 

• Fellow of the American Institute of Architects, 1994.
• Selected for Exhibition and Catalogue, 2011, Multimedia Interactive Children's Theater, OISTAT Design Competition.
• Award of Excellence, 2006, Boston Society of Architects / Women in Design.
• Boston Preservation Alliance Achievement Award, 2001, East Boston High School, Boston, Massachusetts.
• 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.
• 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.
• American Institute of Architects Exhibition, Many More: Women in Architecture 1978-1988; project included Damson and Greengage Restaurant.
• Boston Society of Architects Research Grant, 2004.
• National Endowment for the Arts Research Grant, 1981–1982.

• Cole, Doris. "The AIA Historical Directory of American Architects - See more at: """"568HTuJOS9nY12OmgZys/aQmB6wlC/sbBgXhBZAhhOwVKXe40g5YTifRwj7707EfefgSgnVXrTZEYSedLWW1jhTBXbUaCV8i5ab0SpVzxwr/3J9Q492nqSEiqLk8Mlmw""""". The American Institute of Architects. American Institute of Architects. Retrieved 18 October 2015. 
• ^ "Honors & Awards". Doris Cole, FAIA, Architecture/Planning. Retrieved August 29, 2015. 
• Daberto, R. (2011). "Results". 8th OISTAT Theatre Architecture Competition 2011 Report. 
• "Doris Cole Awarded". Society for College and University Planning. March 2007. 
• ^ "Cole and Goyette wins two preservation awards for East Boston High School renov. and addition". New England Real Estate Journal. July 26, 2001. 
• "Interior Design Award: Thomas Gardner School, Allston, MA, Edward Everett School, Dorchester, MA". Architecture Boston 2000, The Year in Review. 3 (5): 68. November 2000. 
• AIANY staff. "2012 Exhibitions". AIANY. American Institute of Architects. Retrieved 18 October 2015. 
• "Women In Architecture, A Centennial Exhibit". Chapter Letter. Boston Society of Architects. 1988. 
• "BSA awards $65,000 in Research Grants". Chapter Letter. Boston Society of Architects. September 2004. 
• "Milestones". NEWIRE, New England Women in Real Estate. NEWIRE. October 2014. 
• "People in Business, Doris Cole, AIA". The Concord Journal. October 5, 1989.