Eleanore K. Pettersen FAIA
General Information
Occupation: Architect
Date of Birth: February 18, 1916
Date of Death: January 15, 2003
Birth City: Passaic
Birth State/Province: New Jersey
Birth Country: United States
Resident City: Saddle River
Resident State/Province: New Jersey
Resident Country: United States
Archive/Repository: International Archive of Women in Architecture, Ms2003-018, see http://spec.lib.vt.edu/iawa/
Sources: Eleanor Pettersen Architectural Archive; (PDF) A Directory of Frank Lloyd Wright Associates: APPRENTICES 1929 to 1959 .... 06/01/53 from Google search on Frank Lloyd Wright apprentices
Specialties
Jobs
Employer: National Defense Research Committee
City: Princeton
State: New Jersey
Country: United States
Notes: Analyzed enemy building structures
Employer: R.H. Macy & Company
Title: Store Architect
City: New York
State: New York
Country: United States
Notes: Designed shops and exhibits, helped with post-war planning
Employer: Tennessee Valley Authority, Department of Regional Studies
Title: Design Architect
City: Knoxville
State: Tennessee
Country: United States
Notes: Designed government facilities
Employer: Arthur Rigolo, Architect
City: Clifton
State: New Jersey
Country: United States
Employer: Eleanore Pettersen, Architect, FAIA
Title: Principal Architect
City: Saddle River
State: New Jersey
Country: United States
Employer: Design Collaborative
City: Saddle River
State: New Jersey
Country: United States
Notes: A subsidiary of Eleanore Pettersen, Architect that handled interior design.
Collaborators
Apprenticeships
Institution: Taliesin and Taliesin West
City: Spring Green, Wisconsin and Scottsdale, Arizona
State: Wisconsin
Country: United States
Start Date: January 01, 1941
Notes: Taliesin Fellowship with Frank Lloyd Wright
Awards
Name: Professional Achievement Citation
Description: Given by Cooper Union
Notes: First woman to receive this award
Name: North Jersey Architectural Award for Single Family Dwelling
Description: Given by North Jersey Cultural Council and the Architects League of Northern New Jersey
Notes: For residence of Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm Gardner
Name: Outstanding Achievement Award
Description: Girl Scout Council of Bergen County
Name: Pioneer Women of the 90's Honoree
Description: Presented by County Executive William
Name: Augustus Saint-Gaudens Award for Architecture
Description: Given by Cooper Union
Name: Named a New Jersey Woman of Achievement
Description: Given by Douglass College and the New Jersey State Federation of Women
Name: Kathryn Miller Award
Notes: Given to outstanding women active in women
Name: Elizabeth Cady Stanton The World Is Moving Award
Description: Given by the Women's Rights Information Center
Name: Excellence in Concept, Design and Originality, 1st Place for Residential Multi-Unit
Notes: For Bear's Nest Townhouse Development
Name: Outstanding Services Award
Description: Given by the New Jersey Commission on Women
Name: President's Citation for Meritorious Service
Description: Given by the New Jersey Society of Architects
Name: Fellow of the American Institute of Architects (FAIA)
Exhibitions
Title: Ageless Perceptions IV: Senior Women in Architecture
Description: Featured drawings and photographs of buildings and projects designed by seven senior women architects at the SOHO20 Gallery
City: New York
State: New York
Country: United States
Start Date: February 19, 1991
End Date: March 09, 1991
Notes: Guest Curator Alta Indelman, AIA. Featured Eleanor Raymond, Sarah Pillsbury Harkness, May Callas, Zelma Wilson, Anne Griswold Tyng, Vassia Kiaulenas, and Eleanore Pettersen.
Title: Eleanore Pettersen A.I.A. Four Decades
Description: One-woman show with drawings, photographs and models at the Arts Center of Northern New Jersey
City: New Milford
State: New Jersey
Country: United States
Start Date: March 03, 1991
End Date: March 21, 1991
Notes: Celebrating women's history month
Title: A Taliesin Legacy: The Independent Work of Frank Lloyd Wright's Apprentices
Description: Featured drawings and photographs of twenty of Wright's apprentices at the Pratt Galleries
City: New York
State: New York
Country: United States
Start Date: January 31, 1992
End Date: April 03, 1992
Notes: Curator Tobias Guggenheimer. Featured Peter Berndtson, E. Thomas Casey, Alden Dow, Arthur Dyson, Aaron Green, Phillip Hawes, David Henken, John Howe, Elizabeth Wright Ingraham, E. Fay Jones, Henry Klumb, John Lautner, Charles Montooth, Robert Mosher, Stephen Nemtin, William Wesley Peters, Eleanore Pettersen, Anthony Puttnam, John Rattenbury, and Edgar Tafel.
Notable Projects
Title: Alford/Nixon House
Description: Residence
City: Saddle River
State: New Jersey
Country: United States
Title: Bear's Nest Townhome Development
Description: Luxury townhomes
City: Park Ridge
State: New Jersey
Country: United States
Education
Institution: Cooper Union
Degree: Certificate in Architecture
Institution: Cooper Union
Degree: Bachelor of Arts in Architecture
Licensing
License: Architect's License
Organization: State of New Jersey
License: Architect's License
Organization: State of Georgia
License: Architect's License
Organization: State of North Carolina
License: Architect's License
Organization: State of Connecticut
License: Architect's License
Organization: State of Maine
License: Architect's License
Organization: State of Massachusetts
License: Architect's License
Organization: State of New York
Professional Affiliations
Organization: New Jersey Society of Architects
Organization: American Institute of Architects
Organization: New Jersey State Board of Architects
Organization: Interfaith Forum on Religion, Art and Architecture
Publications By
Publications About
Title: A Talesin Legacy: The Architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright's Apprentices
Author: Guggenheimer, Tobias
Publisher: Van Nostrand Reinhold
City: New York
State: New York
Country: United States
Title: A Girl is a Fellow Here.100 Women Architects in the Studio of Frank Lloyd Wright
Author: Beverly Wills
Publication: A 15-minute Documentary Film
Publisher: Beverly Willis Architecture Foundation
State: New York
Country: United States
Date Published: June 15, 2009
Url: http://www.bwaf.org/