Mary Otis Stevens
General Information
Occupation: Architect
Date of Birth: January 01, 1928
Birth City: New York City
Birth State/Province: New York
Birth Country: United States
Resident Country: United States
Notes: Information available in Susana Torre Architectural Papers: http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/published/vt/viblbv00175.xml.frame
Archive/Repository: Digital Library and Archives, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Va. Ms1990-016
Sources: Torre, Susana, ed. Women in American Architecture: a Historic and Contemporary Perspective. New York: Watson-Guptill Publications, 1977.
Specialties
Jobs
Employer: The Architectural Collaborative (TAC)
City: Boston
State: Massachusetts
Country: United States
Employer: i press
Title: Founder, Publisher
Country: United States
Start Date: January 01, 1969
Notes: published a book series on the human environment
Employer: Office of Thomas McNulty
Country: United States
Notes: married Thomas McNulty in 1958
Employer: Design Guild
Title: Architect, Founder
City: Cambridge
State: Massachusetts
Country: United States
Start Date: January 01, 1974
Employer: Boston Architectural Center
Title: Teacher
City: Boston
State: Massachusetts
Country: United States
Start Date: January 01, 1973
Collaborators
Name: Thomas McNulty
Project: Various projects
Apprenticeships
No apprenticeships on record
Awards
Exhibitions
Country: delete
Notable Projects
Title: Gallatin House
City: Kittery Point
State: Maine
Country: United States
Title: Residence for M.O. Stevens and T. McNulty
City: Lincoln
State: Massachusetts
Country: United States
Notes: House demolished in 2001
Education
Institution: Smith College
Degree: Bachelor of Philosophy
End Date: January 01, 1949
Institution: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Degree: Master of Architecture
End Date: January 01, 1956
Notes: thesis: urban study of Boston's waterfront, a project that replaced her initial thesis proposal for the design of a prison.
Licensing
Professional Affiliations
Organization: Architects for Social Responsibility
Role: Member
Publications By
Title: World of Variation
Co-author: Thomas F. McNulty
Publisher: G. Braziller
State: New York
Country: United States
Date Published: January 01, 1969
Title: A Sketch for an American Forum
Co-author: Thomas F. McNulty
Publisher: McNulty and Stevens
City: Cambridge
State: Massachusetts
Country: United States
Notes: Philosophical Studies, No. 2
Title: Visions of sustainability: proceedings of the design charrette, April 12-14, 1991
Co-author: Sarah Harkness
Publisher: Architects for Social Responsibility
City: Boston
State: Massachusetts
Country: United States
Title: City Is a Four-Letter Word
Publication: Espaces et sociétés
Volume: No. 6/7
Page: p. 149-163
Country: France
Publications About
Title: Building Utopia: Mary Otis Stevens and the Lincoln, Massachusetts, House
Author: Susana Torre
Publication: Impossible to Hold: Women and Culture in the 1960s
Page: p.29-42
Publisher: New York University Press
City: New York City
State: New York
Country: United States
Title: Living Outside the Box: Mary Otis Stevens and Thomas McNulty's Lincoln House
Author: Liane Lefaivre
Publication: Harvard Design Magazine
Issue: No. 24
State: Massachusetts
Country: United States