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