Glass House Presents: Modern Origins

Join architects William Earls, Alan Goldberg, and Fred Noyes for a free conversation at New Canaan Library about the origins of modern architecture in New Canaan.

Wiliam Earls has been a member of the American Institute of Architects for 30 years. He was the architect for the renovation of the Gores Pavilion for the Arts in New Canaan and author of The Harvard Five in New Canaan.

Alan Goldberg was part of the team assembled by Mies van der Roe and Philip Johnson to design the Seagram Building. In 1966, he moved to New Canaan, Connecticut, to join one of the nation’s most respected multidisciplinary design firms, Eliot Noyes & Associates; in 1974, he became a partner. Three years later, after Noyes died, he became the sole principal under the firm’s new name, AG|ENA. Goldberg designed and managed a diverse number of projects for some of the nation’s leading corporations and public agencies. Numerous projects were published and received AIA|Honor Awards. Goldberg was awarded an AIA Fellowship and was honored by Wahington University with its Distinguished Alumni Award. He has been at the forefront of the movement to raise public awareness of New Canaan’s mid-century modern houses and the need to preserve these works of art. 

Frederick Noyes, FAIA, is immersed in his twined passions of architecture, biology, and education. For over thirty years, he has run his own architectural firm and designed everything from houses to hospitals. He was elected to the AIA College of Fellows (2001) and awarded an honorary Doctorate of Education from the Boston Architectural College in 2007. Mr. Noyes has remained close to academia, both as a student (a decade of graduate studies in biology) and a teacher (visual studies at Harvard; lecturer in biochemistry at Harvard Extension; and biology at Miles and Wheelock Colleges). Associated with the Boston Architectural College (BAC) since 1974, Mr. Noyes has taught at all levels at the BAC, chaired its Board of Directors from 1995-1999, and is currently an Overseer.