Image courtesy of Elizabeth Felicalla

Join the Docomomo US/Greater Philadelphia Chapter for an in-depth tour of the home and studio of Antonin and Noémi Raymond. The Raymonds’ international careers, which spanned from the 1910s through the 1970s, included the practice of architecture as well as furniture, textile designs, lighting, and ceramics. Working between Japan and the United States (particularly the East Coast), the Raymonds were a vital link between the artistic and craft traditions of Japan and their “translation” into modern architecture.

In 1938, the Raymonds established their connection to the New Hope area through the purchase of an 18th century Quaker farm. Their transformation of that structure—respectful of elements of the historic building fabric—added layers of new elements drawn from their experience of Japan as well and their commitment to modernism and synthesized these into a thoughtful balance of old and new. It is a site that is strikingly modern and alive with the old building traditions of Quaker Pennsylvania. Raymond Farm was more than a home and studio, it was their atelier, a salon, and a way of life rooted in nature, beauty, art, and work.

The tour will be led by William Whitaker, Curator of Penn’s Architectural Archives and author of Crafting a Modern World: The Architecture and Design of Antonin and Noemi Raymond (2006) and Charlotte Raymond, photographer, and grand-daughter of Antonin and Noemi Raymond.

The two-hour tour will be followed by light refreshments and conversation in the garden.

Guests are required to wear masks at all times when touring interior spaces.

Space is limited. Tickets are $30 for Docomomo US Members and $40 for Non-Docomomo US Members. Need to renew? Please visit our website at www.docomomophl.com. Click below to purchase tickets.