Noyes, Eliot

Noyes, Eliot
1320 West 200 South Columbus, IN 47201

Eliot Noyes is associated in Columbus, Indiana, with Southside Elementary School, completed in 1969. Best known nationally as both an architect and industrial designer, Noyes brought a disciplined modernist approach to buildings, products, and corporate identity systems. In Columbus, Southside Elementary stands as a striking example of Brutalist design, with raw concrete construction, warm interior finishes, and a skylit central commons conceived as the school’s “town square.” Early in his career, Noyes worked with Walter Gropius and Marcel Breuer, and he later served as Director of Industrial Design at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. He also worked with IBM for more than two decades, helping shape the company’s design program and contributing to products including the IBM Selectric typewriter.

Columbus, Indiana projects
• Southside Elementary School, 1320 West 200 South, 1969.

Honors
• National Academician, elected in 1967.

Work in Columbus