**Special Talk and Tour** Antonin and Noémi Raymond and the Raymond Farm

The Raymond Farm Center for Living Arts and Design is re-opening for a limited tour run for the 2020 season! Join executive director, John DeFazio, on their opening day with a slide show lecture about the life's work of noted architect/designers Antonin and Noémi Raymond, followed by a tour of the farmhouse that the Raymonds' adapted to reflect their way of life. 

The Raymond Farm

The Raymond Farm was originally the home and summer studio of Noémi and Antonin Raymond. The Raymond's international careers, which spanned from the 1910s through the 1970s, included practicing architecture in addition to designing furniture, lighting and textile designs, as well as ceramics, flatware and ironwork. Working between their Japan and New York offices, the Raymonds established one of the most avant-garde design studios in the world. In Japan, Antonin would eventually become known as the "Father of Modern Architecture."

With the outbreak World War II in Asia and Europe in 1937, the Raymonds returned their practice to New York and set up a summer studio/home on an 18th century Quaker farm in Bucks County. Dubbed “The New Hope Experiment,” the Raymond Farm served as a live/work atelier that taught practical design solutions. Here, the Raymond Farm apprentices would learn by working in the studio while also assisting in the farm work. During the summer months, the Raymonds would frequently host their friends— fellow architects, artists, musicians, writers, poets, architects, and scholars— who would often welcome a sojourn in the Bucks County countryside. Hence, the Raymond Farm became more than a home and studio, but an atelier, salon, and a way of life rooted in nature, beauty, art, and work.

120 acres currently make up the Raymond Farm, which was purchased by Antonin and Noémi Raymond in 1938. The Raymonds were attracted to the property due to the sturdy construction of both the bank barn and Quaker farm house. Within a few years, the Raymonds had a bustling modern farm, which also served as an atelier where architects and artists came to hone their craft. The Raymond Farm was also home to the Raymonds' grandchildren and great grandchildren, and is still managed by the Raymond family. 

Meet at 6370 Pidcock Creek Road, New Hope, PA 18938 in front of the Raymond Farmhouse (map). Signs for parking will be posted at the site. 

In registering to attend this walking tour, you agree to the following:

• During the tour, all participants including the tour guide, will wear a face mask that covers their nose and mouth at all times.
• Preservation Alliance walking tours utilize an audio system that transmits from a headset worn by the guide to earpieces worn by tour attendees. The equipment is thoroughly sanitized before and after each use. Tour attendees can also plug in their personal headsets or earbuds that use a standard headphone jack.
• All participants, including the tour guide, must maintain six feet of distance between themselves and others.
• **In order to properly preserve the wooden interior of the house, guests are asked to remove their shoes before entering the farmhouse. If that is not possible, shoe coverings will be provided.**
• **To view the farmhouse in its entirety, walking up stairs will be required.** 

Space is limited. Advance registration required. 

For more information about the Raymond Farm Center for Living Arts and Design, visit www.raymondfarmcenter.org

Note!! This tour is located in New Hope, PA and is not easily accessible by public transportation

Email us at tours@preservationalliance.com for any questions or join the waitlist for a sold out tour!