Phyllis Cook Carlisle (1912 - 1954) née ''Phyllis Willson Cook'' was a

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architect.

Biography

Cook was born in

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in 1912. She attended the

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and graduated with honors in 1935 earning a B.Arch. While at university she became the first woman to win the annual student design competition by the

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(RAIC). In 1934, that design for ''An Embassy in the Capital City of a Country in the Temperate Zon'' was published in the RAIC Journal. Additional awards won during her school years included the Toronto Brick Company Award, Architectural Guild Bronze Medal, and the Darling and Pearson prize. In 1935 Cook wrote an article for RAIC Journal called ''The Modern Kitchen''. From 1935 to 1937 Cook worked at

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Department Store in Toronto, where she was part of the Interior Decorating Department. In 1937 Cook married Kenneth Carlisle. They had three children. As her career continued, Cook (now Carlisle) designed kitchens that appeared in the

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promotional materials. Carlisle also designed several residences in

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. Around 1945 Carlisle appeared in a series on the

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about home renovations. She died in 1954 at the age of 42.

References

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