Career
After graduating with his masters in architecture in 1938, Noyes joined Walter Gropius and Marcel Breuer’s firm in Cambridge (MA). 1939-1946 Noyes was employed by the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York City as director of industrial design. He took leave from the MoMA during World War II to set up a program to explore the potential uses for gliders by the Army Air Force. He later served as an industrial designer for Norman Bel Geddes and Co.
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