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Carolyn Bargmann Obituary

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Carolyn Hendrie Bargmann
August 10, 2025

Carolyn Hendrie Bargmann, an esteemed architect whose vision shaped spaces and whose laughter lit rooms, passed away peacefully on August 10, 2025, surrounded by her loving husband, daughters, and close relatives.
Born in Plainfield, New Jersey, and raised in Colorado Springs, Colorado, Carolyn's early life was marked by curiosity, creativity, and a love of adventure. She attended Kent School for Girls (now Kent Denver), Smith College, and Williams College, and earned a Master of Architecture from the University of Pennsylvania.
Carolyn co-founded Bargmann Hendrie + Archetype in 1987 alongside her husband, Joel Bargmann. Together, they built a practice renowned for its design excellence, collaborative spirit, and enduring impact.
Carolyn distinguished herself as an industry leader in the design of corporate headquarters and office buildings - designing spaces that encouraged movement, fostered collaboration, and created the chance encounters that reconnect people across an organization every day. Over the course of her career, she designed more than twelve million square feet of office interiors for clients nationwide in financial services, law, entertainment, and technology, and earned numerous AIA and industry design awards. She was especially proud of her work in downtown Boston for Bain Capital and Goodwin Procter. Carolyn brought to every project a rare blend of ambition, artistry, and personality - qualities that continue to resonate in her work today.
She will be remembered not only for her professional achievements, but for the light and laughter she brought to all who knew her. She had a magnetic personality, boisterous laugh, quick wit, and gift for friendship. She loved hosting gatherings with family and friends, carrying on family traditions, engaging in clever wordplay, spending time in nature, and living an active lifestyle. Carolyn's life was one of creativity, connection, and joy.
In recent years, Carolyn lived at Bridges, a memory care home in Lexington, MA. Her family is deeply grateful for the devoted caregivers and team at Clear Guidance who surrounded her with compassion through her final days.
Carolyn is survived by her devoted husband of 45 years, Joel Bargmann; her daughters and their husbands - Jane Bargmann & Nate Akers, Sarah & Jake Fay, and Leslie & Mason Brunnick; four cherished grandchildren; and her sisters Ann (a.k.a. Funny), Ellie, Laura, and Jane Hendrie.
A celebration of Carolyn's life will be held on October 18, 2025, from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. at the deCordova Sculpture Park in Lincoln, MA. A remembrance ceremony will be held starting at 1:30, reception to follow.
In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations be made to Codman Community Farms, 58 Codman Road, Lincoln, MA 01773 (www.codmanfarm.org), a cherished farm near Carolyn and Joel's home in Lincoln.
To share a remembrance or to offer a condolence on Carolyn's tribute page, please visit www.DeeFuneralHome.com.

To plant trees in memory, please visit the Sympathy Store.

Published by The Gazette on Aug. 24, 2025.

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Celebration of Life

1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

deCordova Sculpture Park

51 Sandy Pond Road, Lincoln, MA 01773

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27 Bedford Street, Concord, MA 01742

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