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Heroic Brutalism and the Lincoln House and Studio

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Bill Janovitz

Posted in Ben Thompson, brutalist, Cambridge Seven Associates, Carl Koch, Design Research, Earl Flansburgh, Ezra Stoller, Five Fields, Hugh Stubbins, Jane Thompson, Josep Lluís Sert, Josep Lluis Sert, Kallman and McKinnell, Le Corbusier, Lexington, lincoln, Marcel Breuer, Paul Rudolph, Roche-Dinkeloo, Saarinen, Six Moon Hill, Snake Hill, TAC, Techbuilt, Walter Gropius On Dec 27, 2018

In 2015 I attended a talk given by a couple of the authors of Heroic: Concrete Architecture and the New Boston, which had just been published. The insight of the authors was so keen and their presentation so impressive that I naturally purchased a copy at the event. It is truly a hefty tome, more…

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Remembering Design Research

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Bill Janovitz

Posted in Design Research, Ezra Stoller, FoMA, Jane Thompson On Mar 23, 2015

Remembering Design Research  With legendary D/R co-owner Jane Thompson and Marimekko historian  Susan Ward   Sunday April 26th 3-6 pm Bemis Hall, Lincoln Mass.       Tickets $27 (tax-deductible)   D/R, the iconic Harvard Square  modern design store (1953 – 1979) has been called “the most influential force in 20th-century America in creating an awareness and appreciation for modern…

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A Visit to the Iconic Flansburgh House

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Bill Janovitz

Posted in Design Research, Earl Flansburgh, Historic New England, John Flansburgh, Mid-Century Modern, New York Times, Polly Flansburgh, Preservation, TAC On Mar 11, 2014

Click any photo, and click again to enlarge: Photos by Lara Kimmerer (except for the vintage newspaper shot). “Architecture should be exciting; living is exciting.” Earl Flansburgh Nestled up on a knoll in the pines of Lincoln, on a lot peppered with colorful sculptures (see list at end of post), the Modernist Flansburgh House epitomizes the…

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A Visit to the Iconic Flansburgh House

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Bill Janovitz

Posted in Design Research, Earl Flansburgh, Historic New England, John Flansburgh, Mid-Century Modern, New York Times, Polly Flansburgh, Preservation, TAC On Mar 11, 2014

Click any photo, and click again to enlarge: Photos by Lara Kimmerer (except for the vintage newspaper shot). “Architecture should be exciting; living is exciting.” Earl Flansburgh Nestled up on a knoll in the pines of Lincoln, on a lot peppered with colorful sculptures (see list at end of post), the Modernist Flansburgh House epitomizes the…

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Ralph Rapson

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Bill Janovitz

Posted in Bauhaus, Ben Thompson, Carl Koch, Design Research, Jane Thompson, Mid-Century Modern, Ralph Rapson, The House of Doors, The Schechter House On Jun 28, 2012

  With our new listing at 4 Turning Mill Road coming on the market this week, I was reminded of the Ralph Rapson-designed home around the corner at 34 Robinson Road. It was last sold in 2007 for $727,605. At that time, my visits there showed that it needed a lot of work, but what…

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Ben Thompson, Jane Thompson, and Design Research

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Bill Janovitz

Posted in Architecture Boston Magazine, Ben Thompson, Design Research, Jane Thompson, Snake Hill, TAC On Mar 18, 2011

  Ben Thompson in front of his house on Moon Hill Road. Photograph by Phillip A. Harrington used by permission.   Ben Thompson was one of the key partners of The Architects Collaborative and one of the founding residents of the Six Moon Hill neighborhood here in Lexington. Then he went on to become a “shaper…

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