
Bill Janovitz
Posted in Bauhaus, Belmont, boston, Carl Koch, compton, Conantum, Concord, Deck House, Dick Morehouse, Five Fields, Frank Lloyd Wright, Gropius House, Henry Hoover, Historic New England, House Tour, Ira Rakatansky, Lexington, lincoln, Mid-Century Modern, MIT, New York Times, Peacock Farm, Preservation, Six Moon Hill, Snake Hill, TAC, Techbuilt, Turning Mill, Video, Walter Gropius, Walter Pierce OnWith the help of Alex Loer, we have a new video overview of the history of midcentury-modern architecture and neighborhoods in Boston’s western suburbs.
Read MoreOur friends at Historic New England have alerted us to this fantastic page dedicated to the history of the Gropius House in Lincoln. It is deep and rich with photos, personal profiles, connections, and more. A great way to spend an hour or two on a grey fall day.
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Posted in Bauhaus, Events, Exhibits, Historic New England, lincoln, Walter Gropius OnLots of great stuff happening locally to celebrate the centennial of the Bauhaus. We have been posting some photos at our Instagram and Facebook pages. Last month we made a visit to the Harvard Art Museums exhibit, The Bauhaus and Harvard. And in May, Historic New England will be hosting a series of events —…
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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 OnIn 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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Posted in Arlington, Bedford, Lexington, lincoln, Market Report, Market Updates, Waltham OnIt’s a good time of year in the real estate calendar to reflect on market conditions. Looking at the below reports (click to enlarge any of them), some of the standout numbers for single family home sales: Inventory in Massachusetts statewide is up 12.35% over the 12th of December last year. Closed sales were down…
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Posted in Henry Hoover, lincoln, Listings, Lucretia Hoover Giese, Schopfer Associates On33 Tabor Hill Road, Lincoln. Offered at $4,100,000 Showings begin September 8. Open houses September 9 and 10, times to be decided. Please use contact for questions or to request a private showing. A distinctly rare offering, this luxurious Modernist estate, initially designed by pioneering architect, Henry Hoover, was rebuilt and expanded in 2004 and significantly expanded and…
Read More72 Winter Street, Lincoln. Offered at $1,295,000. Click any photo to enlarge and view as a slide show. Contact us for appointments or questions. This is now a pending sale listed by a separate brokerage. [This property is currently off the market. Please let us know if you’re interested.] There are not many better…
Read More160 Tower Road, Lincoln. Offered at $899,000. (Sold for $915,000) Click any photo to enlarge and view as a slide show. Escape to this private 3.37-acre retreat set up from a pretty country lane in the heart of Lincoln. Designed by notable Lincoln Modernist architect, Constantin Pertzoff (designer of Boston Modernist landmark, Holy Trinity Church),…
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Posted in Brown's Wood, Henry Hoover, lincoln, Listings, SOLD, Valley Pond, Walter Lee Hill On18 Moccasin Hill Road, Lincoln. Offered at $1,099,000 (Sold for $1,105,000) Click any image to enlarge and view as slide show. With a top-notch wooded siting on a big lot at the end of a cul de sac in the unique neighborhood of Brown’s Wood, the Wales House is a post-and-beam, Mid-Century-Modern home designed by…
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