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House Visit to a Special Property

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Bill Janovitz

Posted in Buyer Agency, Lexington, Marcus Gleysteen Architects, New construction On April 4, 2018

Here are a few snapshots we took at our house visit to this fabulous newly constructed home, one of two designed by Marcus Gleysteen Architects and built into the hillside on the back of Meriam Hill, on Grant Street. This one is on the market for $3.85 million and listed by Barrett Sotheby’s Real Estate. We…

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Sold! New Modern House in Arlington

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Bill Janovitz

Posted in Arlington, Chong-Zi Chen, Listings, New construction, SOLD On July 29, 2015

Built new atop the existing foundation, this architect-designed and constructed 3,121 s.f. new house in Stratton neighborhood blends a simple and unassuming exterior with a simple and open modern interior. Characterized by clean lines, natural light, and a floor plan that combines open concept in the living area and privacy between the four bedrooms, the…

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New Zero Energy Design House in Lexington (Not For Sale)

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Bill Janovitz

Posted in Energy efficient, Green, New construction, Zero Energy Design On March 18, 2014

  We have been walking and driving past this impressive house on Grant Street in Lexington for the past year. Maybe we will be able to take a tour and show you the inside at some point. It is encouraging to see such thoughtful new construction. An interesting aspect of this one is its location,…

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Our Tour of Conantum

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Bill Janovitz

Posted in Brown's Wood, Carl Koch, Conantum, Concord, Five Fields, Kendal Common, Mid-Century Modern, modernism, New construction, Peacock Farm, Six Moon Hill, Snake Hill, Techbuilt, Video On November 19, 2013

In the early 1950s, along 190 acres along the Sudbury River, not far from where Concord, Sudbury, and Lincoln meet, a Modernist neighborhood conceptualized by MIT Economics Professor, W. Rupert Maclaurin, and designed by Techbuilt and Snake Hill architect, Carl Koch, was developed. Renee Garrelick compiled an oral history of the neighborhood in 1986 (archived by the…

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