Real Estate in the Boston Area : Modernism Specialists
Real Estate in the Boston Area : Modernism Specialists
The New York Times has had a couple of articles in the past weeks about the demolition of the Geller I House in Lawrence, Long Island, New York, designed by Marcel Breuer. The first piece was the sad news itself. The second came today, an explanation called Why Does the Demolition of a Marcel Breuer…
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With 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.
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The following is an urgent note for a preservation opportunity for this famous house. Hi All, We’re reaching the zero hour for Peter Eisenman’s House II in Hardwick, Vermont. I spoke with the owner yesterday, and he is willing to sell the house and 15 acres for $425,000 to anyone who will save the…
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Very cool NYT video tour of the Philip Johnson’s Glass House, here.
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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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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…
Read MoreRegular readers will recall a post for a listing we had for a Deck House in Lincoln. We mentioned it being in close proximity to the well-known Flansburgh House, which architecte Earl Flansburgh built for his own family (which includes his son, John of They Might Be Giants). Well, now comes an article in the…
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New article about a film about Eames in the Times
Read MoreYesterday I sat down with Walter Pierce, a 90-something year-old architect who designed the “Peacock Farm” house and developed one of the first modernist/progressive neighborhoods in the Boston area. I hope to run the interview in this space and at my modernmass.com blog next week. But chief among the subjects on which I wanted to hear…
Read MoreAnother great entry from the NYT “Living Rooms” blog series. This one is about the “Guide to Easier Living” handbook from 1950s industrial designers, Mary and Russel Wright.
Read MoreFrom “Living Rooms,” the fine new column in the New York Times, an interesting view on post-war modernism.
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