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All Posts in Category: Six Moon Hill

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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 On Feb 24, 2020

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 Rise of the Radical Suburbs: Book Excerpt

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Bill Janovitz

Posted in Books, Ezra Stoller, Five Fields, Jean Fletcher, Lexington, Sally Harkness, Six Moon Hill, TAC, Walter Gropius On May 04, 2019

A buyer of one of our listings was kind enough to pass along this excerpt of what promises to be a fascinating book, from Architect: the Journal of the American Institute of Architects.  

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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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Sold: Moon Hill Listing in Lexington

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Bill Janovitz

Posted in Lexington, Listings, Six Moon Hill, SOLD, TAC On May 11, 2016

5 Moon Hill Road, Lexington, offered at $1,450,000. Sold for $1,509,000 Click any photo to enlarge and view as a slideshow.  A remarkable offering of a rebuilt historic Modernist classic, designed by The Architects Collaborative (TAC) under the auspices of Bauhaus co-founder, Walter Gropius, this tasteful and serene home has only had two owners. With walls…

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Pinned Post: A Brief 2015 Video Tour of Lexington and Lincoln Modernism

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Bill Janovitz

Posted in Five Fields, Lexington, lincoln, Mid-Century Modern, Peacock Farm, Six Moon Hill, TAC, Techbuilt On Sep 16, 2015

Here is our primer on the Modernist history of the region.

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Moon Hill Listing: The “Kip House”

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Bill Janovitz

Posted in Dick Morehouse, Lexington, Listings, Sally Harkness, Six Moon Hill, SOLD, TAC On May 18, 2014

Exterior shots by John Tse and Bill Janovitz. All others by Lara Kimmerer.  Click to enlarge and enable as slide show.   Located in the highly desirable and historic Six Moon Hill neighborhood, 33 Moon Hill Road is an outstanding updated Modernist house, custom-designed by the legendary firm, The Architects Collaborative (TAC), for the Kipp family…

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Sold: Moon Hill Listing

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Bill Janovitz

Posted in Lexington, Listings, Six Moon Hill, SOLD, TAC On Jan 01, 2014

See below post for more photos and details.            

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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 Nov 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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Sold: Six Moon Hill Listing! “The Schneider House”

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Bill Janovitz

Posted in Lexington, Listings, Mid-Century Modern, Norman Fletcher, Six Moon Hill, SOLD, TAC On Oct 23, 2013

Click any photo to enlarge and view as a slide show. Twilight shots by John Tse. All others by Lara Kimmerer.     (SOLD) Rare opportunity to own an updated Norman Fletcher/TAC-designed International style Modernist house in the world-renowned, historic Six Moon Hill neighborhood. Enjoy one-level living with four bedrooms, two full baths (third full bath…

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Sold: Six Moon Hill Listing! “The Schneider House”

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Bill Janovitz

Posted in Lexington, Listings, Mid-Century Modern, Norman Fletcher, Six Moon Hill, SOLD, TAC On Oct 23, 2013

See full post, below. (SOLD).  

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Modern Rentals

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Bill Janovitz

Posted in Listings, Mid-Century Modern, Middle Ridge, Six Moon Hill, Techbuilt, Turning Mill On Sep 24, 2013

We are not as fast to post occasional rentals we list. As a consequence, the house at Demar, which we had listed, was also rented before we posted here as a rental listing.  

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Summer’s Here. Time to Catch Our Breath

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Bill Janovitz

Posted in Five Fields, Lexington, Listings, Market Report, Marketing, Sales, Six Moon Hill, TAC On Jul 11, 2013

Man, oh, man! What a nutty spring market here in and around Lexington (never mind nearby planets like Cambridge, where one buyer bid $1.3 million over a $3.7 million asking price). Inventory has been tight. Bidding wars were the rule rather than the exception. Since January 2013, the Janovitz + Tse Team have had 19…

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