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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Posted in Books, Ezra Stoller, Five Fields, Jean Fletcher, Lexington, Sally Harkness, Six Moon Hill, TAC, Walter Gropius OnA 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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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…
Read More5 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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Posted in Five Fields, Lexington, lincoln, Mid-Century Modern, Peacock Farm, Six Moon Hill, TAC, Techbuilt OnHere is our primer on the Modernist history of the region.
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Posted in Dick Morehouse, Lexington, Listings, Sally Harkness, Six Moon Hill, SOLD, TAC OnExterior 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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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 OnIn 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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Posted in Lexington, Listings, Mid-Century Modern, Norman Fletcher, Six Moon Hill, SOLD, TAC OnClick 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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Posted in Listings, Mid-Century Modern, Middle Ridge, Six Moon Hill, Techbuilt, Turning Mill OnWe 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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Posted in Five Fields, Lexington, Listings, Market Report, Marketing, Sales, Six Moon Hill, TAC OnMan, 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…
Read MoreWe were saddened to learn last month of the passing of Sally Harkness, a true innovator, at 98. At the time of her passing, Ms. Harkness was still living at the house she designed 65 years ago at Six Moon Hill, the neighborhood she co-founded with her colleagues in The Architects Collaborative (TAC). Here is…
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Posted in Jean Fletcher, Lexington, Listings, Norman Fletcher, Renovation, Six Moon Hill, TAC OnOwning a home is a keystone of wealth… both financial affluence and emotional security.
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