Real Estate in the Boston Area : Modernism Specialists
New Listing! Five Fields

New Listing! Five Fields

 
New Five Fields Listing!

New Five Fields Listing!

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Five Fields Lexington New Listing

Five Fields Lexington New Listing

  Available!
Modernized Multi-Level in Lexington

Modernized Multi-Level in Lexington

New Listing in Lincoln!

New Listing in Lincoln!

NEW PRICE! $889,000. Click here to see full post, below.  
New Five Fields Listing!

New Five Fields Listing!

New Listing in Lexington

New Listing in Lexington

8 Demar Road. $624,000. Check out the full post below.
Historic Techbuilt in Lexington

Historic Techbuilt in Lexington

Click below post for all photos. 4 Turning Mill Road, Lexington: $449,000 The first model home for the Lexington-based Techbuilt Corp. in the Middle Ridge neighborhood, this 1956 Techbuilt home has lived up to its original forward-looking vision. The house was one of a...
Rare Opportunity in Peacock Farm

Rare Opportunity in Peacock Farm

35 Peacock Farm Road, Lexington List Price: $475,000 (UNDER AGREEMENT) Rare opportunity to own and restore a classic mid-century modern Peacock Farm house. Full post below.
Updated and Expanded in Arlington

Updated and Expanded in Arlington

                                                                  Please see the full post at our FineMassHomes.com site for traditional...
Expanded Mid-Century Modern in Lexington!

Expanded Mid-Century Modern in Lexington!

See post below for more photos. 2 Partridge Road, Lexington UNDER AGREEMENT The promise of the undeniable curb appeal is fulfilled in this large, lovingly maintained mid-century modern in Turning Mill, close to the Paint Rock neighborhood pool, with four bedrooms; two and a half baths,...
New Listing, New Blog

New Listing, New Blog

We have started a new blog for our listings that don’t fit the mid-century modern or Modernist category. We know many readers of this blog only come for that specific concentration and we would like to keep that purity here. So, we present this...
New Listing, New Blog

New Listing, New Blog

We have started a new blog for our listings that don’t fit the mid-century modern or Modernist category. We know many readers of this blog only come for that specific concentration and we would like to keep that purity here. So, we present this...
New Peacock Farm Listing!

New Peacock Farm Listing!

See below post for all photos We have listed another Peacock Farm classic. UNDER AGREEMENT Bright and updated mid-century modern: Five bedroom, three full bath original Peacock Farm house designed by noted architects Walter Pierce (see interview here) and Danforth Compton, updated and well-maintained by...
New Lexington Listing, "the Dunn House" Designed by Ira Rakatansky

New Lexington Listing, “the Dunn House” Designed by Ira Rakatansky

  See post below for more photos The Dunn House, 58 Hill Street, Lexington (Under Agreement; Showing for Back-Up Offers) One of an enclave of two homes designed by noted master Modernist architect, Ira Rakatansky,  this 3052 square-foot house, built in 1955, has six...
Boston Globe Home of the Week!

Boston Globe Home of the Week!

Check it out, here. Photos by our neighbor, Boston Globe photographer, Joanne Rathe. Written by John Ellement. SOLD.
Build (Or Restore) Your Dream Home on Lincoln's Beaver Pond!

Build (Or Restore) Your Dream Home on Lincoln’s Beaver Pond!

Offered at $949,000: 11 Woodcock Lane is a Lincoln nine-plus acre waterfront property sited at the end of level cul-de-sac off of Weston Road. Assessed by the town of Lincoln at $1,034,600, this listing offers a rare value opportunity to preserve a mid-century modernist...
Smashing Mid-Century in Lexington

Smashing Mid-Century in Lexington

Click any photo to enlarge: SOLD, JANUARY 2012, $708,000. Contact us via link or button at top. Offered at $719,000 the original owners of this mid-century have done all the right things. More importantly, they haven’t done any of the wrong things. Those of you aficionados of...
New South-End Style Loft Listing in Belmont

New South-End Style Loft Listing in Belmont

The Engine 1 Condos. Full post can be found below or by clicking through on the blog title.
New Lexington Listing

New Lexington Listing

Peacock Farm-style house in Turning Mill neighborhood. Full post can be found below or by clicking through on the blog title. SOLD.
California-Style Contemporary in Concord

California-Style Contemporary in Concord

Read about this sale here.
Architect's Own 2003-Built Home

Architect’s Own 2003-Built Home

SOLD: first week. See the post here.
See All Our Listings

See All Our Listings

See all homes (and styles) we have listed  for sale here. While the concentration on this site is mid-century modernist real estate around the Boston area, we list, market, and sell all styles of homes found here. We work as buyer and seller agents....
Interview with Walter Pierce

Interview with Walter Pierce

  Some years back, the architect and Lexington resident, Walter Pierce was quoted in the Boston Globe, describing Peacock Farm, a pioneering modernist neighborhood in Lexington that he developed with partner, Danforth Compton. Mr. Pierce told the Globe, ““we were taught that architecture could contribute...
New Video Tour of Lexington Modernism

New Video Tour of Lexington Modernism

  Hope you enjoy this tour that we put together. Here is a smaller, “mobile” version of the same:   For more information about eh Five-Bedroom Peacock Farm house, pictured, see below. SOLD: This is an expanded and updated five-bedroom Peacock Farm house. The...
Modernism Blends with Tradition

Modernism Blends with Tradition

    UNDER CONTRACT as of 4/20: Originally built in 1951, this house was given a dramatic facelift in 1998 by the architecture team, JASONNOAH, Jason Silverman and Noah Grunburg, who met while attending Taliesin, and were certainly inspired by Frank Lloyd Wright. Located...
7 Moon Hill Rd. - The Mann House

7 Moon Hill Rd. – The Mann House

SOLD: The spirit of exploration and invention, led by philosophy, can be present in an office. Ideas are welcomed from wherever they come. Architectural music is orchestral rather than solo. Every member is involved. – Sally Harkness, on the “collaborative” part of The Architects...
Hugh Stubbins-Designed House in Lincoln

Hugh Stubbins-Designed House in Lincoln

SOLD: We are proud to be representing the owners of this modernist home, The Baggs House in Lincoln, MA. More info here.
Let the Light Shine In! New Five Fields Listing

Let the Light Shine In! New Five Fields Listing

  SOLD: For what you would expect to pay for a cape in Lexington (or for even less), you can have style and history. Yes, you erstwhile dreamers and house voyeurs can now buy this brilliant, renovated mid-century modernist house in the historic Five...
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Video Welcome to Modernmass

Video Welcome to Modernmass

  Here is a smaller, “mobile” version of the same:    
Boston Skyline Views from New Hillside Modern

Boston Skyline Views from New Hillside Modern

Click any photo to see full image: Photos and renderings courtesy of seller. Others taken by Bill Janovitz CONTACT us for private showings. There will be no open houses. With sweeping panoramic views from the Tobin Bridge, to the Zakim Bridge, across the Boston skyline, to the Blue Hills, this newly constructed modern home is...
New (non modern, but great) Lexington Listing

New (non modern, but great) Lexington Listing

Head over to our other blog to see more of this great new listing.  
New Listing! 11 Barberry Road, Five Fields

New Listing! 11 Barberry Road, Five Fields

Click any photo to enlarge: Photos by Lara Kimmerer (interior) and John Tse (exterior) We are thrilled to offer this listing of a classic Five Fields TAC (The Architects’ Collaborative) house, the first time this house has been available since it was designed and built in 1953. Expanded since, it strikes a remarkable profile from...
Atomic Ranch in Bedford!

Atomic Ranch in Bedford!

Click any photo to enlarge: Photos by Lara Kimmerer (interior) and John Tse (exterior) 31 Page Road, Bedford. Offered at $689,000. Use the Contact button to schedule a private showing. Custom-designed-and-built by DiNitto Brothers commercial builders, this mid-century-modern ranch has a desirable open floor plan and is set back off the road on a terrific 1.73 acre lot. Enjoy...
South Shore Modern in Scituate

South Shore Modern in Scituate

Click any photo to enlarge: 97 Lawson Road, Scituate. Offered at $369,000 Most of the properties we feature are our own listings and are located in the western suburbs of Boston. Every once in a while we spotlight a worthy listing outside of our coverage area, and this is a special one, custom-designed by the...
Our First Peacock Farm New Listing of 2013!

Our First Peacock Farm New Listing of 2013!

Photos by Lara Kimmerer (interior) and John Tse (exterior). Click any photo to enlarge: 53 Peacock Farm Road. Offered at $760,000.  Use the Contact button to schedule a private showing. Pictured in the 2013 New York Times last month, this is only the second Peacock Farm listing to be put on the market since our listing of a...
Modernized Multi-Level in Lexington

Modernized Multi-Level in Lexington

Photos by Lara Kimmerer. Click any photo to enlarge: Offered at $739,000. (Under agreement) Soaring ceilings and an open, flowing, modern floor plan welcome you home to this renovated and expanded four bedroom contemporary, located in a highly desirable neighborhood central to so much of what makes Lexington so desirable. Fireplaces in living room and...
Boston Sunday Globe on Walter Pierce and Architecture at UMass

Boston Sunday Globe on Walter Pierce and Architecture at UMass

  The Globe today covers two subjects near and dear to my heart. Bryan Marquard has written a nice tribute to Walter Pierce, including links to our 2011 interview with him for this site. In the Ideas section of same edition is a very interesting article by Max Page about the architecture of the University...

Core Modern in Sudbury

Our friends and clients, David and Sarah, bought a cool Core Contemporary house in Sudbury and have done a fantastic job improving the place. It is featured here at Ampersand Vintage Modern.
Walter Pierce 1920-2013

Walter Pierce 1920-2013

We were very saddened to learn of the loss of Peacock Farm architect, Walter Pierce, a Lexington and Boston-area modernist legend and a true innovator. We were fortunate enough to interview him in 2011. The New York Times notice links to that interview. The Lexington Minuteman also had a front page notice of Mr. Pierce’s passing....

AD20/21

It’s that time of year. AD20/21: Art & Design of the 20th & 21st Centuries and The Boston Print Fair will take place March 21-24, 2013, at The Cyclorama at the Boston Center for the Arts in Boston’s South End.  AD20/21 features 36 galleries specializing in modern to contemporary furniture, glass, ceramics and decorative arts alongside...