Flavin Architects

The perfect place for summer evenings! Eastern Point Retreat by Flavin Architects This modern pool house is set on the granite ledge of Gloucester Harbor. The glass and wood building is aligned on axis with it’s accompanying lap pool, and one’s eye follows the clean lines of the structure from the pool to the harbor and the hills beyond. The distinction between exterior and interior is further diminished by a set of sliding glass doors that open to the pool and let in the refreshing harbor breeze. The diminutive 435 square-foot pavilion highlights what can be accomplished in a Natural Modern style. The soaring roof and glass walls are a striking counterpoint to the property’s century-old, shingle style home, while the warm tones of the exterior siding complement the natural setting. The pool house serves as both a locus for summer activities and a temporary dwelling for guests. SBS OneSource #zenassociates #natrea

We are honored to have been featured in last Sunday's issue of the Boston Globe Media Magazine for our Swan Studio project! Marni Elyse Katz's article highlights our work in Six Moon Hill in Lexington and our task of creating an outbuilding on our client's property that was in respectful conversation with their 1949 mid-century modern home. The Flavin team worked to take the modest materials characteristic of these 1940s structures—concrete blocks and vertical cedar siding—and did something sculptural with them. https://lnkd.in/gAQrhQxD

Please join Flavin Architects in supporting CAPE COD MODERN HOUSE TRUST INC on their mission to save Marcel Breuer's own house in Wellfleet, MA. "Though in disrepair, the house is entirely original and the acquisition would include Breuer’s irreplaceable collection of art, furniture, books and photographs which will be archived and made available to scholars and the public. The pristine 4.2 acre site is surrounded by protected Park land, and abuts three kettle ponds and the headwaters of the Herring River. Our success will prevent the demolition of the house and the dispersal of its contents." - CAPE COD MODERN HOUSE TRUST INC The CCMHT team has raised a little over $1.25 million since June 2023, and still plan to close on the property by the end of June 2024. They plan to borrow the balance to get to the $2 million purchase price. Your support will make that loan as small as possible, and help them to finish strong. For more information, head to their website: https://ccmht.org/

Last Sunday, Swan Studio was part of the Frank Lloyd Wright Building Conservancy's “Out and About Wright” tour. This experience provided an opportunity to recognize all of the architects who have worked on The Tucker House property in Six Moon Hill. Our Swan Studio is an outbuilding on the property of The Tucker House, a 1949 house by architect Sarah Pillsbury Harkness. Harkness, a founding partner at TAC, designed three residences at Moon Hill. Richard Morehouse, an associate at TAC, redesigned the entrance and added the second floor for the Tuckers’ growing family soon after Harkness finished the home. In 2012, the current owners hired Timothy Techler who has worked on many properties in Six Moon Hill. Techler added their dining room, a guest suite and piano room, and reconfigured parts of the downstairs and the entrance. Jonathan Keep has worked tirelessly on the property's landscape for many years, maintaining the property's charming footpaths and embracing the natural site. We were honored to be included in the tour which featured some of New England’s most famous modernist home such as the famous Gropius House and the Yanofsky House, among others. (left to right): Timothy Techler, Colin Flavin, Jonathan Keep, and Heather Souza, AIA.

We are honored to have Swan Studio be selected as the winner of the 'Small Modern Cottage' category of the 2024 Your Modern Cottage Design Awards. Thank you to Jennifer Carmichael and the team at Your Modern Cottage for this recognition. “The simplicity of the work was refreshing. Nothing complicated, no dramatic overhangs, nothing forced, just simple design with simple materials used thoughtfully.” - Randall Kipp, 2024 Design Awards Judge Thank you to our collaborators on this project. P.M. Gallagher Builders Everett M. Brooks Co. Jonathan Keep Webb Structural Services, Inc. Photography by Nat Rea Styling by Simplemente Blanco

We are excited to have had the opportunity to host a class of students from Rhode Island School of Design in our studio space in the Bulfinch Triangle! The participating students are tasked with the following: design their own architecture firm in terms of its mission, its organization, its operations, and its physical spaces as they all intersect with one another. Thanks to our Senior Designer, Benjamin Thompson and Project Architect, Michael Bykovski for their hard work preparing this presentation and sharing more about our firm's process.

We are honored that our image of Swan Studio encapsulates the idea of "Going Beyond Program and Style"! If you are local to Boston, join us tomorrow, 3/28/24 for this month's B/A/D Talk with Kochman Reidt + Haigh Cabinetmakers. #Repost — Any competent designer can make a reasonably attractive home that checks the basic boxes of utility and comfort. But what are the elements that will take design to the next level, truly capturing the heart as well as housing the body? This talk will help us learn how to both understand and evoke the emotional responses that always belong to the places we design and build. — PANELISTS Treff LaFleche, Principal, LDa Architecture & Interiors Trevor Fulmer, Principal, Trevor Fulmer Design — MODERATOR Kyle Hoepner, design writer and outreach consultant — Doors open at 5:30 p.m. for networking, apps, and drinks. Talk starts at 6:30 p.m. — North Bennet Street School 150 North Street, Boston — Register now at badtalks.com/rsvp — AND SPECIAL THANKS TO TALK SPONSORS @columbiacontractingcorp, @c2mgbuilders, and @jbsash! — Photo by @natreaphotography, courtesy of @flavinarchitects.

#Repost from Open House TV! We are honored to be featured on NBC News's #OpenHouseTV for our renovation of the Wales House; the full video is linked below. Thank you to our wonderful clients and our collaborators on this project. We couldn't have done it without you. The Ralph S. Osmond Co. Perkins Custom Contracting Lynch Landscape & Tree Service Webb Structural Services @heathceramics @annsacks @moooi "Travel to Lincoln, Massachusetts this weekend on @NBC’s #OpenHouseTV as architects Colin Flavin and Heather Souza take us inside the Wales House — a 1958 modernist home sited below an outcropping of granite that was originally designed by Henry Hoover and Walter Hill and seamlessly seeps into the natural topography surrounding it with an entry stairway that floats over existing glacial stone. Tasked with updating this mid-century modern space for a growing family, the Flavin Architects duo focused on opening the interior of the home while incorporating innovative materials that honor the bones of the original architecture. Recent additions from the one-story renovation include a car port building, yoga studio with a wall of glass that opens into a sunlit courtyard, and main living area that embraces their firm’s 'natural modernism' design principles: open flow, ample light, and visual connection to the breathtaking landscape. #midcenturymodern #homerenovation #architecture" https://lnkd.in/gfCDKez7

Just published! Head over to Houzz to read Colin’s latest editorial featuring Richard Neutra's Kaufmann Desert House Gardens in Palm Springs. For the first time in Palm Springs Modernism Week’s 19-year history, architect Richard Neutra’s iconic Kaufmann Desert House opened to the public in February. When tickets became available in December to tour the home’s landscape during this year’s annual festival of modern design, architecture, art, fashion and culture, they sold out in three minutes. https://lnkd.in/gzzSMUTD Photo by Joe Fletcher

We are excited and honored to receive 2024 Best of Houzz Design! 2024 marks our 10th year of receiving Best of Houzz Design. This year we received Best of Houzz Design for our project, Glass House in the Garden, a Modern Bonsai Greenhouse located in Metro Boston. Thank you Houzz! #BestofHouzz2024 #BestofHouzz Thanks to our collaborators on this project. Ron Herman Landscape Architect ZEN Associates, Inc. Siegel Associates Photography by Peter Vanderwarker