Flavin Architects - Award-winning Modern Home Design in Boston

wood screen detail of lantern studio

concrete home nestled into landscape with ledge

Flavin Architects is an award-winning modern architecture firm located in Boston. Our focus is on modern and contemporary house design using our natural modern approach.

pool and cabana oceanside

entry patio looking to dining room glowing at dusk

live rooftop on glass and steel greenhouse

cedar shingle entry lit at dusk

mid-century modern wood ceiling and floor to ceiling glass

Flavin Architects is an award-winning modern architecture firm located in Boston. Our focus is on modern and contemporary house design using our natural modern approach.

Selected Work

We design natural modern homes that inspire our clients towards their most creative lives.

Bridging The Past

Stacked Moor

mid-century modern interior with wood ceiling

Wales House

Modern Refresh of Hoover + Hill

Swan Studio

Addition to Home by Sarah P. Harkness

Lantern Studio

Rooftop Garden Creative Retreat

beautiful house in the vermont green mountains

Green Mountain Getaway

Mad River Valley Ski Chalet

Powder Mill House

Woodland Modern Retreat

Studio News

Publications + Awards + Features

Award: Flavin Named Top Coastal Architect

Ocean Home magazine presents its list of the Top Coastal Architects, honoring the most innovative and inspiring design professionals shaping oceanfront living today. This recognition celebrates architects who blend artistry, sustainability, and a deep respect for the coastal environment.

Ocean Home magazine presents its list of the Top Coastal Architects, honoring the most innovative and inspiring design professionals shaping oceanfront living today. This recognition celebrates architects who blend artistry, sustainability, and a deep respect for the coastal environment.

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Flavin Architects is honored to be named the Best of Luxury Design 2025 Architecture Firm of the Year by Modern Luxury Interiors.
View the projectTiered Modern
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We are honored to have been included in the Forbes Magazine list of America’s Top 200 Residential Architects. Forbes selected Flavin Architects because of our natural modern approach to architecture and our respect for siting and local context.
View the projectCliff House
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2025 Best of Houzz award winner in Design ,
featuring Powder Mill House.
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Colin Flavin has been inducted into the 2022 New England Home Hall of Fame. This prestigious award from New England Home honors individuals who have had exceptional careers in New England’s residential design industry.
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Heather Souza has been recognized as one of the brightest talents throughout New England due to her outstanding contributions in the architecture field. Her expertise has influenced many of our projects here at Flavin Architects.
View the projectHuron Village Light Box
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Flavin Architects awarded Best of Boston Home 2021 Contemporary Architect, an annual guide to the region’s top design professionals.

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Wales House+Outbuildings received the 2020 Modernism Award by FoMA Lincoln
View the projectWales House
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Lantern Studio won the 2020 Residential Design Architecture Citation Award for excellence in custom residential design.

View the projectLantern Studio