Flavin Architects - Award-winning Modern Home Design in Boston

oceanview from eastern point retreat

wood screen detail of lantern studio

concrete home nestled into landscape with ledge

glass steel house with live garden roof

beautiful house in the vermont green mountains

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.

3-story outdoor structure with wood screen

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.

Powder Mill House

Woodland Modern Retreat

Swan Studio

Addition to Home by Sarah P. Harkness

3-story outdoor structure with wood screen

Lantern Studio

Rooftop Garden Creative Retreat

entry courtyard of 2-story modern home

Modern Blueberry Farm

Bauhaus Inspired Contemporary Home

beautiful house in the vermont green mountains

Green Mountain Getaway

Mad River Valley Ski Chalet

mid-century modern interior with wood ceiling

Wales House

Modern Refresh of Hoover + Hill

Studio News

Publications + Awards + Features

Award: FORBES TOP 200 RESIDENTIAL ARCHITECTS

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.

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.

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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.
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Powder Mill House received the 2024 Gold Prism Award by the Builders and Remodelers Association of Greater Boston for the Best Single Family Home: 6,000 to 8,000 square feet.
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2024 Best of Houzz award winner in Design,
featuring Glass House in the Garden.
View the projectGlass House In The Garden
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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
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Lantern Studio won the 2020 Residential Design Architecture Citation Award for excellence in custom residential design.

View the projectLantern Studio