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New Project: Crystal Lake Modern
Our clients sought a modern, light-filled home with an efficient floorplan— one that could accommodate their young family, their need for privacy while working from home, and an in-law suite, while minimizing redundant spaces.
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Ongoing Projects + Design Inspiration
New England Coastal Modern. Our ongoing project in Gloucester, MA features a series of pavilions designed to maximize ocean views along the Ipswich Bay coastline. The program for the luxurious outdoor spaces will include an infinity-edge pool and deck designed with a pergola and outdoor shower to extend the living areas into the surrounding landscape.
Thank you to our collaborators on this project.
@benchmark_builders
Mill River Consulting
Webb Structural Services
RJZ Engineering
@sghengineering
@systemseven7
@docaboston
@reg_hough_associates
@kellerminimalwindows
@schueco
Crystal Lake Modern. Designed for a young family in Newton, MA, this light-filled home balances an efficient floorplan with private terraces and an in-law suite. Projecting eaves and vertical @accoyawood siding emphasize the home’s visual lines, while a poured board-form concrete plinth settles it into the sloped site. Inside, a two-story white oak screen— a Flavin trademark —brings warmth and privacy to the open living spaces.
Read more about Crystal Lake Modern, the newest addition to our website, at the link in our bio.
Thank you to our collaborators on this project.
@benchmark_builders
@siegelstructural
RJZ Engineering
Spruhan Engineering
@loewenwindows
Rentown Cabinet Makers
@viewrail
@accoyawood
@tile_showcase
@porcelanosa
@designerbath
@yaleappliance
@systemseven7
@visualcomfort
Videography by @trentbellphotography
Styling by @fernanda.bourlot @simplemente_blanco
LACMA David Geffen Galleries, Peter Zumthor, 2026.
Colin’s sketch of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art captures the building addition`s sweeping concrete form as it curves above the sculpture garden below. Metallic and chrome textile screens by designer Reiko Sudō line the galleries, protecting light-sensitive artworks while keeping the building`s distinct form in view.
Zumthor was born in Basel, Switzerland, and studied at the Kunstgewerbeschule Basel and the Pratt Institute in New York before establishing his own practice in Haldenstein, Switzerland, in 1979.
Tiered Modern. This project was our first commission that began during the COVID-19 pandemic. The disruption caused by quarantining and working remotely gave us the opportunity to reset, and hone our creative approach, centering a distinctly collaborative experience with our client.
The design process we employed on this project, a home for a young family in Newton, has become a benchmark for our firm’s approach, and the hybrid collaboration improved our tools to design virtually for clients based outside of Massachusetts.
Thank you to our collaborators on this project.
Haven Builders @sarah_havenbuilders
@nik_havenbuilders @reid_havenbuilders
@wagnerhodgson
Everett M. Brooks Co
Webb Structural Services
@amrlandscape
Suburban HVAC
@nec_solar
Nine Points Woodworking
@sdiboston
Styling by @simplemente_blanco
Photography by @natreaphotography
West Gloucester Outbuilding. We revisited this waterfront home in Cape Ann to add a carport and pool to our original design, creating the perfect spot for our clients to spend the summer.
Waterfront homes are a key part of our portfolio, combining storm-resilient building science with an indoor/outdoor design aesthetic, so our homes stand up to coastal conditions without sacrificing views.
Thank you to our collaborators on this project.
@brookesandhillcustom
@wagnerhodgson
Atsu Gunther Design
Webb Structural Services
Sun Engineering
The Morin-Cameron Group
Kelley Welding @modernheritagellc @systemseven7
Garland Park Visitor Center, Will Shaw, 1976.
While in California, Colin sketched this column detail of Will Shaw’s Visitor Center. Shaw was born in Hollywood and studied at the University of California, Berkeley. He established his private practice in Monterey and started the Foundation for Environmental Design with photographer Ansel Adams in 1964.
A modern take on the traditional mortise and tenon joint, the structure in Shaw’s Visitor Center design is left exposed and frames the view of the surrounding Caramel Valley landscape.
Sculpted To The Land. Originally designed in 1958 by Henry Hoover, a pioneer of New England modernist architecture, this home is carefully integrated within its natural context.
As part of our restoration of the house, we added radiant heat systems beneath a new violet and green natural cleft slate floor, hand-glazed Heath Ceramics tile in the bathrooms, and refinished Douglas fir walls throughout.
Thank you to our collaborators on this project.
Thoughtforms
Cutting Edge Systems
Murat Oztermiyeci of New England Architectural Finishing
@heathceramics
Photography by @natreaphotography
New England Coastal Modern. Our current project in Gloucester, MA brings modern forms and materials to traditional New England architectural styles. Gabled forms are juxtaposed with a material palette of solid architectural concrete, stark slate and natural cedar.
Thank you to our collaborators on this project.
@benchmark_builders
Mill River Consulting
Webb Structural Services
RJZ Engineering
@sghengineering
@systemseven7
@docaboston
First Church of Christ, Scientist, Bernard Maybeck, 1910.
During his time in California, Colin sketched Maybeck’s National Historic Landmark. Son of a German immigrant and born in New York City, Maybeck studied in Paris before taking his career to the West Coast. He worked primarily in the San Francisco Bay Area and taught at the University of California, Berkeley. A defining masterpiece of the First Bay Tradition, Maybeck’s church features locally sourced materials and exposed structural elements in the American Craftsman style.
Woodhaven Modern. The layout of this home in Lexington, MA is designed as a “T” shape, connecting a single-story common area to the two-story private wing. The spacious, single-story living room and kitchen space extends from a glass encased staircase which stands as the linchpin between the two areas.
Thank you to our collaborators on this project.
E.W. Tarca Construction
@wagnerhodgson
Columbia Design Group
Webb Structural Services
Maverick Integration
@porcelanosa
Styling by @simplementeblanco
Photography by @natreaphotography
Glass House in the Garden. Designed in collaboration with ZEN Associates, this modern glass structure features a divided interior with a seating area at the front and functioning greenhouse to the rear. Clean lines and exposed structural elements evoke midcentury design and aluminum sliding glass doors open to a Japanese rock garden situated in the landscape.
Thank you to our collaborators on this project.
Thoughtforms
Ron Herman Landscape Architect
@zen_associates
@siegelstructural
@sunengineeringinc
Kelley Welding
@rpmarzillilandscape
Architectural Glazing Systems
Photography by @terrificshots and Gregg Shupe Photography
Cliff House. The kitchen, living, and dining spaces of this home in Marblehead, MA, feature a soaring 10-foot ceiling. This spacious sense of interiority is in dialogue with a cantilevered deck that runs the length of the living room, extending the space over the cliff below.
Thank you to our collaborators on this project:
P.M. Gallagher Builders
@wagnerhodgson
Webb Structural Services
Photography by @millicentharvey
