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Press

Read from a selection of editorial coverage about our residential projects.

FLAVIN AWARDED 2025 ARCHITECTURE FIRM OF THE YEAR, Modern Luxury Interiors

Flavin Architects named 2025 Architecture Firm of the Year as part of the magazine's inaugural Best of Luxury Design Award.

Swan Studio
Boston Globe Magazine, 2024

By Marni Elyse Katz
The 640-square-foot Swan Studio and outdoor stainless steel hot tub align with the Six Moon Hill modernist neighborhood aesthetic.

Bridging the Past
Residential Design, 2023

By S. Claire Conroy
A modern addition reimagines and reconfigures an 1880s home for contemporary life.

Wales House Outbuildings
Boston Magazine, 2023

By Jaci Conry
A midcentury outbuilding gets transformed into guest quarters and a yoga studio.

COLIN FLAVIN
2022 HALL OF FAME INDUCTEE

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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Tanglewood Modern
Fine Homebuilding, 2022

By Janice Rohlf
An exposed steel and Douglas-fir beamed ceiling creates an ideal environment for music performances.

HEATHER SOUZA
2021 5 UNDER 40 AWARD

This prestigious award from New England Home highlights the best emerging talent throughout New England.

FLAVIN AWARDED 2021 BEST OF BOSTON HOME CONTEMPORARY ARCHITECT

Lantern Studio and Brae Burn Modern featured in Best of Boston Home 2021 guide to the region’s top designers, builders, makers, and shops.

Bunker Hill House
New England Home, 2021

By Marni Elyse Katz
Design professionals adapt a city rooftop for open-air living.

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Lantern Studio
Dwell, 2020

By Marni Elyse Katz
In a leafy Boston suburb, a place to park cars and repair vintage scooters grows into a bucolic sanctuary.

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Glass House in the Garden
Atomic Ranch, 2020

By Devlin Smith
This sleek and multifunctional backyard retreat was created with inspiration from Philip Johnson’s Glass House.

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Kettle Cove Farmhouse
Northshore Home, 2020

By Janice Randall Rohlf
Yankee traditions imbue a modern home tucked in amid trees at the edge of a serene cove.

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Awards

Design recognition for Flavin Architects.

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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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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.
View the projectPowder Mill House
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Cliff House received the 2024 Gold Prism Award by the Builders and Remodelers Association of Greater Boston for the Best Single Family Home: 3,000 to 4,500 square feet.
View the projectCliff House
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Swan Studio received the 2024 Your Modern Cottage Design Awards by Your Modern Cottage for the Small Modern Cottage category: Under 1,600 square feet.
View the projectSwan Studio
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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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2023 Best of Houzz award winner in Design,
featuring Rooftop Oasis.
View the projectRooftop Oasis
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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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2022 Best of Houzz award winner in Design and Service,
featuring Annisquam River House.
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Annisquam River House received the 2021 Gold Prism Award by the Builders and Remodelers Association of Greater Boston for the Best Single Family Home: 4,500 to 6,000 square feet.
View the projectAnnisquam River House
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Bunker Hill House received the 2021 Gold Prism Award by the Builders and Remodelers Association of Greater Boston for the Best Attached Home: Over 1,800 square feet.
View the projectBunker Hill House
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Wales House + Outbuildings received the 2021 Gold Prism Award by the Builders and Remodelers Association of Greater Boston for the Best Remodeling/Restoration: Over $1 Million and Under 5,000 square feet.
View the projectWales House Outbuildings
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Brae Burn Modern received the 2021 Gold Prism Award by the Builders and Remodelers Association of Greater Boston for the Best Single Family Home: Over 8,000 square feet.
View the projectBrae Burn Modern
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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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2021 Best of Houzz award winner in Design and Service,
featuring Brae Burn Modern.
View the projectBrae Burn Modern