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Posted Apr 6 at 1:33 PM in by Sandy Giardi
Merz Construction’s recent new build, designed by Dewing Schmid Kearns, is the reason we take Sunday drives. The refined Shingle Style is a vision in craftsmanship and a seamless fit on its picturesque grounds in Concord. By design, the home looks to be born of its idyllic terrain. The roof and eave line were deliberately set low to the ground by the architects to integrate—and ingratiate—the...
Posted Apr 6 at 11:00 AM in by Sandy Giardi
Where most viewed a nondescript structure hidden beneath a sheath of aluminum siding and overgrown foliage, Jon Wardwell of JW Construction saw promise and provenance. Wardwell, an expert on the restoration of turn-of-the-century homes, recognized the stellar but unrealized example of Dutch Colonial architecture. He had recently undertaken another historic preservation in Lexington for the same...
Posted Apr 4 at 3:25 PM in by carly stewart
BDG's Top 10 Instagram posts for the month of March 2017!
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Meant for a miraculous morning.(Custom builder: Rick Roy Construction; Photography: Dan Cutrona)
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We love #NationalPuppyDay. These dogs...
Posted Apr 4 at 1:48 PM in by Sandy Giardi
The descriptor “restoration” doesn't do justice to Colonial Reproductions and Patrick Ahearn Architect’s ambitious collaboration in Edgartown Harbor on Martha’s Vineyard. The home recently awarded a Gold BRICC Award by the Home Builders and Remodelers Association of Cape Cod is somewhere between an architectural history lesson and a rescue mission, laced with a healthy dose of maritime lore and...
Posted Apr 4 at 11:20 AM in by carly stewart
After a long and creative process, three Artists For Humanity (AFH) teen artists were chosen to feature their designs on Reebok Classics silhouettes. This collection will be sold and produced in stores, giving the Boston-based nonprofit the opportunity to share their hard work, talent and stories beyond the city of Boston - both in stores and by foot.
Artists For Humanity (AFH) is a Boston-based...
Posted Mar 31 at 12:27 PM in by Anonymous
Architecture by Peter Sachs Architect; Photo by Patrick Rogers Photography
One of Boston's premier architects, Peter Sachs, recently completed a spectacular home renovation on Wykeham Road in Newton, MA. Sachs specializes in historic home restoration and the goal for his recent project was to "De-Tudor" a 1920s Tudor style home. Instead of tearing down the home and starting brand new, a common...
Posted Mar 30 at 3:28 PM in by Sandy Giardi
Globe-Trotting to Miami, FloridaInteriors by LDa Architecture & Interiors; original architecture and interiors by Mayer + Associates
In Miami’s South Beach, it’s the dramatic vantage—of the coast toward the Florida Keys, and the docklands and Miami skyline—that makes waves. LDa Architecture & Interiors, the firm that worked in the client’s Newton, Mass., home, was commissioned to inject...
Posted Mar 30 at 1:54 PM in by Sandy Giardi
Globe-Trotting to New York CityArchitecture by Foley Fiore Architecture
Tranquil shades of gray and white and intriguing lines resonate in a luxe New York City apartment overlooking Central Park West designed by Foley Fiore Architecture. Set in an iconic late-1800s park-side building, this home inhabits the top corner of the structure, including space within a round turret and underneath a copper...
Posted Mar 30 at 1:11 PM in by Sandy Giardi
Globe-Trotting to Montecito, CaliforniaArchitecture by Charles Hilton Architects
Charles Hilton Architects, out of Greenwich, Connecticut, capitalized on a one-of-a-kind vista when designing a showstopper of a home in Montecito, California. This waterfront condominium unit, in a building that hails from the 1960s, serves as the West Coast companion to a client’s traditional East Coast home. But...
Posted Mar 30 at 12:25 PM in by Sandy Giardi
Globe-Trotting to Santa Barbara, CaliforniaArchitecture by Patrick Ahearn Architect
For a home high in the hills of Santa Barbara, California, Martha’s Vineyard architect Patrick Ahearn had to factor in fire and earthquake zones when crafting his design parti for the city officials’ approval. Parameters that, we don't have to tell you, fall well outside of his usual m.o. on the island colony he...
