Preserving a Modernist Way of Life

'Preserving a Modernist Way of Life' by Sara Rimer was published on Thursday, August 27, 2009 in The New York Times which discusses Peter McMahon of Cape Cod Modern House Trust efforts to restore the Kugel House (above) by architect Charles Zehnder built in 1970. The Kepes Cottage (below) by Marcel Breuer built in 1948-49 was featured on 'The Modernist House Tour + Symposium' in collaboration with CCMHT on Sunday, August 23, 2009. Click on the title of this blog post to read the full story.

Walter Gropius, Hagerty House, Cohasset, Massachusetts

'Walter Gropius, The Hagerty House,' appears in the December/January 2009 issue of Dwell Magazine. Architect Peter McMahon of Cape Cod Modern House Trust mentioned the house to me during our meeting with Falmouth Historical Commission. The house in Cohasset, Massachusetts, was Gropius' first residential project in the U.S. and was completed in 1938.

On a recent visit to Scituate, Massachusetts, a town just south of Cohasset, I stumbled upon the house and it is quite dramatic in person. Although the story does not go into great detail about the restoration, there is no architect mentioned, the owners bravely did not alter the architecture and kept the home's stark white stucco exterior and granite walls. This story is a wonderful example of a sensitive restoration of an iconic modern house. The interior is renovated in a sympathetic way and is made practical for modern living.

Click on the title of this post to read the story 'Walter Gropius, The Hagerty House' and to see additional images in Dwell.

Holiday Magazine August 1950

'Cape Cod's New Cottages' was published in 'Holiday' magazine in the August 1950 issue which discusses a new architecture emerging in traditional Cape Cod. The work of architects E. Gunnar Peterson, in Falmouth, Marcel Breuer, in Wellfleet and Dennis, Carl Koch and Walter Gropius' Architects Collaborative is featured. Please click on images to enlarge.