Kennedy taught architecture at MIT and designed modern apartment buildings, factories, stores and theaters but he is primarily known as an architect of private residences. Kennedy, an award-winning architect and author, was the first American architect to work for Walter Gropius after he relocated to the United States in the 1930s.
The Fuchs House (1955, 9 Ellis Road, Map #13, MHC 742).The Bissonnette/McDermott House (1955, 17 Kendal Common Road, Map #10, MHC 739).
The MacDougall House (1955, 12 Ellis Road, Map #15, MHC 744). Robert Woods Kennedy (1911-1985) designed three houses in the neighborhood: Only the first four firms appear to have actually designed houses in Kendal Common. Their names were printed on a 1952 promotional brochure and on Kendal Common Inc. The list included not only Carl Koch and Associates but also:Īn impressive group of leaders within the modernist movement in Boston. Board of Directors expanded the group of architects that prospective buyers could use. The Modernist Movement Comes to Kendal Common RoadĪfter a few years, the Kendal Common Inc. Waniek House (1956, 46 Kendal Common Road, Map #17, MHC 746) Techbuilt. Barnes House* (1953, 7 French Road, Map #22, MHC 751, Photo #6) Techbuilt. This plan had previously been built in Conantum and Betty Thomas* (1952, 49 Kendal Common Road, Map #16, MHC 745). Thomas and Florence Stantial (1951, 23 Kendal Common Road- standard plan, Map #11, MHC 740). Setsuo and Norma Dairiki (1951, 45 Kendal Common Road, Map #24, MHC 753). Max and Johanna Reissner* (1951, 3 Ellis Road, Map #12, MHC 741). Robert and Helen Marden* (1951, 30 Kendal Common Road, Map #19, MHC 748, Photo #4). Mario and Gene Castillo* (1950, 40 Kendal Common Road, Map #18, MHC #747, Photo #4). Harry and Jesse Grant, Everett Grant* (1950, 16 Kendal Common Road, Map #20, MHC 749, Photo #1), 2nd house completed. House House (c.1950, One North Avenue, Map #5, MHC 737) 1st house completed Those marked with an asterisk (*) are very similar to their original appearance, except for the plantings which have grown up over the years: The following 12 Kendal Common houses were built between 19 from designs by Koch or his firm, either as custom designs or from standard Koch plans that had been built elsewhere. In 1951, Koch began work on the planning, design and construction of Conantum, Concord’s first residential housing development. His interest in new housing types led to his work from 1946 to 1949 on the Acorn House, a factory-fabricated house, and, on the Techbuilt house, a low-cost, semi-factory-built modern-style house using modular construction, first built in 1953. He received his undergraduate and Masters of Architecture degrees from Harvard and set up an office practice in the Boston area in 1939. About Carl KochĬarl Koch was one of the leading modern architects of the post-war period. Houses include both flat-roofed and gabled roof types and are one or two stories. Plans were reviewed by the board of directors of the neighborhood corporation to insure variety within the modernist vocabulary. 
For a time, Carl Koch and Associates was the only firm allowed to design houses in the new development.
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