Author Archives for David Supple

As we head into Spring 2025, I wanted to share a few thoughts from my perspective on some of Boston’s hottest real estate markets.  We have been doing luxury architectural design build throughout the Greater Boston Area and Boston’s MetroWest for 20 years now and have both familiarity and perspective.    I hope this is of help… View Article

What made the great buildings of our earth possible has been denied for the sake of prestige and an arbitrary sense of self-worth. The result is the fractured industry of today whereby design is divorced from build—and a Pandora’s box of complications, stress and tragedy issue forth. This is the final post in a weekly… View Article

The gradual separation between architect and builder sprouted ten years before Wright’s birth with the formation of The American Institute of Architects (AIA) in 1857. It subtly took hold by changing the way an architect was trained (from an apprenticeship in the field to a university curriculum in a classroom), and slowly grew with laws… View Article

In today’s world, the home improvement industry has the highest rate of dissatisfaction and complaints in the world–second only to auto sales and repair. We’ve all seen this in our day to day lives and likely heard the stories of our neighbors and friends with varying degrees of success and horror. Quality projects that are… View Article

Why is Passive House trending in Boston? Well… I think there are several reasons. Boston is a culturally astute town–on pulse with the world while maintaining and leading trends internationally across culture, the arts, sports and technology. Boston is a standout in technology…not only biotech or fintech…but also that of homes. A Passive House is… View Article

Definition of “Architect” Through Time The lineage of the word architect comes from the ancient Greek words ‘arkhi’, which meant “master” and ‘tekton’ meaning “carpenter” or “builder”. The architect progressed from the trades for millennia, beginning as an apprentice, progressing to a journeyman and then finally as a master being able to turn around to… View Article

What is an Architect? This is a question that you would think would be clearly evident after graduating from a prestigious architectural program and working in an international design studio. Well…the lines had become blurred. Shortly after graduating and immersing myself in the work force, I found that the industry creating the built environment had… View Article

Henry is a key part of our Architectural Design Build Design Team here at NEDC.  His creativity, interest and the joy he brings to his work is tangible and we are extremely grateful to have him as part of our team.  This is his story:  I was born in Cali, Valle del Cauca, Colombia, and… View Article

The on-going tragedy of the LA fires is horrendous, gripping and heart-breaking on many levels. I have a number of friends and their families who have lost everything in the ongoing fires ravaging Los Angeles, the Pacific Palisades and the surrounding areas. There are many organizations working selflessly to help at this time. My firm… View Article

When Wright struck out on his own, he continued monitoring the execution of his buildings to various degrees. His long career included designing over 1,000 buildings while having over 50% of them constructed. He did not oversee all of them personally (which would not be humanly impossible given that volume) but was far more than… View Article