For roughly 40 years, Cape Cod has been a melting pot of architectural design. When imagining Cape Cod, modern architecture isn’t usually what pops into your mind. But following World War II, the Cape was home to many progressive thinking European designers. Roughly 100 Modernist Homes were built, hidden in the woods. Now, architect Peter McMahon is making it his mission to preserve these uninhabited homes slated for demolition. Some homes have rotted out floors or buckling patios while others have collapsing roofs; but together with the Cape Cod Modernist House trust that McMahon founded in 2007, the hope is to maintain these homes for future generations to appreciate.
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