Twenty miles west of Boston sits Lincoln, Massachusetts, a colonial-era town with a zeal for modern architecture. Mid-century residences populate Lincoln’s pastoral fields and showcase concepts synonymous with modern architecture, such as large areas of glass with built-in shading devices, a choreographed connection with nature, and asymmetrical pitched roofs. These ideas feature prominently in the complex renovation undertaken by the firms of Cambridge-based SMMA and the Philadelphia office of EwingCole for the Lincoln School, which was completed in September 2022.