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DAVID LEE APOSHIAN

Somerville, Massachusetts

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APOSHIAN, David Lee Of Cambridge, Massachusetts, died on Saturday, January 13th, 2018. He was 62 years old. A prolific and esteemed designer and developer, David had been building in the greater Cambridge area for over 25 years. His homes are easily recognized by his signature style of dark green...

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My husband Harry and I now live in the house that David built and lived in with his family in the '80s...We have been here since 1994 and enjoy our home and garden which David designed. It is a tribute to him and his lovely sense of design. So sorry he passed so young.

I still miss you David, thank you for everything, always. I love you my friend. What a profound impact you had on this world.

I am so sorry for your loss and my belated condolences in just finding out about David's passing. We were good friends when we were together at Harvard and even moved furniture together one summer to help with tuition payments. I do remember commenting that his sense of humor made pianos light. Over the next 30 years we had dinner occasionally and while we had been out of touch recently I was looking him up to connect on my next trip back to Boston. I admired his energy, creativity and wide...

I am so sorry to learn of David's departure. I offer my belated condolences. I was thinking of David just today, and decided to view his extraordinarily beautiful houses on the web again, only to discover he is gone. He'll never be forgotten by those who once knew him as a friend.

I knew David about the time he started a moving business, then bought his first house in Cambridge, intending to renovate. He told me, "I'd never picked up a hammer before." But he unquestionably taught...

My deepest sympathies to David's family. I met him when I came to Baltimore for my senior year of high school. When I set out for New England Conservatory, David went to Harvard. We went our separate ways, but I was able to see him a few times in Boston perhaps 15 years ago. He gave me a nighttime tour of some of the homes he had designed (one family got rather nervous at the noises outside!). He was a brilliant and wonderful person, and I am very sorry for your loss.

I knew David on and off for over thirty years, and arranged financing on quite a number of his developments. I deeply admired his passion and creativity, his care about creating spaces in which people could flourish, and his willingness to go deep into the details to to make his vision real.

Over the years I also listened as he talked with great affection about his family, and I send them my deepest sympathy.

Tim O'Donnell

As the days and weeks pass, and as you return to life's routine, may you continue to feel comforted by the love and support of family and friends.

As someone who bought one of the iconic Aposhian homes two and a half years ago in Watertown, I send my sympathies to his family. I love this house! The day we moved in, David was weeding the "over-planted" garden, filled with double-blooming irises. He also left us a home-baked baklava and a bottle of wine.. I am so sorry to hear of his death.

My wife an I shared our first home together in his first development at 109 River Street 25 years ago. A modestly sized loft. We flourished under his roof, literally. Though we subesquently moved on to bigger quarters to build a family, we retained always fond memories of our first home designed by David.