[2] He served in the United States Army Corps of Engineers during World War II doing reconstruction work in Europe.
In 1951, Pierce and Compton purchased 45 acres of land in Lexington, Massachusetts which had once served as a dairy farm and peacock sanctuary.
Pierce's designs feature open floor plans, asymmetrical roofs, walls of glass, and raised basements.
[6] Pierce formed a new firm in 1964, producing designs for custom homes, public schools and the Marine Biological Laboratory at Woods Hole, Massachusetts.
[8] His split-level design took first place in the 1957 standard-plan competition held by the American Institute of Architects and Better Homes and Gardens.