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Trig Modern Announces Relocation To “Dock 1053”
Joining a new business and retail center on Whitaker Mill Road. Bob Drake, owner of Trig Modern in downtown Raleigh, officially announces that he’s moving his furniture showroom and design center from West Jones Street to a larger space at 1053 East Whitaker Mill Road, Suite 109, within an emerging business and entrepreneur center known as Dock 1053.…
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Chapel In The Pines: Shaw Design Gets Phase Two Underway
Chapel Hill-based architectural firm Shaw Design Associates is now preparing schematics for Phase Two of the building project at Chapel in the Pines Presbyterian Church, which will add a new 3191-square-foot Fellowship Hall and set the stage for a new entry courtyard to the church campus on Great Ridge Parkway just south of Chapel Hill. “I’m very pleased…
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Architecture Movie Series To Present Documentary on 25 Frank Lloyd Wright Structures in California
For its first film in 2016, the MoHo Architecture Movie Series will screen “Romanza: The Structures of California Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright” on Thursday, January 7, in the James B. Hunt Library auditorium on NC State University’s Centennial Campus in Raleigh. Directed by Michael Miner, “Romanza” features 25 buildings Wright designed along the West Coast, including…
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Re-imagining The Neighborhood Grocery: The Raleigh Architecture Co. Completes Standard Foods
When Standard Foods opened in downtown Raleigh’s Person Street Plaza this fall, owners John Holmes and Scott Crawford finally revealed their vision for an all-locally sourced, farm-to-table grocery store and restaurant, both of which celebrate “the food, farmers, and artisanal production methods of our region,” according to the website. Within the Plaza, a redevelopment project that includes Raleigh…
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Chapel Hill Magazine’s Readers Name Keith Shaw Best Architect in Chapel Hill for 2015
For the second year in a row, Chapel Hill Magazine’s readers voted Keith Shaw, AIA, principal and founder of Shaw Design Associates, Best Architect in Chapel Hill in the publication’s 2015 Best Of Chapel Hill Awards program. Shaw received the top Platinum award, followed by Szostak Design (Gold), Hobbs Architects (Silver), and Dail Dixon, FAIA, (Bronze). A graduate…
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MoHo Realty Architecture Movie Series Screens Another Double Feature: “Xmas Meier,” and “Gehry’s Vertigo”
This year’s MoHo Realty Architecture Movie series, sponsored by North Carolina Modernist Houses and MoHo Realty, continues on Thursday, December 3, at the James B. Hunt Jr. Library Auditorium, NC State University Centennial Campus, in Raleigh with another double feature. The first film, “Xmas Meier” (2013, 37 minutes) takes viewers, during the Christmas season, into the heart of a working-class neighborhood…
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North Carolina “Starchitect” Frank Harmon, FAIA, Celebrates Career, Retirement Nov. 19
On Thursday evening, November 19, from 6-8 p.m., multi-award-winning architect, professor, author, and artist Frank Harmon, FAIA, will thank friends, colleagues, and clients for a 50-year career that saw him rise to the top of his profession when he officially announces his retirement during an oyster roast and champagne toast. Harmon’s retirement party will be held…
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“Modern Ruin:” Movie Series Presents Documentary on The World’s Fair Pavilion
Filmmaker Matt Silva will be on hand for Q&A session. As an addition to its 2015-2016 Architecture Movie Series, North Carolina Modernist Houses (NCMH) and series sponsor MoHo Realty present a special screening of the documentary “Modern Ruin: A World’s Fair Pavilion” on Saturday, November 14, 6:30 p.m., at King’s in downtown Raleigh. Filmmaker Matt…
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Grand Entrance: Trig Modern To Update The Quorum’s Lobby, Corridors
Trig Modern, the only showroom and design service in downtown Raleigh that specializes in modern decor, has been hired to upgrade the lobby and the eight residential corridors in The Residents at Quorum Center, a luxury condominium building also in downtown Raleigh. “An inviting lobby is the condo version of curb appeal and your first impression of a…
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The Raleigh Architecture Co. Hires New Project Manager
Craig Kerins, AIA, and Robby Johnston, AIA, partners in The Raleigh Architecture Company (RACo) announce that Claire Craven has joined their firm as a project manager. Craven received her Bachelor of Architecture degree in 2012 from the University of Tennessee’s College of Architecture and Design, where she received a Faculty Design Award for the best…
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