Author: Blueplate PR
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Ambiente To Host February’s “Thirst4Architecture”
A networking event for fans of Modernist design. The Ambiente Collection, a showroom of contemporary and modernist furniture in Raleigh, will host the “Thirst4Architecture,” a networking event sponsored by North Carolina Modernist Houses (NCMH) and Emilie Huin/501 Realty, on Friday, February 27, from 6-8 p.m. Free and open to the public, T4A events are opportunities for…
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Indoor-Outdoor Living — Literally
To accommodate a tight budget, architect Frank Harmon made half of this modern coastal home open-air. Award-winning Raleigh architect Frank Harmon, FAIA, recently completed a single-family house on South Carolina’s St. Helena Island that solved tight budget constraints in an unusual way: To keep costs down, 50 percent of this 1600-square-foot Modern house is composed entirely…
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Chapel Hill Architect Introduces “Micropolis” House Plans
Architect-designed building plans for tiny Modern homes. Growing up in North Carolina, architect Arielle Condoret Schechter, AIA, of Chapel Hill, NC, saw a problem: The mobile homes scattered or clumped together across North Carolina filled a great need for small housing options but they had no design integrity, they were usually made of poor materials,…
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TRIG Modern Announces Exclusive Deal with ValDesign
Downtown Raleigh store now offers high-end Italian kitchen systems. Trig Modern, the modern furniture, lighting, and interior design store located in downtown Raleigh, North Carolina, is now the Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill “Triangle” region’s exclusive dealer for ValDesign, The Alf Group’s contemporary kitchen cabinetry systems. ValDesign systems are designed and manufactured in Italy’s Veneto region, which is internationally…
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New Design Book Features Three Houses By Frank Harmon, FAIA
Representing Southern architects whose styles vary as much as the region. Contemporary Southern Homes, a new hardcover book published by Schiffer Publishing, Ltd, features three Modern houses designed by Raleigh architect Frank Harmon, FAIA: the Low Country house in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina; the Strickland-Ferris house in Raleigh, NC; and Harmon’s own home, also in…
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NCMH Opens 2015 With Back-To-Back Events In Downtown Durham
A film on Santiago Calatrava’s “Turning Torso” building and a networking event at Kontek. North Carolina Modernist Houses (NCMH) will open 2015 with two back-to-back Durham events: a special screening of a film about world-renowned architect Santiago Calatrava and a “Thirst4Architecture” (T4A) design networking event at Kontek Systems. On Wednesday, January 7, at 7:30 pm, the NCMH MODTriangle…
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Duke University’s Ocean Conservation Center Achieves LEED Platinum
The highest Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design certification. Raleigh architect Frank Harmon, FAIA, principal of Frank Harmon Architect PA, recently learned that the Ocean Conservation Center (OCC) his firm designed in Beaufort, NC, for Duke University’s Nicholas School of the Environment Marine Laboratory has achieved LEED Platinum certification. Platinum is the highest Leadership in…
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The Raleigh Architecture Co. Announces Addition To Its Design-Build Team
The Raleigh Architecture Company (RACo) is pleased to announce that John Whitaker, Associate AIA, LEED AP, has joined the downtown Raleigh design-build team as project manager. Whitaker received his professional Bachelor of Architecture degree in 2007 from Drury University’s School of Architecture in Springfield, MO., where he minored in graphic art, global studies, and art history.…
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Durham Furniture Designer Hosts December “Thirst4Architecture”
A year-round series of networking events for Modernist design fans Durham-based furniture company Elijah Leed will host North Carolina Modernist Houses “Thirst4Architecture” (T4A) design networking event on Thursday, December 11, from 6-8 p.m. The event is free and open to the public. Emilie Huin of 501 Realty, specializing in Modernist houses in the Triangle, is sponsoring…
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