Author: Blueplate PR
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Exemplary Mid-Century Home Endangered In Durham
August 3, 2009 (DURHAM, NC) – A 1950’s house going on the market isn’t news. When that house is exemplary of its style and period and in danger of demolition, it is. The 1958 John and Binford Carr residence in Durham, NC, overlooking Hope Valley Golf Course is for sale. Triangle Modernist Houses, an archiving…
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Raleigh Artist Jason Craighead Receives Consecutive “Standing Ovation”
July 27, 2009 (RALEIGH, NC) – For the fifth year, Raleigh-based artist Jason Craighead has received a MetroBravo Award for Best Artist in Raleigh Metro Magazine’s annual reader’s poll covering a 22-country area of North Carolina. This honor marks his his second consecutive “Standing Ovation” award, the poll’s highest honor, which he shares this year…
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Setzer Design Offers First Look at Monte-Fino Yachts New Series
July 22, 2009 (CARY, NC, USA) — Setzer Design Group has been working with Kha-Shing Shipyards in Taiwan on their Monte-Fino line of vessels. The first look at the new 19 and 34 meter designs reveal vessels that are both sleek and futuristic and loaded with all the special features of world-class Sport-Yachts. Kha-Shing may…
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Triangle Modernist Houses’ Summer Doubleheader Tour Sells Out Quickly
July 22, 2009 (DURHAM, NC) – Triangle Modernist Houses has sold out its first August tour, a “Behind-The-Scenes” look at the Durham Performing Arts Center in downtown Durham and architect Phil Szostak residence in Orange County. The tour will be held on Saturday, August 1, from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. Phil Szostak, FAIA, principal…
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Putting The Ease in Easements: How To Save Modernist Houses From Future Bulldozers
July 22, 2009 (RALEIGH, NC) — Property easements aren’t sexy, but they are important, especially when they concern property with historic value. Easements protect historic structures by assuring that the property’s intrinsic values will be preserved through subsequent ownership. To help the general public understand how easements work, what they protect, their advantages and disadvantages,…
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Pretty In Pink Foundation Sees Surge In Need, Gets Boost In Media Coverage
National and regional media highlight the non-profit’s mission. July 21, 2009 (RALEIGH, NC) – When the need is great, the requests increase and so does the media coverage. Dr. Lisa Tolnitch, a Raleigh, NC breast cancer surgeon has been tapped by several media outlets to share the mission of Pretty In Pink Foundation, a non-profit…
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Triangle Modernist Houses. com Awards Its First Research Grant
July 15, 2009 (RALEIGH, NC) — David Hill, assistant professor architecture at North Carolina State University’s College of Design in Raleigh, has received Triangle Modernist Houses’ first Macon Smith Research Grant. Triangle Modernist Houses.com is the online entity of Triangle Modernist Archives, Inc., an award-winning nonprofit which preserves, advocates, and builds community around modernist residential…
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Lather Hair Salon Hosts “Hair Tales…Pony Tails…Cocktails”
July 14, 2009 (RALEIGH, NC) – Lather Hair Salon in North Raleigh and DiscoveringHair.com will host “Hair Tales…Pony Tales…Cocktails” in the salon on Sunday, July 26, beginning at 10 a.m. As the first of a series of similar events sponsored by DiscoveringHair.com, the morning will offer participants a chance to test new hair care products,…
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Blueplate PR Goes Modern with Triangle Modernist Houses.com
July 7, 2009 (RALEIGH, NC) – The Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill “Triangle” region of North Carolina has the third-largest concentration of modernist houses in the nation, bested only by Los Angeles and Chicago. This fact surprises most people, even those who live in the Triangle. But not TriangleModernistHouses.com (TMH), an award-winning nonprofit which preserves, advocates, and builds…
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National Journal Features Case Study of Duke’s First LEED-Gold Building
July 2, 2009 (RALEIGH, NC) – Duke University’s only LEED Gold-certified building – the Ocean Conservation Center in Beaufort, NC – is featured in a case study in this month’s Environmental Design + Conservation, a professional journal and premier source for integrated high-performance building dedicated to efficient and sustainable design and construction. Designed by award-winning…
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