Category: architecture
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Educating The Next Generation of Modernist Architects
Over the past two weeks, North Carolina Modernist Houses’ Project BauHow gave away 200 CAD systems to rural high school students – powerful desktop computer and monitors they get to take home and keep. As a result, students can practice CAD all they want. Later, with class instruction, they will test their knowledge through an NCMH design competition featuring a…
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Happy Hour In The Warehouse District: The Raleigh Architecture Co. Hosts October’s “Thirst4Architecture”
Craig Kerins, AIA, and Robby Johnston, AIA, principals of The Raleigh Architecture Co., will host October’s Thirst4Architecture (T4A) happy hour along with North Carolina Modernist Houses (NCMH) on Thursday, October 15, from 6-8 p.m. Free and open to the public, the event will be held at the firm’s offices in the Warehouse District at 502 South West Street, near the corner of…
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Modapalooza Tour To Visit The Raleigh Architecture Company’s Wynne Street Houses
Three new, modern, for-sale houses in east-central Raleigh. Three new, modern, for-sale houses on Wynne Street in downtown Raleigh, designed by The Raleigh Architecture Co. (RACo), will be part of the “Modapalooza Tour” on Saturday, October 10, sponsored by North Carolina Modernist Houses, an award-winning non-profit organization dedicated to documenting, preserving, and promoting modernist residential design from the 1950s to…
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The Raleigh Architecture Co. Wins AIA NC Honor Award for “Edentwins”
Two modern, urban-infill houses designed in tandem, side-by-side. When architects enter custom-designed housing in awards competitions, they enter either single-family houses or multi-dwelling projects: multiple, separate housing units that are contained within one building or several buildings within one complex. For the 2015 AIA NC Design Awards, The Raleigh Architecture Company (RACo) did neither. Partners…
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MoHo Architecture Movie Series Moves To Hunt Library, Opens Oct. 1.
This year’s MoHo Realty Architecture Movie series, sponsored by North Carolina Modernist Houses and MoHo Realty, starts this Thursday, October 1, at the James B. Hunt Jr. Library Auditorium in Raleigh with a special screening of the 2014 documentary “The Competition.” “The Competition” is a raw account of how some of the best architects in the world, including Jean…
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North Carolina Modernist Houses Announces the 2016 Matsumoto Prize Jury
Nationally known architects to judge annual Modernist house competition. North Carolina Modernist Houses (NCMH), the award-winning non-profit organization dedicated to documenting, preserving, and promoting Modernist residential design across the state, has announced the 2016 George Matsumoto Prize Jury. The 2016 jury will include luminaries in their field including Ray Kappe, of Los Angeles, CA; Alison Brooks of London, England; Joshua Prince-Ramus…
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“Hungry Neck” House in Downtown Raleigh To Be Featured on 2015 Homes Tour
An award-winning Modern home in Raleigh’s old “Hungry Neck” neighborhood, designed and built by The Raleigh Architecture Company (RACo), will be open to the public during the sixth Residential Tour sponsored by the Triangle Section of the American Institute of Architects’ North Carolina chapter (AIA Triangle). The tour will take place on Saturday, September 26, from 9 a.m. to…
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Leland Little Auctions To Host September “Thirst4Architecture”
Leland Little Auction and Estate Sales in Historic Hillsborough will host September’s “Thirst4Architecture” (T4A) happy hour with North Carolina Modernist Houses on Thursday, September 9, from 6-8 p.m. Free and open to the public, the event will be held inside one of the largest estate auction houses in North Carolina, where T4A guests will be able…
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Project BauHow Supports Nine Rural NC High Schools This Year with Computers, CAD Systems
North Carolina Modernist Houses (NCMH) and its educational initiative Project BauHow (Bauhaus + Know-How) will support 200 9th through 11th graders in rural North Carolina high schools this fall by providing free computer systems with Computer Aided Design (CAD) software. This is the third year NCMH’s Project BauHow has donated CAD systems to rural high school drafting classes. “High school drafting…
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CUBE design + research To Host August “Thirst4Architecture”
Architect Jason Hart of CUBE design+ research will host August’s Thirst4Architecture (T4A) happy hour with North Carolina Modernist Houses on Thursday, August 20, from 6-8 p.m. Free and open to the public, the event will be held in the open-air courtyard at Straw Valley, 5420 Durham-Chapel Hill Boulevard, Durham. Emilie Huin, broker/owner of Triangle Modern Homes Real Estate LLC, a specialist…