Category: architecture
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2015 Matsumoto Prize Honors Six Exemplary Modernist Houses
North Carolina Modernist Houses announced the six winners – three Jury awards and three People’s Choice awards — for the 2015 George Matsumoto Prize for Modernist residential design during a special event at McConnell Studios in downtown Raleigh. Houses submitted to the annual competition must be in North Carolina but designers may be based anywhere. A panel of distinguished architects…
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Live On Wynne: Three New, Modern Houses To Reinvigorate Another Central Neighborhood in Downtown Raleigh
The Raleigh Architecture Company and Monarch Property Company have teamed up to design and build three new, modern, for-sale homes side by side on formerly empty lots within a re-emerging central neighborhood in downtown Raleigh. The team calls the project Live On Wynne. The houses are located at 608, 612, and 614 Wynne Street near Chavis Memorial Park in…
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McConnell Studios To Host Matsumoto Prize Presentation, Thirst4Architecture
McConnell Studios in Boylan Heights, Raleigh, will host North Carolina Modernist Houses’ 2015 George Matsumoto Prize awards for Modernist residential design on Thursday, July 23, from 6-8 p.m. Free and open to the public, the awards presentation will be part of a “Thirst4Architecture” design networking event. Along with the awards presentation, entertainment for the evening will include free…
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2015 Matsumoto Prize Online Public Voting Is Now Open
Public online voting for the 2015 George Matsumoto Prize, which recognizes excellence in Modernist residential design throughout North Carolina*, is now open at https://ncmhcompetitions.squarespace.com/vote. The Prize, this year sponsored by Leland Little Auctions, includes public voting to determine three “People’s Choice” winners. *Anyone in the world may vote by email (one time per email address) after viewing the submissions at the…
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Restoring Cities and Nature: Raleigh Architect Frank Harmon To Address Seattle AIA
Raleigh architect and educator Frank Harmon, FAIA, will be the keynote speaker for the 2015 Residential Design Forum presented by the American Institute of Architects Seattle, WA., chapter (AIA Seattle) on Monday, June 8 at 6:30 p.m. Harmon, principal and founder of the award-winning firm Frank Harmon Architect PA, has designed sustainable modern buildings across the Southeast…
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New Podcast Promises Casual, Lively Discussions About Modernist Architecture
US Modernist Radio brings celebrities and local luminaries to the studio North Carolina Modernist Houses announces the launch of US Modernist Radio, a casual, amusing, and informative podcast series dedicated to lively discussions about Modernist architecture. “Make no mistake, US Modernist Radio is not a stuffy, academic diatribe,” says host George Smart, NCMH founder, whose side-kick…
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The Raleigh Architecture Co. Receives Standard Foods Commission
The firm will help bring Chef Scott Crawford’s market and restaurant to downtown Raleigh. The Raleigh Architecture Company has been commission to serve as design architect for Nash Hospitality Group’s “Standard Foods,” an upscale neighborhood market and restaurant planned for the Person Street Plaza retail center in downtown Raleigh. The Nash Hospitality Group is a…
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Two Net Zero Passive Houses Are State-Of-The-Art on the 2015 Green Home Tour
There’s “green,” and then there’s GREEN. When the Home Buyers Association of Durham, Orange, and Chatham counties presents its 10th annual Green Home Tour May 2-3 and 9-10, tour-goers will see several houses that are certified“green” because they use less energy, water and natural resources, create less waste, and are generally healthier environments than a traditionally designed and constructed house. Two…
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Book Release Party To Celebrate “Drawing From Practice”
The event will honor local author Mike Welton and architects who draw by hand. Frank Harmon, FAIA, will be one of six North Carolina architects honored at Activate14’s Book Release Party to celebrate the publication of the new book Drawing From Practice: Architects and the Meaning of Freehand by J. Michael Welton. The party will take place on Tuesday,…
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