Category: architecture
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Kenneth Hobgood Wins AIA NC Design Award for Modern “Tower”
Future residence is a secluded retreat within an established neighborhood. September 14, 2011 (Raleigh, NC) – An as-yet-unbuilt residential “tower” designed by Kenneth E. Hobgood Architects in Raleigh has received a Merit Award from the North Carolina Chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIA NC). The winning design, “Jones Residence II,” is one of…
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Triangle Modernist Houses Announces 2011-2012 Nowell’s Architecture Movie Series
Season tickets are now available. September 12, 2011 (Cary, NC) – Triangle Modernist Houses (TMH), the award-winning non-profit organization that documents, preserves, and promotes Modernist residential architecture, has announced the 2011-2012 Nowell’s Architecture Movie Series starting in October and running through March at the Galaxy Cinema in Cary. This season’s dates and films about architecture…
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Pearce Brinkley Cease + Lee To Host “Thirst 4 Architecture”
September’s networking event brings design enthusiasts together. September 7, 2011 (Raleigh, NC) – The architectural firm Pearce Brinkley Cease + Lee (PBC+L) in downtown Raleigh will join Triangle Modernist Houses (TMH) to host this month’s TMH “Thirst 4 Architecture” happy hour on Thursday, September 22, from 6-8pm. The event will be held in the PBC+L…
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From Residential Architect magazine: “Publish or Perish”
Residential Architect magazine is one of the best professional journals covering architecture today. It its November-December 2011 edition, editor Claire Conroy hit the proverbial nail squarely on the head in an editorial that applies not just to architects, but to all professions, businesses, and non-profits: It is no longer enough to “hang your shingle” and…
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Umicore Publishes “VMZinc and Sustainable Building” Report
Detailing architectural zinc’s environmental impact. August 29, 2011 (Raleigh, NC) — Umicore, the global materials technology group that produces VMZINC®, has published a 20-page Sustainable Building report on the environmental characteristics of architectural zinc, along with a sample of award-winning buildings around the world that utilize VMZINC. “In a context of increasing collective awareness of…
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River Bend NC To Host Special Tour of Waterfront Homes and Gardens
Including a memorial tour of Chick Wooten murals. August 24, 2011 (New Bern, NC) — A special tour of five waterfront homes and gardens, along with a memorial tour of murals by the late North Carolina artist Chick Wooten, will be held in River Bend, NC, on Saturday, September 17, from noon to 4 p.m.…
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Architectural Press Praises the Use of Zinc Composite at Brown University
For the university’s new Granoff Center for the Creative Arts August 15, 2011 (Providence, RI) –When the new Perry and Marty Granoff Center for the Creative Arts at Brown University was completed this spring, New York Times’ architecture critic Nicholai Couroussoff called the building a “handsome piece of architecture” and specifically praised the use of…
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Preservation NC, Nowell’s Furniture To Host TMH “Thirst 4 Architecture” Event
August’s networking event brings design and preservation enthusiasts together. August 15, 2011 (Cary, NC) – Preservation North Carolina and Nowell’s Contemporary Furniture join with Triangle Modernist Houses (TMH) to host this month’s TMH “Thirst4Architecture” happy hour on Thursday, August 25, from 6-8 p.m. in Nowell’s at 900 E. Chatham Street, Cary, NC. These informal monthly…
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When No One Could Travel Faster Than A Horse
By Frank Harmon, FAIA August 2011 I bumped into a friend recently at a coffee shop who asked, “Did you recognize me waving at you from my car” last week? I had to admit I didn’t recognize her or her car. But thinking about it later, I remembered a remark by the social critic Lewis Mumford,…
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