Category: custom home design
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Tonic Design Partner Appointed to Raleigh Appearance Commission
The Raleigh City Council has appointed architect Katherine Hogan, AIA, co-owner of Tonic Design, to the Raleigh Appearance Commission. The City Council established The Appearance Commission in 1973 to provide guidance, advice, and recommendations regarding the visual quality and aesthetic characteristics of the City of Raleigh. The commission consists of 15 members, the majority of whom have special training…
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On The Boards: Arielle Condoret Schechter Designs A Modern Family Destination
Modernist architect Arielle Condoret Schechter, AIA, has a host of projects underway these days. Among the residential work taking shape in her home studio and office, high atop Stillhouse Bluff in Chapel Hill, is a Modern Cabin out in rural Orange County, North Carolina. A couple from San Francisco commissioned Schechter to design their Modern Cabin where one of their…
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CUSTOM BUILDER: “Backstory: Playing Both Sides”
A creative duo’s partnership is driven by client needs, site specifics, and school schedules (Photos: Tzu Chen) By Stacey Freed Masonry, glass, metal, concrete … these are the building materials that Vincent “Vinny” Petrarca and Katherine Hogan, AIA, owners of the firms Tonic Design and Tonic Construction, in Raleigh, N.C., favor. “These things last…
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AECCafe.com/ArchShowcase: “The Professor’s House in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, by Arielle Condoret Schechter”
by Sanjay Gangal This small, modern house was designed for an eminent author and professor of Native American studies. A widow now, she wanted to downsize from her 3200-square-foot house and live in a new, age-in-place home in a quiet, wooded neighborhood in Chapel Hill, NC, with her dog, Calamity Jane. Architects: Arielle Condoret Schechter Project: The Professor’s…
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Shaw Design Associates, TL Stewart Builders Announce Nottingham Road Project
Three high-end, custom-designed, Charleston style homes. Shaw Design Associates of Chapel Hill and T.L. Stewart Builders of Sanford have announced that they have begun construction on their new Nottingham Road Project in West Raleigh — a trio of for-sale Charleston-style single-family homes. The custom-designed homes average 4700 square feet and Stewart expects them to go on the market “in the…
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Shaw Design Associates, T.L. Stewart Builders Announce Nottingham Road Project in Raleigh
Three high-end, custom-designed homes in Raleigh October 26, 2016 (Chapel Hill, NC) — Shaw Design Associates of Chapel Hill and T.L. Stewart Builders of Sanford have announced that they have begun construction on their new Nottingham Road Project in West Raleigh — a trio of for-sale Charleston-style single-family homes. The custom-designed homes average 4700 square feet and Stewart expects them to…
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Chapel Hill Magazine’s Readers Name Keith Shaw One of the Best Architects in Chapel Hill
For the third year, architect Keith Shaw, AIA, founder and principal of Shaw Design Associates, is one of the “Best Architects in Chapel Hill” according to the readers of Chapel Hill Magazine. The results of the publication’s 2016 Best of Chapel Hill readers’ poll appear in the July-August edition. Keith Shaw is best known in Chapel Hill…
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ARCHITECT MAGAZINE: “The Shortlist for This Year’s Matsumoto Prize Awards”
The annual program hosted by Durham, N.C.-based nonprofit organization, North Carolina Modernist Houses, selected 16 sites for its shortlist honoring modernist residential architect George Matsumoto. By CHELSEA BLAHUT North Carolina Modernist Houses (NCMH) has selected a shortlist of 16 submissions for this year’s Matsumoto Prize Awards. Recognizing modernist residences across the U.S. South, the Matsumoto…
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NCMH Announces October Trip To Frank Lloyd Wright’s Masterpiece, “Fallingwater”
A popular annual pilgrimage that includes FLW’s Kentuck Knob and Usonian houses Nonprofit preservation group North Carolina Modernist Houses (NCMH) has announced its seventh annual pilgrimage to Fallingwater, American architect Frank Lloyd Wright’s residential masterpiece in Pennsylvania’s Laurel Highlands, on Saturday and Sunday, October 1-2, 2016. Tickets are on sale now. NCMH is a non-profit…
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2016 Matsumoto Prize Online Voting Now Open
Recognizing excellence in North Carolina Modernist residential design Online voting for the 2016 George Matsumoto Prize: Recognizing Excellence in North Carolina Modernist Residential Design, begins today at: https://ncmhcompetitions.squarespace.com The 2016 Matsumoto Prize, supported by the McAdams Foundation, includes public voting to determine three “People’s Choice” winners. Anyone may vote by email (one time per email address) for…
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