Category: events
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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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“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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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…
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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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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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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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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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Redefining The American Dream: The Raleigh Architecture Co. Partners Will Join Panel Discussion April 28th
Craig Kerins and Robby Johnston, co-owners of The Raleigh Architecture Co. will join a panel discussion on “Redefining The American Dream: Housing Preferences of Millenials and Boomers,” presented by the Urban Land Institute’s (ULI) Young Leaders Group of the Triangle. The event will take place in downtown Raleigh on Tuesday, April 28, from 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. in…