Category: historic preservation
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Nowell’s Architecture Movie Series Presents Louis Sullivan Documentary
Examining the life, career, and influence of the American architect/artist. November 30, 2011 (Cary, NC) — Triangle Modernist Houses continues the 2011-2012 Nowell’s Architecture Movie Series this month with a special screening of “Louis Sullivan: The Struggle for American Architecture” on Thursday, December 15 at 7:30 p.m, in Cary’s Galaxy Cinema. Directed by Mark Richard…
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Paul Hobgood Joins Triangle Modernist Houses’ Advisory Council
To assist the non-profit with its ongoing mission. November 30, 2011 (Raleigh, NC) – Paul Hobgood, a design associate in the award-winning architectural firm Kenneth E Hobgood Architects in Raleigh, has been selected to serve on Triangle Modernist Houses’ 2012 Advisory Council. TMH is a 501C3 nonprofit established in 2007 to preserve and promote Modernist…
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Triangle Modernist Houses Names 2012 Advisory Council
November 17, 2011 (DURHAM, NC) – George Smart, founder and director of Triangle Modernist Houses.com (TMH), has named the organization’s 2012 Advisory Council. TMH is a 501C3 nonprofit established in 2007 to preserve and promote Modernist architecture in the Triangle. The award-winning website is now the largest educational and historical archive for Modernist residential design…
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TMH Announces 2011 Macon Smith Research Grant Recipients
To support research into residential modernist architecture and architects October 27, 2011 — David Hill, Assistant Professor of Architecture at North Carolina State University’s College of Design, has won a second Mason Smith Research Grant from Triangle Modernist Houses, the non-profit, award-winning organization dedicated to documenting, preserving and promoting modernist residential design. Hill and his…
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Triangle Modernist Houses Receives 2011 Anthemion Award
Capital Area Preservation recognizes contribution to historic preservation. September 26, 2011 (Raleigh, NC) — Triangle Modernist Houses (TMH), the non-profit organization that documents, preserves, and promotes modernist residential design from the 1950s to today, has received a 2011 Anthemion Award from Capital Area Preservation, Inc. (CAP), Wake County North Carolina’s non-profit historic preservation organization. CAP…
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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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Chapel Hill Realtors, Durham Library Host “Mayberry Modernism”
Triangle Modernist Houses’ George Smart will discuss NC’s Modernist legacy. August 4, 2011 (Durham, NC) — George Smart, founder and director of the award-winning non-profit Triangle Modernist Houses (TMH), will present his signature talk “Mayberry Modernism: North Carolina’s Modernist Legacy” at the South Regional Library in Durham on August 16 and to the Greater Chapel…
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The Bridge at Concord
By Frank Harmon, FAIA At museums and visitors centers, less interpretation is more. One day in the 1970s, I wandered into the rare documents room at the British Museum, where cloth-shrouded glass cases held poems, speeches and letters written by famous people. You could pull back a cloth, read the document, and cover it up…
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