Category: historic preservation
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2010 Modernist Home Tour Destinations Unveiled
Triangle Modernist Houses’ Raleigh Tour features eight plus one iconic office building. June 15, 2010 (RALEIGH, NC) – Triangle Modernist Houses today unveiled the eight architecturally remarkable homes and one commercial space that comprise the “TMH Modern 2010,” the non-profit organization’s 13th home tour, on Saturday, September 25, from 1- 430 p.m. in Raleigh. The…
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Rare Architect Interviews Now Online
Former University of Kansas Dean Charles Kahn, FAIA shares his extensive audio collection, including Buckminster Fuller, George Matsumoto and Henry Kamphoefner. June 9, 2010 (DURHAM, NC) — The Charles Kahn Audio Interviews with noted architects from around the world, including Buckminster Fuller and Henry Kamphoefner, are now online through Triangle Modernist Houses.com (TMH), a North…
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Triangle Modernist Houses Announces 2010 Modernist Home Tour
Event to feature nine modernist houses in Raleigh from the 1950s to today. May 24, 2010 (RALEIGH, NC) — What’s Raleigh’s best-kept secret? The Triangle has the third largest concentration of Modernist houses in the country, behind LA and Chicago — literally hundreds of exceptional houses — due to the Modernist influence of the NCSU…
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Salisbury Couple To Host Reception for Preservationists
Event to follow “Mayberry Modernism” at Historic Salisbury Station May 18, 2010 (SALISBURY, NC) – Anne and Marc Hoffman of Salisbury will host a cocktail reception for architectural historian George Smart, members of the Historic Salisbury Foundation, and other invited guests immediately following Smart’s presentation at the Historic Salisbury Station on Thursday, May 27th. Smart,…
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Dick Bell, Brian Shawcroft Headline Final “Appetite 4 Architecture” Dinner & Discussion
May 18, 2010 (RALEIGH, NC) –Two North Carolina masters of modern design – landscape architect Dick Bell, FASLA, and architect Brian Shawcroft, AIA – will headline the final “Appetite 4 Architecture” dinner and discussion on Tuesday, June 1, at Solas restaurant on Glenwood South in Raleigh. Appetite 4 Architecture (A4A) is sponsored by Triangle Modernist…
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Architectural Historian George Smart To Present “Mayberry Modernism” in Salisbury
May 12, 2010 (SALISBURY, NC) — What’s North Carolina’s best-kept secret? The Triangle region has the third largest concentration of Modernist houses in the nation, behind Los Angeles and Chicago — literally hundreds of mid-century gems thanks to the Modernist influence of the North Carolina State University College of Design’s faculty and students over the…
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A Different Kind of “Love Triangle”
April 29, 2010 (DURHAM, NC) – Recent Past Preservation Network (RPPN), the national non-profit organization that promotes the preservation of modern architecture, has published an eight-page feature called “Love Triangle” in the April RPPN Bulletin, their online magazine. But in this version, there’s no steamy sex. Tiger Woods, Sandra Bullock, nor any other celebrities were…
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George Smart To Present “Mayberry Modernism” in Wilmington
April 20, 2010 (WILMINGTON, NC) – George Smart, founder of Triangle Modernist Houses.com, likes to say that the vast collection of modernist houses in the Triangle area is one of North Carolina’s best-kept secrets. That secret is rapidly becoming not-so-secret, however, as he continues his series of speaking engagements across the state. On Monday, May…
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Triangle Modernist Houses.com Opens Online Gallery
Massive Architecture Website Opens “Icons of Modern” April 5, 2010 (DURHAM, NC) – Triangle Modernist Houses.com (TMH), the largest online archive of modernist residential architecture in the country, has created a permanent online gallery called “Icons of Modern.” According to Executive Director George Smart, who did much of the research, the new gallery features hundreds…
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Trees Across Raleigh Announces Spring Planting Fest
Partners with City of Raleigh’s NeighborWoods program March 17, 2010 (RALEIGH, NC) — Trees Across Raleigh, Inc., will hold its Spring Planting on Saturday, March 27, from 9 a.m. until noon – but this time the event will also be a festival, complete with entertainment and food. According to the organizers, the group will plant…
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