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Raleigh Couple Rescues Midcentury Modern Gem from Certain Demolition: Matsumoto House Will Be Moved Saturday, January 20, 2024

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606 Transylvania Avenue, Raleigh, designed by NCSU professor and modernist master architect George Matsumoto. (Photo courtesy NCModernist.org)

PRESS RELEASE — The 1954 Midcentury Modern house at 606 Transylvania Avenue, Raleigh, designed by internationally renowned architect George Matsumoto for Bill and Betty Weber and once threatened with demolition, will begin its seven-mile journey to a new location on Saturday, January 20, at 6 a.m.  

The destination: an empty lot on Delmont Street immediately next door to the Modern home of the Raleigh couple saving this architectural gem from demolition — Melinda and Andrew Knowles.

With a police escort yet several points along the route where power lines must be moved, the journey should take about three hours. The polemics surrounding the house have been churning for four months.

In September 2023, the Raleigh News & Observer reported that the people who purchased the property at 606 Transylvania Avenue for $1.8 million did so strictly for the land. They intended to raze the Matsumoto house and replace it with a much larger house. And the City approved the application for a demolition permit. 

When the Knowles learned that the house was in imminent danger, they decided to approach the new property owner with a proposal: Instead of devoting the time and expense necessary to raze the house, why not let them move it onto the vacant lot beside their own home on Delmont Street? The Transylvania Avenue owners ultimately agreed.

According to George Smart, Executive Director of NCModernist and the Knowles’ consultant, the owners deeded the house to the Knowles with minimal fees. Then the Raleigh City Council approved a $250,000 loan for the Knowles to cover the expense of relocating the house. (The money comes from the Preservation Revolving Loan Fund the City established for this purpose.)

Exceptional from Inception

When the late Henry Kamphoefner became founding dean of North Carolina State University’s School (now College) of Design in Raleigh in 1948, he immediately began populating his faculty roster with architectural luminaries who would help him bring modernist design to the South. He encouraged them to build as well as teach — specifically, to design and build modernist houses throughout the area. 

One of the stars of his elite faculty was the Japanese/American Modernist master George Matsumoto (1922-2016), who would receive over 30 design awards for residential projects during his 1948-1961 tenure at NC State. In 1956, the School of Design named the north wing addition to Brooks Hall, the “Matsumoto Wing.”

Matsumoto designed 606 Transylvania in 1954 both for and with his colleague, architect/homeowner Bill Weber. Shortly after completion, Architectural Record, the preeminent architecture design journal, gave the Raleigh house a five-page spread. 

NCModernist’s prestigious design awards program for Modernist houses in North Carolina — the  Matsumoto Prize — honors the man and the role he played in shaping Modernist architecture in the state.

For more information on George Matsumoto and his work, click here and here.

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Melinda and Andrew Knowles, and George Smart, will be available on moving day, January 20, for interviews.

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Media Contact | Homeowner Liaison

George Smart, HAIA

Executive Director, NCModernist

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919.740.8407

george@ncmodernist.org

Public Voting Opens for 2023 Matsumoto Prize

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North Carolina’s highest honor for Modernist residential architecture.

First Prize in last year’s Matsumoto Prize Peoples Choice voting: The Hancock Residence in Winston-Salem by STITCH Design Shop, Winston-Salem.

June 19, 2023 (DURHAM, NC) — Public voting is now open at NCMHCOMPETITIONS.ORG to select the best modernist house among 19 submitted from across the state in the 2023 George Matsumoto Prize, the annual design awards program hosted by NCModernist and sponsored by Fitch Lumber / MARVIN.

Anyone, anywhere with an email address can vote (one vote per address) from now until July 5th at 5 p.m.

The Matsumoto Prize is this state’s highest honor exclusively for Modernist residential design. The houses entered must be in North Carolina, but the designers can be based anywhere. Public voting determines three “Peoples Choice” winners. A jury comprised of internationally recognized architects and related professionals also selects first, second, and third prize “Jury’s Choice” winners. And often they overlap.

NCModernist, a non-profit organization dedicated to preserving, promoting, and documenting modernist residential designs from the mid-20th century to today, created the Matsumoto Prize in 2012. The name honors George Matsumoto, one of the founding faculty members of North Carolina State University’s College of Design who created some of North Carolina’s finest Modernist houses.

The 2023 houses range in size from modest to large and in locations from tiny Sylva, a mountain village southwest of Asheville, to Greensboro. All the designers/architects are NC-based this year.

Voters may view multiple photos, plans, and drawings of the houses by clicking on the names of the designers highlighted in blue on ncmhcompetitions.org. Instructions for voting are also on that page.

The winners will be announced at the 2023 Matsumoto Prize Awards Ceremony to be held Wednesday, July 26, 6-8 pm, at Leland Little Auctions, 620 Cornerstone Court, Hillsborough, NC

To see Matsumoto Prize submissions from past years, go to ncmodernist.org/matsumotoprize and click on a year listed.

For more information on NCModernist, click here.

Triangle Architects, Artists Raise Funds for Homeless Cats and Kittens

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Modern cat houses and original art are auctioned off to benefit SAFE Haven for Cats

A sleek black cube, a “cannoli” rendered in walnut veneer, a maple cat house/side table… These were among the modern, indoor cat houses that Raleigh-area architects and designers created for The Cat’s Meow 2018, the second annual fundraiser for SAFE Haven for Cats.

Founded in 1994, SAFE Haven is Raleigh’s no-kill shelter and low-cost spay/neuter clinic. Since opening, SAFE Haven has orchestrated the adoptions of more than 9500 cats and kittens and spayed or neutered over 25,000 animals in its clinic.

Five modern, one-of-a-kind indoor cat houses, four original works by Raleigh artists, and an iconic Eames Shell Chair comprised this year’s live auction held in Trig Modern in Raleigh on June 7th. Professional auctioneer Ben Farrell sold every item.

Presented by Trig owner Bob Drake and Ann Marie Baum of Baum Shelter interior design, the event raised nearly $3000.

Safe-Haven-for-Cats-LOGO“All of us in the SAFE Haven family are amazed at the generosity of the designers and artists who created all of these cat-centric works of art for The Cat’s Meow,” Miller said. “We are grateful to our local business sponsors Trig Modern and Baum Shelter for creating and hosting this event. Because of them, we will be able to save the lives of many more stray and abandoned cats and kittens in June and July.”

The 2018 Cat’s Meow auction items were:

Cat Cannoli

1. Cat Cannoli by architect David Cole, founder and principal of Inclusion Studio. Low and cozy, the cannoli features a walnut veneer exterior that brings to mind paneling frequently used in mid-century-modern houses. A real, cat-sized cowhide rug slips inside the bright red interior.

Cat's Loft

2. A Cat’s Loft by Will Alphin, founder and principal of REdesign.build, and his talented team. The sleek black cube features the smooth, satin finish of a fine piece of furniture. The cube sits on a metal frame base, allowing the piece to do double duty as a cat’s modern loft and a side table. The opening lets the resident peek out from this elegant hiding place. A removable lid allows humans to locate their feline friend quickly, vacuum up the accumulated cat hair, and get rid of the occasional fur ball with ease.

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3. Cat House/Modern Side Table by Corey Baughman of Clearscapes. The piece is composed of solid maple and brass with a painted light-blue exterior and wax finish. The inverted form is reminiscent of a traditional concept of “house.” The interior is carved. The exterior is smooth. And elevated on tapered legs, it can serve as both cat house and modern side table. There’s also a cup holder on the surface.

Vertical Modern Cat Tower

4. Vertical Modern Cat Tower by artist and interior designer Clark Hipolito, founder and principal of The Art Co. Created with a cat’s love of climbing in mind, the tall Tower features lots of scratching surfaces and a very “climbable” structure.  A couple of dangling green balls for batting around complete the contemporary composition.

Ca.CliffHanger

5. California Cliff-Hanger…on Casters! by Jamie Smith of Xylem, Inc. cabinetmakers. Utilizing the economy of the “S” shape, this creative cat house offers three levels – internal and external – rendered in white and wood-grain laminates. Today, a real California Cliffhanger might feature a “green,” or vegetated roof. This roof is covered in carpeting, however, that inspires hours of scratching. And napping. And the casters let the owner’s human move it around to find a sunny spot, offer a view out a window, tuck into a dark corner if strangers come in the house…

Eames Chair plus Cat Illus. copy

6 Eames Molded Fiberglass Shell Chair donated by Bob Drake, owner, Trig Modern, and “Smalls on Eames Chair” original illustration by Karen Kluttz. The chair, originally designed in 1950, and Kluttz’s illustration of her own cat, “Smalls,” on two red Eames shell chairs, were auctioned off together.

SofaSnoozer_KK copy

7. “Sofa Snoozer” and “Fish Market,” original illustrations by Karen Kluttz. A Visual Arts Exchange artist, Karen Kluttz donated three cat-related pieces to The Cat’s Meow 2018.

Louis St. Lewiis 2018

8. Untitled by Louis St. Louis. To borrow some words from critic D. Eric Bookhardt, Gambit Weekly, New Orleans, the artist created this piece especially for The Cat’s Meow as one of his series of “smallish collages…a mix of pop and classical images cut up and sandwiched between sheets of glass. Touched up with paint and displayed in ornate frames…”

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About The Cat’s Meow:  The Cat’s Meow is an annual party and auction of modern, professionally designed indoor houses for cats to benefit SAFE Haven for Cats in Raleigh, sponsored by Trig Modern and Baum Shelter, both of Raleigh.  For more information, visit this year’s Facebook page.

For more information on SAFE Haven for Cats in Raleigh: www.safehavenforcats.org.

Blueplate PR Named Agency of Record for Kaiser Associates, a Florida Real Estate Brokerage for Modern Homes and Commercial Property

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Kaiser Associates Realtors, South Florida’s only real estate brokerage specializing exclusively in modern homes, has selected Blueplate PR in Raleigh, NC, as its public relations agency, citing owner Kim Weiss’s extensive knowledge of architecture – especially modern architecture – as a key factor.

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Tobias Kaiser, owner/broker, Kaiser Associates Realtors

“Our clients have a refined, special taste in homes, and our buyers are located all over the Americas,” said Tobias Kaiser, founder/owner, and a licensed broker. “Being trained in, and having worked in, public communication, I know print advertising won’t reach them. Looking for someone to help us grow our business and who understands modern architecture, Kim is just uniquely qualified.”

A native of Germany, Kaiser and his wife, Lisa, live in Boca Raton. They also maintain a home outside Munich and another in Raleigh where they met Weiss.

“When I launched Blueplate PR in 2004, after nearly 20 years as a journalist covering architecture and historic preservation, I promised myself that I would only accept clients whose work fueled my passions,” she said. “When I’m excited about a client’s work, good things happen. Well, I’m very excited about the work that Tobias and his team do at Kaiser Associates. They don’t just move real estate. They’re actually ‘match-makers’ who help very special homes find very special homeowners and renters who truly love and appreciate the houses’ architectural integrity. I’m thrilled that they’re letting me be a part of all that love!”

Throughout South-East Florida, Tobias Kaiser has documented over 4700 modernist homes and evaluated and brokered many of them, including:

For the latter, Kaiser found the lot and the architect and served as the owner’s representative throughout construction, which took three years to complete.

Among the homes Kaiser currently represents exclusively or in cooperation with colleagues is an exemplary mid-century modern beach house designed by renowned American architect Paul Rudolph. That house and all of Kaiser’s listings can be viewed at www.modernsouthflorida.com/modern-homes-for-sale.

For more information on Kaiser Associates Realtors, visit www.kaiserassoc.com.

For more information on Blueplate PR, go to www.blueplatepr.net.

About Kaiser Associates Realtors:

Through its experienced real estate agents, Kaiser Associates offers clients expertise, knowledge, and experience in four core specialties: (1) brokering, preserving, and promoting modern homes in South Florida, from mid-century to new construction; (2) owner representation and consulting for modernist ground-up construction, rehabs and renovations; (3) a full range of residential services including buying, selling, and renting; and (4) buyer representation for Net-leased/NNN investment properties in Florida and throughout the U.S.

 

THE MODERN SHELTER: “MidZENtury paradise”

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Reading corner along the hallway. Photo by Keith Isaacs

By Sara Mingote

Hi there, welcome! Please, make yourself at home. This is the first post in the blog, and also a very special one.

This is the residence of Arielle Condoret Schechter, architect and designer, a space with great character but serene, filled with natural light and good decisions. With a mid-century modern inclination and a zen outdoor inspiration, she decided to make her home as comfortable as possible, e.g., adding wheels to chairs and tables, allowing the sunlight to find her path in between sofas and shelves and fill every possible inch.

Driven by sustainability, the architect installed solar panels on the roof -approaching almost net zero-, and also built a solar hot water heater and a large compost tiller. Condoret believes that making that kind of decisions, conserving energy, preserving natural resources and reducing costs, ‘That’s the kind of environment that just makes you feel good about life…”  READ MORE… 

 

 

Sir Walter Salutes Five Points Icon: Tonic Design receives 2017 Sir Walter Raleigh Award

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1700 Glenwood Avenue before (bottom) and after (top).

For transforming an odd, vacant eyesore into a gleaming glass, energy-efficient commercial building that deserves its place at the pinnacle of Raleigh’s Five Points intersection, Tonic Design principals Katherine Hogan, AIA, and Vincent Petrarca received a 2017 Sir Walter Raleigh Award for Community Appearance for their work on the building at 1700 Glenwood Avenue.

The awards jury called Tonic Design’s work “a well-done project in a very visible location” and noted the manner in which the 5800-square-foot structure “provides lots of light [and] awesome views from within at all levels.”

The mid-century modern, two-story building at the junction of Glenwood Avenue, Fairview Road, and Whitaker Mill houses three thriving businesses today. Yet it has fascinated passersby since 1964 when it was built for a progressive dry cleaner who enclosed the upper story in glass to show off its state-of-the-art mechanization. In 1979, an audio repair and computer equipment business took over the space and, for 28 years, Raleigh residents knew it as the “Audio Buys building.”

Audio Buys closed in 2007 and the building sat vacant for four years. In 2011, the owners hired Tonic Design, an award-winning design-build firm, to upgrade it for leasing to a new generation of tenants.

After installing new, insulated glazing, a custom shade system over the floor-o-ceiling glass walls, and zinc siding, the building could now shade its interior from glare and reduces summer heat gain by more than 70 percent. Yet it continued to languish uninhabited.

McConnell-Continuum-04In 2016, new owners called the Tonic partners back in, this time to increase the building’s function and make it more accessible. Among other improvements, the duo created a new glass-enclosed entry, staircase, and elevator tower; transformed the existing roof into a roof garden with spectacular views in every direction; and added a two-story steel sculpture (left) by McConnell Studios, entitled “Continuum,” to the West Whitaker elevation.

Tonic’s award emanated from the Rehabilitation/History Preservation category, which honors the preservation or rehabilitation of existing buildings, especially Raleigh’s historic resources. “The designers have done a great job further repurposing a building instead of knocking it down,” the jury commented.

For more information on the Sir Walter Raleigh Awards for Community Appearance, go to www.raleighnc.gov/sirwalterraleighawards. For more information on 1700 Glenwood Avenue and Tonic Design, visit www.tonic-design.com.

About Tonic Design:

Tonic Design is a multi-award-winning design-build firm in Raleigh, NC. Among many accolades throughout their careers, principals Katherine Hogan and Vincent Petrarca were named 2013’s “Rising Stars” by Residential Architect magazine. Their projects have been featured in a host of national publications, including Architectural Record, Residential Architect, Dwell, Custom Homes, Inform magazine, and Metal Architecture, and locally in the News & Observer, Waltermagazine, and Urban Home.  For more information: www.tonic-design.com.

 

James Taylor’s Modernist Childhood Home in Chapel Hill Will Open for Second Public Tour

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After the first tour sold out, NCMH has arranged a second opportunity for Taylor fans and Modernist design enthusiasts.

By popular demand, North Carolina Modernist Houses (NCMH) will host a second tour of singer-songwriter James Taylor’s classic mid-century Modern childhood home in Chapel Hill on Saturday, July 2, from 9 a.m. to noon.

Tickets ($7 each) for admission by specific time slots are on sale now at http://www.ncmodernist.org/jt.htm and are expected to sell out quickly.  Nine-hundred people attended the first tour on June 4.  “I can’t tell you how many phone calls and emails I’ve received from folks who didn’t secure tickets for the first tour before it was sold out,” said George Smart, Executive Director of NCMH. “James Taylor is such an iconic figure, locally and nationally. So we’re delighted to be able to offer a second opportunity.”

Modernist architects George Matsumoto and John Latimer designed the three-level house, which was built in 1952 for Dr. Isaac Taylor — then-dean of the UNC-Chapel Hill School of Medicine — his wife Trudy and their five children: James, Livingston, Hugh, Alex, and Kate. James lived there until he graduated from high school.

In the 1960s, James and his siblings played music in the two-story guesthouse nearby, which is included on the tour. Participants will see where James carved his initials on the railing around the guesthouse deck.

The house will be auctioned on June 29.

Proceeds from ticket sales benefit North Carolina Modernist Houses, a nonprofit dedicated to archiving, preserving, and promoting Modernist residential design across the state. For more information: www.ncmodernist.org.

redchair smAbout NC Modernist Houses:

North Carolina Modernist Houses (NCMH) is an award-winning, 501C3 nonprofit organizations established in 2007 and dedicated to documenting, preserving, and promoting Modernist residential design. This year, the American Institute of Architects awarded NCMH founder and director George Smart its Collaborative Achievement Award for his work with NCMH. The website www.ncmodernist.org is now the largest open digital archive for Modernist residential design in America. NCMH also hosts popular architecture events every month and frequent home tours, giving the public access to the most exciting residential architecture, past and present. These tours and events raise awareness and help preserve these “livable works of art” for future generations. For more information: www.ncmodernist.org. Find NCMH on Facebook. Follow NCMH on Twitter and Instagram.

NCMH Announces October Trip To Frank Lloyd Wright’s Masterpiece, “Fallingwater”

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FallingwaterXSA 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 organization based in Durham, NC, and dedicated to archiving, preserving, and promoting Modernist residential design from the 1950s to today. Since 2010, NCMH founder and director George Smart has organized annual trips to Fallingwater, the most famous Modernist house in America. One past participant declared the trip “a Modernist adventure of the highest order.” Another called it “a lifetime experience.”

About Fallingwater: Wright designed Fallingwater as a vacation house for the Kaufman family of Pittburgh. It was built between 1936 and 1939 over a 30-foot waterfall. The house doesn’t seem to stand on solid ground but instead stretches out over the waterfall. In 1938, Fallingwater captured the nation’s imagination when it appeared on the cover of Time magazine. Today it is a National Historic Landmark.

A few miles away from Fallingwater, the NCMH group will also tour Kentuck Knob, a house Wright designed in the last decade of his life that features a celebrated sculpture garden. And in nearby Polymath Park, the group will tour Wright’s 1957 “Usonian” Duncan House as well as two Usonian-inspired houses. “Usonian” was Wright’s concept of practical, functional, affordable housing for middle-class families that would redefine how people thought of their living spaces.

Tickets for this year’s Fallingwater pilgrimage include:

  • The American Airlines flight direct from RDU to Pittsburgh and return flight
  • Wi-Fi equipped ground transportation throughout the tour
  • Hotel accommodations (double and single occupancy)
  • Breakfasts, lunches, and dinner Saturday night
  • Guided tours of Fallingwater, Kentuck Knob, and the three houses in Polymath Park.

The journey will begin when the group gathers at RDU at 9:30 a.m., October 1, for the 11 a.m. flight to Pittsburgh. The return flight will leave Pittsburgh at 6:10 p.m. October 2.

Tickets for the Fallingwater trip sell out quickly, so Smart urges anyone interested to purchase his or her ticket soon. Architects can receive self-reported CEU hours if they make arrangements in advance with the AIA.

For see ticket prices, to purchase tickets, and for more details on this year’s trip go to http://www.ncmodernist.org/flw.htm.

For more information on NCMH, visit www.ncmodernist.org.

redchair smAbout NC Modernist Houses:

North Carolina Modernist Houses (NCMH) is an award-winning, 501C3 nonprofit organizations established in 2007 and dedicated to documenting, preserving, and promoting Modernist residential design. This year, the American Institute of Architects awarded NCMH founder and director George Smart its Collaborative Achievement Award for his work with NCMH. The website www.ncmodernist.org is now the largest open digital archive for Modernist residential design in America. NCMH also hosts popular architecture events every month and frequent home tours, giving the public access to the most exciting residential architecture, past and present. These tours and events raise awareness and help preserve these “livable works of art” for future generations. For more information: www.ncmodernist.org. Find NCMH on Facebook. Follow NCMH on Twitter and Instagram.

Homes Tour: NCMH Presents Eight Modernist Houses April 2nd

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The Cherry-Gordon House in Raleigh's HIstoric Oakwood neighborhood is among the houses on NCMH's spring tour.
The Cherry-Gordon House in Raleigh’s HIstoric Oakwood neighborhood is among the houses on NCMH’s spring tour.

Eight exemplary Modernist houses will be open for one day only during North Carolina Modernist Houses’ Modapalooza Mobile Modernist Spring Tour around the Triangle on Saturday, April 2, from 8:30 a.m. until 5 p.m.

North Carolina Modernist Houses (NCMH) is an award-winning non-profit organization dedicated to archiving, preserving, and promoting Modernist residential architecture from the 1940s to today. The annual Modapalooza tour is a full day of visiting new, mid-century, and recently renovated Modernist houses around the Triangle region aboard a luxury shuttle bus. Breakfast, snacks and beverages aboard the bus and a catered lunch are included with a purchased ticket.

The private homes on this year’s tour are…

In Durham:

In Chapel Hill:

  • The 1957 Van Wyk House designed by Jim Webb and renovated by John Lindsey

In Raleigh:

  • The 1973 Kebschull House designed by Harv Kebschull
  • The 2015 Hurt-Manzi House designed by Louis Cherry
  • And the 2014 Cherry-Gordon House, also designed by Louis Cherry — made nationally famous by a neighbor’s attempt to stop it from being built in Raleigh’s Historic Oakwood neighborhood. (For more information on the controversy: http://www.ncmodernist.org/2014oakwood.htm.)

The Modapalooza tour starts and ends in the Sheraton Imperial Hotel off I-40 in Durham. Tickets are $119 per person for the general public and $99 per person for NCMH’s Mod Squad members. NCMH tours tend to sell out quickly, so those interested are encouraged to purchase tickets soon at http://www.ncmodernist.org/palooza16.htm. Proceeds benefit NCMH. For more information on NCMH, visit www.ncmodernist.org.

redchair smAbout NC Modernist Houses:

North Carolina Modernist Houses (NCMH) is an award-winning, 501C3 nonprofit organizations established in 2007 and dedicated to documenting, preserving, and promoting Modernist residential design. The website is now the largest open digital archive for Modernist residential design in America. NCMH also hosts popular architecture events every month and frequent home tours, giving the public access to the most exciting residential architecture, past and present. These tours and events raise awareness and help preserve these “livable works of art” for future generations. For more information: www.ncmodernist.org. Find NCMH on Facebook. Follow NCMH on Twitter and Instagram.

Leland Little Auctions To Host September “Thirst4Architecture”

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Leland Little Auction and Estate Sales in Historic Hillsborough will host September’s “Thirst4Architecture” (T4A)

NC Modernist Houseshappy 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 to preview Leland Little’s huge fall auction.

Emilie Huin, broker/owner of Triangle Modern Homes Real Estate LLC, a specialist in Modernist real estate throughout the Triangle, is the 2015 T4A series sponsor.

Leland-Little-Auction-Estate-Sales-LTD-logoAccording to NCMH Executive Director George Smart, “T4A offers architects, artists, building managers, contractors, engineers, furniture dealers, realtors, and anyone else interested in Modernist residential design” the opportunity to connect and create strategic alliances in a casual fun environment.” As the host business, Leland Little will provide refreshments. NCMH will provide door prizes.

Located at 620 Cornerstone Court in Hillsborough, Leland Little Auctions specializes in 20th century art and design, Asian art, fine wine, collectible cars, silver, fine art, luxury accessories, fine handbags, Southern antiques, fine jewelry, pottery, porcelain and coins.  Bidders from across the world are expected to register for the fall auction.  For more information, visit www.LelandLittle.com or call 919.644.1243.

For more information on NCMH and the Thirst4Architecture events, go to www.ncmodernist.org and click on “T4A Happy Hrs” under Events.

About NC Modernist Houses:

North Carolina Modernist Houses (NCMH) is an award-winning, 501C3 nonprofit organizations established in 2007 and dedicated to documenting, preserving, and promoting Modernist residential design. The website is now the largest open digital archive for Modernist residential design in America. NCMH also hosts popular architecture events every month and frequent home tours, giving the public access to the most exciting residential architecture, past and present. These tours and events raise awareness and help preserve these “livable works of art” for future generations. For more information: www.ncmodernist.org. Find NCMH on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.