Category: mid-century architecture
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“Appetite4Architecture” Dinner Features Special Guest Frank Harmon
The first in a series of dinners sponsored by Triangle Modernist Houses. January 18, 2012 (Raleigh, NC) – Frank Harmon FAIA, founder and principal of the award-winning firm Frank Harmon Architect PA in Raleigh, will be a featured guest at the first 2012 “Appetite4Architecture” dinner on Tuesday, January 31, beginning at 6:30 p.m. in 18…
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The House That Steve Jobs Grew Up In, And How It Shaped Apple
Essay and sketches by Frank Harmon, FAIA “We shape our buildings, and afterwards our buildings shape us,” Winston Churchill said, and perhaps no place has the power to shape us like the place where we grow up. Lyndon Johnson was born in the hardscrabble and desperately poor Hill Country of Texas. His life and political…
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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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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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Fullsteam Brewery Hosts TMH “Thirst4Architecture” Happy Hour
Triangle Modernist Houses takes monthly T4A event to Durham. October 18, 2011 (Durham, NC) – Fullsteam Brewery and Tavern in Durham will host Triangle Modernist Houses (TMH) “Thirst4Architecture” (T4A) Happy Hour on Thursday, October 27, from 6-8 p.m. The cash-bar event, sponsored by Ellen Cassilly Architecture and Urban Durham Realty, is free and open to…
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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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Pearce Brinkley Cease + Lee To Host “Thirst 4 Architecture”
September’s networking event brings design enthusiasts together. September 7, 2011 (Raleigh, NC) – The architectural firm Pearce Brinkley Cease + Lee (PBC+L) in downtown Raleigh will join Triangle Modernist Houses (TMH) to host this month’s TMH “Thirst 4 Architecture” happy hour on Thursday, September 22, from 6-8pm. The event will be held in the PBC+L…