Category: mid-century architecture
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18 Sponsors Support TMH Modern 2010 Homes Tour
A Coalition of Media, Museums, Preservationists, and Businesses Support The Area’s Legacy of Modernist Architecture. August 10, 2010 (RALEIGH, NC) – Triangle Modernist Houses (TMH), a non-profit organization dedicated to preserving and promoting modernist residential architecture, reports 18 sponsors for the TMH Modern 2010 Homes Tour in Raleigh on September 25, representing media, historic preservation…
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Triangle Modernist Houses Hosts FLW Fallingwater Tour
Pennsylvania Architecture Tour features Frank Lloyd Wright’s world-famous “Fallingwater,” “Kentuck Knob,” and more. July 19, 2010 (DURHAM, NC) – What special house is on many people’s “bucket list”? Celebrated architect Frank Lloyd Wright is an American icon and his “Fallingwater” in Mill Run, PA, is a masterpiece of residential architecture. On Saturday and Sunday, September…
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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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Triangle Modernist Houses Announces “ModShop” Day Trip
Destinations: Design Within Reach, Ikea, and a Modernist house tour April 24, 2010 (DURHAM, NC) – Triangle Modernist Houses.com (TMH) has just announced another not-to-be-missed opportunity for modernist homeowners and anyone who loves modern interior design: “ModShop,” a group excursion to Charlotte, NC, to shop at Design Within Reach and Ikea, and to tour an…