Category: modern architecture
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Day and Night: Pod Architecture + Design To Display Work in NCSU Exhibition
Demonstrating the perception of space from day to night. February 12, 2018 (Carrboro, NC) — How structure is perceived from day to night is the theme of the presentation that pod architecture + design (pod a+d) in Carrboro is contributing to the upcoming N.C. State University School of Architecture Alumni Exhibition. The exhibition will be…
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For The Third Consecutive Year, Chapel Hill Architect Arielle Condoret Schechter is Awarded “Best of Houzz” for Client Satisfaction
Arielle Condoret Schechter, AIA, of Chapel Hill, NC, has been voted by Houzz.com as a winner of a Best of Houzz 2018 award, marking the third consecutive year she has received this award from the popular worldwide online community. From among more than one million active home building, remodeling, and design industry professionals associated with Houzz, Schechter won in…
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THE MODERN SHELTER: “MidZENtury paradise”
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…
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LOUISVILLE BUSINESS FIRST: “First Look: Plenty of progress to be seen around Rabbit Hole Distillery”
By David A. Mann Rabbit Hole Distillery is taking shape. The facility has been under construction on Jefferson Street, near Clay Street, since late last year. It’s still months away from completion, but many of the key elements, including the still, are in place today. The distillery is expected to have a grand opening on…
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L.A. Transplant Joins NCSU College of Design
Doug Pierson, AIA, to teach third-year architecture design studio. Architect Douglas Pierson, AIA, LEED AP, BD+C, principal and co-founder of the award-winning firm pod architecture + design in Carrboro, NC, will begin teaching a third-year design studio this month for the Department of Architecture, North Carolina State University, College of Design. He will be joined by fellow third-year…
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METAL ARCHITECTURE: “A Modern Retreat”
Corten steel helps residence blend into surroundings seamlessly By Marcy Marro, Editor Located in a wooded cul-de-sac neighborhood in Durham, N.C., this single-family residence, nicknamed Piedmont Retreat, is wrapped in vertical Corten steel panels facing the street, and vast expanses of floor-to-ceiling glass and cantilevered windows in the back that overlook the surrounding forest. The owners reached out to Raleigh, N.C.-based Tonic Design…
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INHABITAT: “Weathered steel and reclaimed materials blend a modern home into the woods.”
by Lisa Wang Raleigh-based Tonic Design completed a creative new home that plays with the contrast between old and new through the use of reclaimed and contemporary materials. Tucked into the forests of Durham, the Piedmont Retreat is a 3,800-square-foot single-family home that embraces the outdoors in its use of weathered materials and large cantilevered windows. Reclaimed materials,…
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Award-winning L.A. Architecture Firm Relocates to Carrboro, NC
December 5, 2017 (Carrboro, NC) – Architect Doug Pierson, AIA, LEED AP, BD+ (left), and environmental graphics designer Youn Choi (below left) — partners in life and in pod architecture + design (pod a+d) — have joined the flurry of businesses relocating to North Carolina’s Triangle region. They’ve moved their architectural firm from Los Angeles to Carrboro, where they’re currently…
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Tonic Design Partner Appointed to Raleigh Appearance Commission
The Raleigh City Council has appointed architect Katherine Hogan, AIA, co-owner of Tonic Design, to the Raleigh Appearance Commission. The City Council established The Appearance Commission in 1973 to provide guidance, advice, and recommendations regarding the visual quality and aesthetic characteristics of the City of Raleigh. The commission consists of 15 members, the majority of whom have special training…
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On The Boards: Arielle Condoret Schechter Designs A Modern Family Destination
Modernist architect Arielle Condoret Schechter, AIA, has a host of projects underway these days. Among the residential work taking shape in her home studio and office, high atop Stillhouse Bluff in Chapel Hill, is a Modern Cabin out in rural Orange County, North Carolina. A couple from San Francisco commissioned Schechter to design their Modern Cabin where one of their…
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