Category: pod architecture + design
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Hybrid Design Firm Moves Into Downtown Chapel Hill
On August 21, pod architecture + design (pod a+d), the award-winning design firm previously located in Carrboro, moved its multi-disciplinary studio from the historic Depot on that town’s Main Street to offices at 201-A North Columbia Street in Chapel Hill. The move reflects the partners’ desire to establish their studio in the more nationally known Chapel Hill…
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Leading Design Firms Team Up to Propose Elegant Concept for J.W. Rutledge Distillery
pod architecture + design, Luckett & Farley present scheme to investors at special event During a special event held recently in downtown Louisville, KY, pod architecture + design (pod a+d) of Carrboro, NC, and Luckett & Farley architects and engineers of Louisville, presented a surprising concept for a modern, environmentally sustainable, mid-sized distillery to an…
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Carrboro Architect Douglas Pierson Appointed to the AIA Triangle Board of Directors
Douglas Pierson, AIA, LEED AP, BD+C, co-founder and a principal designer of pod architecture + design (pod a+d), has been appointed to the Board of Directors of the Triangle section, American Institute of Architects (AIAT) for a two-year term. The AIA Triangle’s mission is “to serve its members and the Triangle community by enhancing and…
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METAL CONSTRUCTION NEWS: “Dynamic Distillery” – Rabbit Hole takes the Grand Award
Blueplate PR client: pod architecture + design LLC In the 2018 Metal Construction News Building & Roofing Awards By Mark Robins, Senior Editor Form follows process. This is contemporary bourbon maker, founder and CEO of Rabbit Hole Distilling, Kaveh Zamanian’s vision for life and for his Rabbit Hole Distillery manufacturing building in downtown Louisville, Ky.…
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on the boards: pod architecture + design partners reveal plans for their modern house on a hillside
Blueplate PR client: pod architecture + design LLC Scale model of Carrboro House by pod architecture + design Eager to plant their roots more deeply into their new hometown, experiential graphics designer Youn Choi and award-winning architect Doug Pierson, AIA, partners in life and founding partners of pod architecture + design (pod a+d) in Carrboro, have designed…
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Kentucky bourbon and brisket: pod architecture + design hosts Thirst4Architecture August 16
For the first time since moving back to North Carolina from the West Coast, Youn Choi and Doug Pierson, founders and principals of pod architecture + design (pod a+d) in Carrboro, will host Thirst4Architecture (T4A) to celebrate modern architecture and the people in the Triangle who love it on Thursday, August 16, from 6-8 p.m. Free and open to the…
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NC Architect To Conduct Construction Tour of Rabbit Hole Distillery for AIA Central Kentucky Chapter
Doug Pierson will take professional peers through his latest project in Louisville. Carrboro, NC-based architect Doug Pierson, AIA, of pod architecture + design (pod a+d) will conduct a construction tour of the new 55,000-square-foot Rabbit Hole distillery and campus he designed in downtown Louisville, KY, for the American Institute of Architects Central Kentucky Chapter on Tuesday, April 17, beginning at 5…
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ARCHITECTS + ARTISANS: “In Louisville, Rabbit Hole Distillery”
By Mike Welton When Saturday, May 5 rolls around in Louisville, Ky., there’ll be more to celebrate than the 144th running of the Kentucky Derby. At the corner of Jefferson and Market Streets downtown, a new distillery called Rabbit Hole will hold its grand opening – with a Derby Day party. “It’s a start-up –…
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DESIGN MILK: “Venice House is a California House with a Sloping Trapezoidal Roof”
By Caroline Williamson Among the tightly packed lots in Venice, California, the Venice House is a three-story, energy-efficient residence topped off with a unique, sloping trapezoidal roof. The beach house was designed by pod architecture + design (pod a+d), who also happen to be the owners, and it spans 1390-square-feet, which proved challenging as they had to build…
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Carrboro Architects To Complete $15 Million Project in Louisville before Derby Day
pod architecture+ design finishes eagerly anticipated Rabbit Hole Distillery. From their modest studio inside the old train depot on Main Street in Carrboro, award-winning architect Doug Pierson, AIA, partner/wife, designer Youn Choi, and their team at pod architecture + design are focused on making sure their $15 million project in Louisville, Kentucky – the 55,000-square-foot Rabbit Hole Distilling facility and campus — is…