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Trig Modern Expands Textiles Offerings with Two Custom, Couture Rug Lines
Customer demand for modern floor coverings makes high-end options a viable alternative. Trig Modern in Raleigh, the design center and showroom in Dock 1053 on East Whitaker Mill Road, has announced that it is now offering two new high-end modern, custom area rug collections from California: Emma Gardner Design, LLC, of Petaluma and Savnik & Co. of San…
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Metro Magazine Joins “Colossus” Archive of Architecture Magazines
George Smart, Executive Director of the non-profit organization North Carolina Modernist Houses (NCMH) and Bernie Reeves, Co-Founder and Publisher of Metro Magazine, have announced that NCMH’s Colossus Architecture Magazine Archive is now the official historical archive for Metro Magazine. Inspired by senior editor and architecture enthusiast Kim Devins Weiss, Metro Magazine’s editor and publisher Bernie Reeves began covering the built environment…
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James Taylor’s Modernist Childhood Home Opens for Public Touring for the First Time
May 16, 2016 (Chapel Hill, NC) — The 1952 Trudy and Isaac M. Taylor House in Chapel Hill — the Modern childhood home of legendary singer-song writer James Taylor — will be open for public touring for the first time ever on Saturday, June 4, from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., sponsored by North Carolina Modernist Houses (NCMH). The…
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Micropolis® Morphed: Out of “Little Paws,” A Custom-Designed Small Home Emerges
The professor/author wanted to build “Little Paws,” one of Chapel Hill architect Arielle Condoret Schechter’s collection of tiny, modern, sustainable house plans she sells under the registered trademark Micropolis Houses®. But at 1059 square feet, “Little Paws” only had room for two bedrooms. “And she needed three bedrooms,” Schechter said. “So ‘Little Paws’ quickly morphed into a custom…
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NC Filmmaker Seeks Indiegogo Funding To Continue Holocaust Survivors’ Stories
Out of the six million people murdered by the Nazis during World War II, one 87-year-old survivor is the subject of the first film in a new documentary film series entitled “Six Million Minus One,” to be funded by an Indiegogo crowd-sourcing campaign. The man is Harry Weiss of Raleigh, NC, a diminutive grandfather with a shock of…
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Trig Modern Voted Best Place To Buy Contemporary Furniture in the Triangle
After thousands of votes were counted, Trig Modern in downtown Raleigh emerged as The Best Place to Buy Contemporary Furniture in the Triangle in 2015, according to readers of Triangle Downtowner magazine. “Of course we’re delighted,” said Trig’s owner, Bob Drake, who moved to Raleigh from Charlotte to open the store. “We’ve only been here…
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Eidolon Designs To Host March “Thirst4Architecture”
Featuring the fine woodworkers’ annual Oyster Roast Eidolon Designs in Raleigh will once again host “Thirst4Architecture,” a networking event sponsored by North Carolina Modernist Houses (NCMH) and Emilie Huin/501 Realty, on Thursday, March 5, from 6-8 p.m. Free and open to the public, Eidolon’s T4A event also includes the company’s annual Oyster Roast. T4A events are opportunities for architects, artists,…
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TRIG Modern Announces Exclusive Deal with ValDesign
Downtown Raleigh store now offers high-end Italian kitchen systems. Trig Modern, the modern furniture, lighting, and interior design store located in downtown Raleigh, North Carolina, is now the Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill “Triangle” region’s exclusive dealer for ValDesign, The Alf Group’s contemporary kitchen cabinetry systems. ValDesign systems are designed and manufactured in Italy’s Veneto region, which is internationally…
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“Green” Architect Helps Seniors Conserve Energy Use and Costs, Age In Place
During the Orange County Department on Aging Housing Expo Chapel Hill architect Arielle Condoret Schechter, AIA will help senior citizens and their families discover ways to make their homes more energy-efficient during The Orange County Department on Aging Housing Expo Saturday, October 25, from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. at the Seymour Center. Schechter specializes in “super-green” housing…
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Pearce Brinkley Cease + Lee Joins Clark Nexsen, PC
The merger will provide key benefits for both firms and their clients. March 28, 2013 – Clark Nexsen, PC, headquartered in Norfolk, Virginia, is pleased to announce that the architecture firm Pearce Brinkley Cease + Lee (PBC+L) of Raleigh and Asheville, NC, has officially joined Clark Nexsen. As a result of this merger, Clark…
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