Tag: design
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Raleigh Couple Rescues Midcentury Modern Gem from Certain Demolition: Matsumoto House Will Be Moved Saturday, January 20, 2024
PRESS RELEASE — The 1954 Midcentury Modern house at 606 Transylvania Avenue, Raleigh, designed by internationally renowned architect George Matsumoto for Bill and Betty Weber and once threatened with demolition, will begin its seven-mile journey to a new location on Saturday, January 20, at 6 a.m. The destination: an empty lot on Delmont Street immediately next door to…
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INHABITAT: “Distinctly Modern Net Zero Home Sits in Harmony with its Woodland Surroundings”
By Nicole Jewell | Photos by Tzu Chen Chapel Hill-based firm Arielle Condoret Schechter is known for its commitment to building sustainable homes that don’t sacrifice elegance or comfort. The company’s latest work includes the spacious Haw River House, which was built with several efficient features to create a net-zero energy home that is seamlessly linked with its natural…
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ARCHITECTS + ARTISANS: “A Hawk’s-Eye View from a Haw River Home”
Architecture writer Mike Welton considers a new residential project by Chapel Hill architect Arielle Condoret Schechter, AIA. (Photo by Tzu Chen) For a new home on the Haw River in North Carolina’s Chatham County, architect Arielle Schechter found her inspiration in two places. One was the river. The other was a rock. “Walking down by…
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DWELL: “The Mason-Grabell ‘Beech’ House by Arielle Condoret Schechter, AIA
Anne and Bruce, the clients for this project, had recently relocated to Chapel Hill from Florida. They considered themselves “climate refugees” who no longer wanted to live through the yearly hurricanes they were experiencing in Florida. They selected Arielle Schechter for her modernist style, then agree to ramp up the design “Net-Zero Ready” in accordance…
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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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RALEIGH MAGAZINE: “A Smooth Transition”
Blueplate PR client: Tonic Design by Jane Porter | photo by Keith Isaacs When old design meets new, there’s often an element of surprise to the final result. For a residence in Raleigh’s Historic Cameron Park neighborhood, architect Katherine Hogan and designer Vinny Petrarca, the principals of Tonic Design, created an air of the unexpected…
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Tonic Design Selected for WCPSS Master Professional Services Agreement
Blueplate PR client: Tonic Design To provide architecture services for Wake County public schools. Tonic Design, a multi-award-winning architectural firm based in Raleigh, NC, has qualified to provide architecture services to the Wake County Public School System, the largest school district in North Carolina, under the WCPSS’s Master Professional Services Agreements. To qualify, Tonic Design…
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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…
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AECCafe.com/ArchShowcase: “The Professor’s House in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, by Arielle Condoret Schechter”
by Sanjay Gangal This small, modern house was designed for an eminent author and professor of Native American studies. A widow now, she wanted to downsize from her 3200-square-foot house and live in a new, age-in-place home in a quiet, wooded neighborhood in Chapel Hill, NC, with her dog, Calamity Jane. Architects: Arielle Condoret Schechter Project: The Professor’s…
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The Raleigh Architecture Co. Hires New Project Manager
Craig Kerins, AIA, and Robby Johnston, AIA, partners in The Raleigh Architecture Company (RACo) announce that Claire Craven has joined their firm as a project manager. Craven received her Bachelor of Architecture degree in 2012 from the University of Tennessee’s College of Architecture and Design, where she received a Faculty Design Award for the best…
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