Tag: Durham NC
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Carrboro Architect Helps Select Durham’s Golden Leaf Awards for Community Appearance
Pod architecture + design’s Doug Pierson joins 2018 jury. Architect Doug Pierson, AIA, of pod architecture + design, the firm Pierson and his wife/business partner, designer Youn Choi, relocated from Los Angles to Carrboro, was honored to serve as a juror for Durham’s 2018 Golden Leaf Awards for Community Appearance. “One of the many things Youn and I…
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TMH To Host Public Tour Of The Larson Residence
Late architect Jon Condoret’s favorite project will be open to the public for the first time. March 20, 2013 (Durham, NC) – Triangle Modernist Houses (TMH), the award-winning non-profit organization dedicated to documenting, preserving, and promoting Modernist residential architecture, will host a tour of the unusual 1973 Arthur and Florence Larson Residence in Durham on…
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Triangle Modernist Houses Announces Spring Homes Tour
Featuring four unique Modernist houses in Durham’s Hope Valley neighborhood. February 20, 2012 (Durham, NC) — The 29th Triangle Modernist Houses tour of modern homes will be held Saturday April 14, 1-4 p.m., in the Hope Valley neighborhood of Durham, NC. The tour will feature four unique homes: one brand new, one four years old,…
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Fullsteam Brewery Hosts TMH “Thirst4Architecture” Happy Hour
Triangle Modernist Houses takes monthly T4A event to Durham. October 18, 2011 (Durham, NC) – Fullsteam Brewery and Tavern in Durham will host Triangle Modernist Houses (TMH) “Thirst4Architecture” (T4A) Happy Hour on Thursday, October 27, from 6-8 p.m. The cash-bar event, sponsored by Ellen Cassilly Architecture and Urban Durham Realty, is free and open to…
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Nine-Year-Old Book Critic Praises “The Mahogany Door”
Author J. Mark Boliek reaches, and impresses, his target audience. August 31, 2011 (Durham, NC) – A positive review from a professional book critic is any author’s dream-come-true. Yet for J. Mark Boliek, author of “The Mahogany Door,” a new fantasy-adventure book for young readers, no review will mean as much to him as…
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Kenneth Hobgood Architects Renovates, Enlarges A Classic Fifties Modern House
Sensitive phased project respects the architectural integrity of the original residence. July 13, 2011 (Raleigh, NC) – Kenneth E. Hobgood Architects in Raleigh recently completed the renovation phase of an exemplary, mid-century modern house in Durham and is about to begin construction on phase two: a 1200-square-foot addition that will honor, without imitating, the original…
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Midwest Book Reviews Recommends “The Mahogany Door”
New fantasy-adventure book makes MBR’s July Fiction Shelf July 12, 2011 (Durham, NC) — “The Mahogany Door,” a new fantasy-adventure book by J. Mark Boliek, accompanied by an all-original soundtrack CD, has received a positive review and strong recommendation from the reputable Midwest Book Reviews (MBR). Under the headline “A fun fantasy aimed at young…
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George Smart Receives 2011 Preservation Durham Advocacy Award
Triangle Modernist Houses’ founder and director praised at awards ceremony. June 20, 2011 (Durham, NC) — George Smart, founder and director of Triangle Modernist Houses (TMH), a non-profit organization dedicated to documenting, preserving and promoting modernist residential design, is a 2011 recipient of Preservation Durham’s Advocacy Award for individual effort. The 2011 Preservation Awards were…