Tag: modern house
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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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In The Ground and On The Boards: Chapel Hill Architect Arielle Condoret Schechter, AIA, Greets Spring with Modern, Custom Houses at Every Phase of Design and Construction
MASON-GRABELL MODERNISM (All renderings by Arielle Condoret Schechter, AIA) May 1, 2018 (Chapel Hill, NC) — A family of transplants from hurricane-prone Florida can’t wait for construction to begin this summer on their spacious, modern house perched on a hillside in Orange County. Cheryl and Ken Serdar are showing off their new, modern, Net Zero, Micropolis® house in Hillsborough,…
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Steel-Clad House in Duke Forest Receives 2018 AIA Triangle Honor Award
Photography © Tzu Chen Photography “Piedmont Retreat,” a modern, single-family home clad in Cor-Ton® steel, earned for Tonic Design of Raleigh, NC, one of only three Honor awards — and the only residential design among the three — in the 2018 AIA Triangle Design Awards. The awards were presented March 22 during a gala event at the Contemporary…
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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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CUSTOM BUILDER: “Backstory: Playing Both Sides”
A creative duo’s partnership is driven by client needs, site specifics, and school schedules (Photos: Tzu Chen) By Stacey Freed Masonry, glass, metal, concrete … these are the building materials that Vincent “Vinny” Petrarca and Katherine Hogan, AIA, owners of the firms Tonic Design and Tonic Construction, in Raleigh, N.C., favor. “These things last…
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“The Professor’s House” Will Be Open For Public Touring in September
Designed by Arielle Condoret Schechter, AIA, this small, modern, age-in-place house is part of the Fall 2017 Modapalooza Tour. July 19, 2017 (Chapel Hill, NC) — “The Professor’s House,” a small, sustainable, age-in-place house overlooking Morgan Creek in Chapel Hill, has been selected for the Fall 2017 Modapalooza Tour on Saturday, September 16, sponsored by…
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“Hungry Neck” House in Downtown Raleigh To Be Featured on 2015 Homes Tour
An award-winning Modern home in Raleigh’s old “Hungry Neck” neighborhood, designed and built by The Raleigh Architecture Company (RACo), will be open to the public during the sixth Residential Tour sponsored by the Triangle Section of the American Institute of Architects’ North Carolina chapter (AIA Triangle). The tour will take place on Saturday, September 26, from 9 a.m. to…
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Indoor-Outdoor Living — Literally
To accommodate a tight budget, architect Frank Harmon made half of this modern coastal home open-air. Award-winning Raleigh architect Frank Harmon, FAIA, recently completed a single-family house on South Carolina’s St. Helena Island that solved tight budget constraints in an unusual way: To keep costs down, 50 percent of this 1600-square-foot Modern house is composed entirely…
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Art and Architecture: A Special Exhibit Showcases Abstract Art In A Mid-Century Modern House
AuctionFirst® invites the ChromaZones to display their work during an open house event. March 25, 2013 (Raleigh, NC) — AuctionFirst®, a professional real estate auction agency, and the ChromaZones, a group of award-winning artists that specialize in two-dimensional abstract art, will present a special art exhibition on Sunday, April 14, from 2-4 p.m., at the…
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Triangle Modernist Houses Hosts Tour of 1959 Carter Williams House
“Blue Haven” will be open to the public for one day. July 6, 2011 (Raleigh, NC) — The 1959 Carter Williams House Tour, designed by prolific Raleigh architect F. Carter Williams, FAIA, for his family, with landscape design by Dick Bell, FASLA, will be open for public touring on Saturday, July 23, from 10 a.m.…