Tag: NC architects
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ARCHDAILY.com: “Piedmont Retreat/Tonic Design”
Wrapped in vertical stripes of Corten® steel street-side, with vast expanses of floor-to-ceiling glass and cantilevered windows overlooking the forest behind it, a modern house sits quietly in the corner of a cul-de-sac in Durham. Katherine Hogan, AIA, and Vinny Petrarca of Tonic Design in Raleigh are responsible for this creative two-story, 3800-square-foot, single-family structure…
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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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Day and Night: Pod Architecture + Design To Display Work in NCSU Exhibition
Demonstrating the perception of space from day to night. February 12, 2018 (Carrboro, NC) — How structure is perceived from day to night is the theme of the presentation that pod architecture + design (pod a+d) in Carrboro is contributing to the upcoming N.C. State University School of Architecture Alumni Exhibition. The exhibition will be…
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METAL ARCHITECTURE: “A Modern Retreat”
Corten steel helps residence blend into surroundings seamlessly By Marcy Marro, Editor Located in a wooded cul-de-sac neighborhood in Durham, N.C., this single-family residence, nicknamed Piedmont Retreat, is wrapped in vertical Corten steel panels facing the street, and vast expanses of floor-to-ceiling glass and cantilevered windows in the back that overlook the surrounding forest. The owners reached out to Raleigh, N.C.-based Tonic Design…
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INHABITAT: “Weathered steel and reclaimed materials blend a modern home into the woods.”
by Lisa Wang Raleigh-based Tonic Design completed a creative new home that plays with the contrast between old and new through the use of reclaimed and contemporary materials. Tucked into the forests of Durham, the Piedmont Retreat is a 3,800-square-foot single-family home that embraces the outdoors in its use of weathered materials and large cantilevered windows. Reclaimed materials,…
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AECCafe.com: “Award-winning LA Architecture Firm Relocates to Carrboro, North Carolina”
December 4, 2017 (Carrboro, NC) – Architect Doug Pierson, AIA, LEED AP, BD+C, and environmental graphics designer Youn Choi — partners in life and in pod architecture + design (pod a+d) — have joined the flurry of businesses relocating to the Triangle region. They’ve moved their architectural firm from Los Angeles to Carrboro, where they’re currently…
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Award-winning L.A. Architecture Firm Relocates to Carrboro, NC
December 5, 2017 (Carrboro, NC) – Architect Doug Pierson, AIA, LEED AP, BD+ (left), and environmental graphics designer Youn Choi (below left) — partners in life and in pod architecture + design (pod a+d) — have joined the flurry of businesses relocating to North Carolina’s Triangle region. They’ve moved their architectural firm from Los Angeles to Carrboro, where they’re currently…
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NEWS & OBSERVER HOME & GARDEN: “The 2016 winners in the annual George Matsumoto Prize modernist house contest”
BY ANDREA WEIGL On Thursday, N.C. Modernist Houses announced the winners of its annual statewide modernist residential design contest. The big winner of the 2016 George Matsumoto Prize contest is Will Alphin of Alphin Design Build. Alphin took home the first-place prize in the juried competition for a four-level house in Raleigh’s Cameron Park neighborhood.…
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2016 Matsumoto Prize Online Voting Now Open
Recognizing excellence in North Carolina Modernist residential design Online voting for the 2016 George Matsumoto Prize: Recognizing Excellence in North Carolina Modernist Residential Design, begins today at: https://ncmhcompetitions.squarespace.com The 2016 Matsumoto Prize, supported by the McAdams Foundation, includes public voting to determine three “People’s Choice” winners. Anyone may vote by email (one time per email address) for…
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Kenneth Hobgood Architects Anticipates Completion of Glass Villa in Kuwait
The residence will be a showcase of modern design, special engineering and meticulous construction. June 24, 2011 (Raleigh, NC) — Construction is nearing completion on Villa Al Bahar, a modern, 22,000-square-foot, four-level glass house in Kuwait City, Kuwait, designed by of Kenneth Hobgood Architects of Raleigh, NC. Designing and building a glass and steel villa…