Tag: NC Modernist Houses
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Arielle Condoret Schechter’s Award-Winning Haw River House Open for Public Touring May 3, 2025
(Chatham County, NC) — Perched above a rocky knoll overlooking the Haw River in Pittsboro, the Matsumoto Prize-winning, net-zero Haw River House in Chatham County will be open for public touring on Saturday, May 3, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. This special tour has been organized by George Smart, CEO of NCModernist, the nonprofit…
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News & Observer features Blueplate PR client Arielle Condoret Schechter: “She started out as her father’s draftsperson. She now runs her own architect firm”
BY CHANTAL ALLAM Arielle Condoret Schechter grew up studying cubist artists like Pablo Picasso and Joan Miró. As the daughter of the late renowned local architect Jon Condoret, she trained at NC State’s School of Design and got her start working as her father’s draftsperson in the 1980s. For decades, she sketched by his side…
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Transnational Couple’s Net-Zero “Dream Home” to be Featured on Fall 2023 Modapalooza Tour
When transnational couple Satish Reddy (India) and Ping Yu (China) decided to relocate from California and Texas to Chapel Hill, NC, they dreamed of building their own custom-designed, net zero house to reduce their new home’s carbon footprint and environmental impact. To make this dream come true, they turned to Arielle Condoret Schechter, AIA, the award-winning, Chapel Hill-based…
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Public Voting Opens for 2023 Matsumoto Prize
North Carolina’s highest honor for Modernist residential architecture. June 19, 2023 (DURHAM, NC) — Public voting is now open at NCMHCOMPETITIONS.ORG to select the best modernist house among 19 submitted from across the state in the 2023 George Matsumoto Prize, the annual design awards program hosted by NCModernist and sponsored by Fitch Lumber / MARVIN.…
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Carrboro Hillside House Wins a Jury Award in 2022 Matsumoto Prize Competition
(CARRBORO, NC) – “Hillside House,” the modern, metal-clad home designed by architect Doug Pierson, AIA, and designer Youn Choi of pod architecture + design for their own family of four, received a prestigious Jury Award during the 2022 George Matsumoto Prize competition recognizing excellence in modernist residential design. Leland Little Auctions in Hillsborough hosted this year’s awards ceremony…
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Save the Date: “Hillside House” will be open for public touring Saturday, November 13
On Saturday, November 13, NCModernist.org will present a public “Trickle Tour” of Hillside House at 130 Old Pittsboro Road, Carrboro. Specific time slots and ticket information will be announced later. NCModernist (aka NC Modernist Houses) hosts several tours of modern house each year. Executive director George Smart created the “Trickle Tour” format in response to…
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Kentucky bourbon and brisket: pod architecture + design hosts Thirst4Architecture August 16
For the first time since moving back to North Carolina from the West Coast, Youn Choi and Doug Pierson, founders and principals of pod architecture + design (pod a+d) in Carrboro, will host Thirst4Architecture (T4A) to celebrate modern architecture and the people in the Triangle who love it on Thursday, August 16, from 6-8 p.m. Free and open to the…
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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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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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