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 The
Triangle area of
North Carolina has the third largest concentration of Modernist houses in America. We have more than anywhere
else except Los Angeles and Chicago. Triangle Modernist
Houses (TMH)
is an award-winning 501C3 nonprofit historical archive for preserving
Modernist residential
design. We are an early-warning system for endangered
Modernist houses, an exciting source for Modernist house
tours, an extensive catalog of North Carolina and national residential architecture, and a community of knowledgeable advocates for
Modernist construction.
So, with that said, what can you do here?
NC Modernist Archives
1098
cool NC houses (many for sale),
179
brilliant
architects.
National Modernist
Archives:
Masters of Modernist Design
Well over one thousand incredible houses from
13 masters of residential Modernist design:
Richard Meier,
Charles Gwathmey,
John Lautner,
Pierre Koenig,
Harwell Hamilton
Harris,
Walter Gropius,
Eero Saarinen,
Richard Neutra,
Rudolf Schindler,
Paul Rudolph,
Alden Dow,
Beverly Thorne, and William Morgan.
Special Features
What I've Learned - insightful observations on life and
design from our area's talented architects and designers.
Special Thanks to our lead volunteers who help support and grow TMH
with many hours of assistance.
The Kahn Interviews - Buckminster
Fuller, Henry Kamphoefner, James Fitzgibbon, and many more.
Pioneering
Women of
NC Architecture
- profiles of those who paved
the way for Carolina women in design.
Triangle Shelters - the ultimate in bringing the outside in,
because you are already outside.
Dick Bell - the "dean" of Triangle landscape
architecture, with a legacy of beloved projects such
as Pullen Park, the NCSU Brickyard, and Meredith College
Amphitheatre -- plus his famous Water Garden.
Bryan Bell -
the Triangle's passionate
national advocate for architecture for the "98% without architects."
His nonprofit organization,
DesignCorps, connects
architecture and planning graduates to rural low-income communities.
Frank Walser - the
gifted contractor who built many of the Triangle's Modernist
houses from the 1950's through the 1970's. Many times he
"saved the bacon" of client
architects through translating unrealistic plans
into load-bearing, practical realities.
Richard Hall - the unusual conversion of a former
Raleigh Seventh Day Adventist Church to a private residence.
Macon Smith
Research
Grants. Funds are
available for architectural research projects up to $1000.
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The new Harwell
Hamilton Harris Video Library is here.
September 9, 6pm: You’re invited to
a special reception for the opening of Southern Roots of
Mid-Century Modern,
Gregg Museum of Art & Design, NCSU, free. Exhibit open through December 18.
September 13, 6pm:
You’re invited to TMH Turns Three
– A
Cocktail Birthday Party for TMH at the new
Aloft Hotel in Chapel Hill (cash
bar). No registration required. Aloft is an exciting venue right in
the heart of a new office/residential/shopping complex along Highway
54, across from Glen Lennox. Expect a surprise from Piece of Cake
Cakes, custom cake builders!
September 15, 12N: You’re invited to
hear George Smart speak on
Mayberry Modernism at the
Raleigh Urban
Design Center (free, open to the public). See
attached flyer for information on the entire Urban Design Center
series.
September 18-19:
TMH Trip to
Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fallingwater
– SOLD OUT!
September 20, 7pm: You’re invited to hear the incredible Seattle
architect
Tom Kundig speak at the NCSU
College of Design / AIA Triangle Joint Lecture Series, Brooks Hall,
NCSU. Free.
September 23, 6-8pm: You’re invited to the
ModStock Pre-Tour
Party at Nowells
Contemporary Furniture, Cary. Featuring beer and wine, sodas,
snacks, and thousands of square feet of great modern furniture. Like
last year, at 7pm we’ll be giving away gift certificates and other
prizes. Free
admission, but space is limited to 200
and advance registration is required.
Please send an email with your
name, number of tickets, and phone number.
 September 25, 1-4:30pm
Nine Exciting Houses from Mid-Century to Today.
Details and discount advance tickets available
here!
3 of 7 time slots are already SOLD OUT
  
What's Raleigh's greatest secret?
The Triangle area of North Carolina has the third largest
concentration of modernist houses in America. We have more than
anywhere else except Los Angeles and Chicago.
TMH has the
longest-running, professionally organized architectural tours in the
region. In just a few hours, you will experience some of the area's
best architecture and construction through rare and unique access to
the coolest private houses.
This tour's
amazing lineup features eight Modernist houses and one iconic Modernist
office. Proceeds benefit our ongoing documentation,
preservation, and promotion programs.
Photography is allowed
and encouraged inside and outside all the buildings.
Details, more photos, and discount advance tickets available
here!
Mod Squad members
get an additional discount.
 If
you like what we're doing and want to get more involved, consider joining the
Mod Squad. Get
advance notice on tours, trips, movies, and other special
events -- before our main mailing list, before the media,
before the public! Get in free to architecture movies
and one-house tours, discounts on other events, plus a
really cool Mod Squad hat.
By Mike Welton
By Jody Brown
By Anonymous
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