Triangle Modernist Houses - America's Largest Archive of Residential Modernist Design

Triangle Modernist Houses
America's Largest Archive of Residential Modernist Architecture

The Triangle area of North Carolina has the third largest concentration of modernist houses in America, more than anywhere except LA and Chicago. Triangle Modernist Archive, Inc. is an award-winning nonprofit which preserves, advocates, and builds community around modernist residential design in the Triangle area of North Carolina. We engage the public through exciting house tours, this extensive online archive of architects and houses, and the encouragement of new modernist construction.

673 cool houses (48 for sale),
149 brilliant architects, 3364 photos,
7 amazing house tours,
29 generous Mod Squad supporters,
... and counting!

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Looking for a specific house, street, city, year, owner, builder, or architect?

Tired of dreaming and ready to buy? Or are you a modernist homeowner or realtor ready to sell to a caring buyer?

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SOLD OUT - Saturday, August 1, 2009, 10-2pm, featuring the Durham Performing Arts Center and The Szostak Residence in Chapel Hill, both led by architect Phil Szostak, details here.

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1. Get on the GoogleGroup update list (left).

2. Come on TMH's popular and exciting modernist house tours, or volunteer to help.

3. Have you seen, once lived in, or currently own a modernist house not in our archive? Share your story.

4. See something cool driving around? Let us know if you see a modernist house going on the market, changing hands, or being destroyed.

5. You know you want one, so how about buying and saving a house from the bulldozer?

6. If you like what TMH does for the design community, please consider joining the Mod Squad, our incredibly reasonably priced annual fund. You'll get advance notice on all tours and other special events -- before the main list, before the media, before the public. Plus you get in free for all one-house tours during 2009 and 2010, plus discounts on other tours!

The Houses and The Architects

Enjoy browsing! Please note that all these homes are private property and closed to the public -- so don't go tromping around uninvited.

Map the houses through Google Earth (requires free Google software) -- or a Google Map (no software required). Coming Soon: Louis Asbury, Crutcher Ross, Murray Whisnant, Ligon Flynn, Marvin Saline.

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