Triangle Modernist Houses - Documenting, Preserving, Promoting Residential Modern Architecture

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A North Carolina 501C3 Nonprofit Documenting, Preserving, and Promoting Residential Modernist Architecture

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Most people are surprised, even shocked, to learn the Triangle area of North Carolina has the third largest concentration of Modernist houses in America, more than anywhere else except Los Angeles and Chicago. Who knew that little ol' Mayberry would be a center for great residential architecture?

Triangle Modernist Houses (TMH) is America's largest open digital archive for residential Modernist architecture. We are an educational resource with a heartfelt mission for the documentation, preservation, and promotion of Modernist houses.

TMH offers the design-loving public an exciting source for NC Modernist house tours, an extensive catalog of NC and national residential architecture, and a community of knowledgeable advocates for new Modernist construction and renovation.

North Carolina Gallery: Explore histories of hundreds of North Carolina Modernist houses and their architects.

View the Best of North Carolina -- all the AIA North Carolina award-winning houses since 1951.

Masters of Modern Gallery: Explore the residential work of Modernist masters such as Wright, Neutra, Kundig, Arahuete, Gehry, Gropius, Soriano, Breuer, Matsumoto, Schindler, Johnson, Rudolph, Saarinen, Koenig, Thorne, Harris, Gwathmey, Morgan, Meier, Lautner, and many more.

Shop for North Carolina Modernist houses for sale or rent in our exclusive list, because most MLS systems can't distinguish between Modernist and Contemporary.
Browse our Documents or Multimedia archives for extensive information on NC houses and architects.
Find out more about TMH and our ongoing mission of documentation, preservation, and promotion.
Support TMH through joining the Mod Squad.

Friday, May 25, 6-8pm

Join us at the new building at the North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh.

Cash bar, live music by Peter Lamb and the Wolves, door prizes, and free admission! Sponsored by A+S Design. Details.

Modernism At Risk: Modern Solutions for Saving Modern Landmarks

A International Architectural
Photography Exhibit, June 1-9

AIA North Carolina Center for Architecture and Design, 14 East Peace Street, Raleigh

Photo by John Morris of Goodnight Raleigh

Modernism at Risk is an international photographic gallery that has travelled the world. A project of the World Monuments Fund, Modernism at Risk consists of 27 large-scale photographs by noted photographer Andrew Moore about preserving Modern landmarks and demonstrating these buildings can continue to be economically and functionally viable.

Details and advance tickets
Wednesday, June 20, 6-8pm

Join T4A at the downtown architecture firm Ratio (formerly Cherry Huffman), 135 East Martin Street Suite 101, Raleigh. RATIO Partner Louis Cherry is our host. Free admission and refreshments, plus our usual door prizes! Details.

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Pioneering Black Architects in North Carolina - profiles of those who paved the way for Carolina minorities in design.

Pioneering Women Architects in North Carolina - profiles of those who paved the way for Carolina women in design.

What I've Learned - insightful observations on life and design from North Carolina's talented architects and designers.

Special thanks to the exceptional volunteers who donate time and expertise to support our mission.

The Charles Kahn Audio Interviews - Buckminster Fuller, Henry Kamphoefner, T. C. Howard, Stanislawa Nowicki, James Fitzgibbon, and many more. Part of the TMH Video collection.

Macon Smith Research Grants. Awarded to support research on Modernist Houses. Anyone can apply; you need not be an architect or academic.

Our detailed content is America's most extensive -- which is why devoted modernist-oriented visitors return again and again.