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

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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. 

 

The new Harwell Hamilton Harris Video Library is here.

September 9, 6pmYou’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, 12NYou’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 FallingwaterSOLD 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.


 
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