Triangle Modernist Houses

Compiled by George Smart, Jr.                                                          

ELLEN CROZAT CASSILLY, AIA

From a Bachelor's of Environmental Design degree from Texas A & M University and a Master of Architecture degree from the University of Pennsylvania, Cassilly worked with Christian DePortzamarc, past winner of the Pritzker Prize.  She then came to Raleigh and worked for Frank Harmon where she did projects such as the North Carolina Museum of Art Amphitheater.  She started her own firm in 1999.

 2008 - Her own house, currently under construction.  Watch and read about how Ellen and her husband Frank Konhaus  (above left) are building an exciting new house adjacent to Duke Forest on Mimosa Drive in Chapel Hill.  See the 3D renderings here.

1954 -- Dr. George W. Poland House, originally located at 3129 Arrow Road, Raleigh, above Crabtree Valley.  Over the years, the house became surrounded by commercial buildings and a giant mall. After his death in 2001, Poland's family donated the house to Preservation North Carolina.  PNC put it on the market and imposed a buyer requirement to move the house to a suitable lot. Buyer Don DeFeo moved it to his 23 acres at 502 John Jones Road in Bahama, NC in 2002.  The move and simultaneous downstairs addition was designed by architect Ellen Cassilly.   Bottom photo of lower level by Sally Greene.  For sale, here.