2010 Modernist Home Tour Destinations Unveiled

The de Comarmond home in Cameron Village.

Triangle Modernist Houses’ Raleigh Tour features eight plus one iconic office building.

June 15, 2010 (RALEIGH, NC) – Triangle Modernist Houses today unveiled the eight architecturally remarkable homes and one commercial space that comprise the “TMH Modern 2010,” the non-profit organization’s 13^th home tour on Saturday, September 25, from 1- 430p.m. in Raleigh.

The private homes that will be open to ticketholders are:

– The Milton Small House on Lake Boone Trail, designed by Milton Small, FAIA, and built by Frank Walser.

– The Laurent P. de Comarmond, AIA, Modernist house renovation on Graham Street in Cameron Village.

– The Parker House, designed by Carter Williams, FAIA, on Banbury Road, renovation design by Perry Cox.

– The Karmous-Edwards House, Runnymede Road, designed by Frank Harmon, FAIA.

– The Heather and Bo Taylor House, Graham Street in Cameron Village, designed and built by Will Alphin.

– The Jim Kuehn Residence, located on Fairall Street, designed by Brian Shawcroft, AIA.

– The Ron Collier House, on Manning Drive, designed by architect/owner Ron Collier, AIA.

– The Harwell Hamilton Harris home and office on Cox Avenue, designed by Harwell Hamilton Harris, FAIA.

Triangle Modernist Houses Announces 2010 Modernist Home Tour

Event to feature nine modernist houses in Raleigh from the 1950s to today.

May 24, 2010 (RALEIGH, NC) — What’s Raleigh’s best-kept secret?  The Triangle has the third largest concentration of Modernist houses in the country, behind LA and Chicago — literally hundreds of exceptional houses — due to the Modernist influence of the NCSU College of Design’s influence over the last 61 years.

Nine of those modernist houses, plus one office space, will be open for touring during the Triangle Modernist Houses (TMH) Modernist Home Tour in Raleigh on Saturday, September 25, from 1 – 4:30 p.m.

This tour, TMH’s 12^th,  will feature modernist houses from mid-century 1950’s to cutting-edge new homes, all of which are defined by open interiors, abundant glass, aesthetic geometries, and sweeping lines.

TMH’s award-winning home tours, organized by TMH founder and director George Smart, are the longest-running, professionally-conducted architectural tours in the region. The past 11 tours have allowed over 2000 people from around the state to tour 21 Modernist houses.

“As with all TMH home tours, we showcase the value of exceptional architecture and construction,” Smart said. “TMH gives the public unique opportunities to go inside nine of the coolest houses in Raleigh that they would rarely be able to see otherwise.  We’ve lined up some of the best.  And photography is not only allowed, it is encouraged.”

Preservation North Carolina, the nonprofit statewide historic preservation organization dedicated to protecting and promoting buildings, landscapes and sites important to the state’s diverse heritage, is including the TMH Tour as part the 2010 Preservation NC Annual Conference September 23-25.

Smart, well-known for speaking on “Mayberry Modernism” across North Carolina, emphasizes the green, sustainable features of the TMH tour.

“Our free hop-on, hop-off bus system reduces the carbon footprint and assures neighborhoods are not disrupted with hundreds of cars.  People don’t have to spend their day finding, driving to, and parking at each home.”

Tickets to the 2010 Tour will be available through the TMH website and various ticket outlets in the coming weeks.

Sponsors include Preservation North Carolina, Ambiente International, the NCSU Gregg Museum of Art, the Louise Cameron Art Museum in Wilmington, Eidolon Designs, Center Studio Architecture, Nowell’s Contemporary Furniture, Modern Home Network, and Beyond Blue Interiors. Companies can still sign on as sponsors by contacting George Smart at 919-740-8407.

Ticket information and other details will be announced at a later date. For more information on Triangle Modernist Houses, visit www.trianglemodernisthouses.com.