Lowe’s Pavilion at NCMA Opens with Celebration!
The North Carolina Museum of Art has a new pavilion among the many sculptures on its yard designed by Vincent Petrarca of Tonic Design, and Mike Cindric of Design Dimension. Tonic is a young, Raleigh based, design-build architecture firm that has three main arteries: Design, Construction and Projection. Last year Tonic won an AIA NC Honor Award for the Chiles Residence (image below) which is located in North Raleigh. They specialize in modern residential but have recently expanded their scope to include some commercial spaces and the new open air school room pavilion at the Art Museum.
On Thursday September 6, 2007, from 4:30-6:30pm, there will be a reception to celebrate the project’s completion. For more information on the pavilion, directions and design team, see the pdf attached.
photo James West
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David
08/16 07:58 PM
The other night near sunset I rode out of the forest and up the hill to see this new structure. I was awestruck even in its unfinished state. The building seems to leave the ground as it rises from the edge of the grove of trees and toward the downtown. The building is fantastic.
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Sam
08/16 08:11 PM
I have only seen it in the daytime, but it is a very thoughtful structure, it’s rigid frame with perforated metal panels certainly creates interesting light conditions on the interior as well as a mysterious veiling of the interior. I also like the folding and pealing of the skin. True to it’s modernist roots it’s reminiscent of a ship.
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Chad
08/17 02:54 PM
I’ve seen this house a few times and have always been impressed by it. It’s interesting how the I-beams act as a framing, with the inner structure either filling it, or not filling it (and even blowing out of it). What is that box with the hat on top of the roof for?
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Jedidiah
08/17 05:34 PM
There is an elevator to the roof I think, which has rocks on it for drainage. The flip is more of an aesthetic/design move that offers cover when exiting the roof access door.
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Jedidiah
08/17 05:36 PM
Also Chad, it was an existing house that was actually remodeled, so the beams you see on the exterior are an extension of the previous structure that was in the original house (and still exists in the renovation…all painted white).
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Chad
08/17 05:42 PM
Ah yes. I was wondering if that was the situation.
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teacher
08/17 06:46 PM
That’s a beautiful building.
Please note “its” is a possessive pronoun, “it’s” is a contraction, meaning “it is.”
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David
08/17 08:49 PM
Thanks Teach, I’ve been trying to correct our articles, but comments are hands off.
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teacher
08/18 02:04 AM
Thanks, David. Please accept my apologies; ten years on the job means I’m continually playing the role
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Sligity Digity
09/06 07:01 PM
“Jiggy Dawg’s” is possessive also. But Jiggy Dawg isn’t a pronoun or a contraction. As in “Jiggy Dawg’s article”. Nice work Jedidiah!
And Robby, you guys rocked both these buildings.
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