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Why do cities get new, funky, and famous (or sometimes infamous) buildings? Why has Raleigh still not received any of these since its influx of modernism, except hopefully CAM? One of the main reasons is the lack of architectural competitions in the area. Architectural competitions are rare in Raleigh especially. I am not sure I remember the last open competition that was held in Raleigh. Yesterday this all changed.
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Pugh + Scarpa Architects, a Nationally Award-Winning firm in Santa Monica, California, was chosen last year as the design architect for Raleigh’s forthcoming Contemporary Art Museum. CAM was founded in 1983, and entered a public/private partnership with NC State and City of Raleigh in 2006. Local Raleigh firm Clearscapes will serve as the architect of record.
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Pugh + Scarpa has just released design concepts for the new building on their website. The project is only in the predesign phase, so please note that these designs are not final, and represent conceptual directions that the museum may choose to pursue.
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You probably know that the North Carolina Museum of Art has been under construction for a while now. Although it looks like the museum isn’t open, outdoor events and many exhibitions have rolled through in the mean time. In fact the Monet show drew record numbers daily during its entire hanging. The museum has a vast collection of undisplayed work and the extension will allow NCMA to show more of it as well as use the existing structure to house temporary exhibitions.
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In a clean sweep across the board, Triangle-based architects took all ten design awards at this year’s AIA North Carolina Annual Design Conference, held in New Bern last week. The Triangle chapter of AIA-NC is only one of seven that comprise the whole. Clearscapes, the design architect of Raleigh’s new convention center, received the coveted AIA North Carolina Firm Award for this year.
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