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Shimmer Wall Update - Week Three
It has been just over two weeks since the Shimmer Wall started construction and it looks like it should be 99% complete by the weekend. Photos and Video below the fold.
Convention Center Sneak Peek
Click image to view slideshow The new Convention Center in downtown Raleigh is really coming together as the Grand Opening in conjunction with Raleigh Wide Open III draws nearer. Shimmer Wall update below the fold.
Shimmer Wall Update
As we announced last week, the Shimmer Wall at the Raleigh Convention Center in Downtown Raleigh has started installation. Almost a week later and the pace has picked up on the construction of one of the largest public art projects in the area and we have photos and video below the fold.
Convention Center Shimmer Wall Installation Begins
Installation started today on the Raleigh Convention Center’s Shimmer Wall. Six panels so far on the first bay with many to come. 79,464 aluminum ‘pixels’ will compose this 9,000+ s.f. LED backlit art installation wall. Click through for more.
Raleigh Contemporary Art Museum (CAM) Round 4
We brought you the first look at the original Pugh+Scarpa/Clearscapes designs for Raleigh’s anticipated Contemporary Art Museum (CAM). Last night, a new set of plans was revealed to the public—at least the fourth different scheme we’ve seen in the past few years.
50 Years of Modernism
Triangle Modernist Houses held its inaugural Modernist Mini-Tour on May 17th in Durham. The tour featured three houses designed by three of North Carolina’s prominent modernist architects. Spanning fifty years of design, the public was treated to a glimpse of the past and present of modernism in North Carolina. Click through for recap and images…
College of Design Preps for 60th Anniversary
Manual Bromberg circa 1954 It has been sixty years since The College of Design started as the School of Design in 1948- beginning with two programs- architecture and landscape architecture. Three years later industrial design was added, followed by graphic design and an arts program later. More Below The Fold
Renovation Right: The Circle House by Cannon Architects
Click Image for Slideshow [Photography: JWest Productions] Welcome to The Circle: a small looped residential pocket in the Bloomsbury subdivision of the Five Points Neighborhood. Our subject is a 2004 renovation to a 1930’s bungalow that makes a striking contemporary addition to the rear of the house, almost completely hidden from the street.
RBC Plaza Tower Tops Out - Adds Spire
The spire was added this morning to the top of the RBC Centura Bank Tower in Downtown Raleigh. This means that the building has officially reached its tallest point of 538 feet. Now the fun part (infill) begins. Click through for slideshow.
2008 AIA Triangle Design Awards
The Triangle Chapter of the AIA North Carolina held its annual Design Awards Banquet and Lecture last week. Robert Hull, who is nationally renowned for his regionalist architecture with Miller Hull Partnership, chaired the awards jury and gave the lecture Tuesday night in Downtown Raleigh’s Warehouse District. Click through for slideshows and project descriptions of this year’s best architecture in the Triangle.
AIA Triangle Awards Banquet and Lecture
The past year has been an interesting one for the new Contemporary Art Museum in Downtown Raleigh. Proposals were made for a new complex just before the condo boom slowed down. Money was tight, so they decided to have a benefit party at a mall? All that said, tonight, CAM will host it’s first event, The AIA-Triangle Awards Banquet and Lecture, in years at its current location in the warehouse district. The public is invited, so bring your best black outfit and check out some of the best architecture in the region.
Renovation Right: 1014 West Cabarrus
Click Image for Slideshow This renovation of a historic structure in historic Boylan Heights, at the western edge of Downtown Raleigh, lies just north of the Dorothea Dix property. Renovated by Alphin Design/Build, the modifications were made under a watchful eye from the Raleigh Historic Districts Commission. Teaching modern and historic to play nice and share…
LEED Gold Visitor Center by Raleigh Architect, Frank Harmon
Merchant’s Millpond State Park is in Gatesville North Carolina, where construction is underway for a new visitor center designed by the studio of Frank Harmon, Architect in Raleigh. The structure will aim for LEED Gold certification, and will mark the first instance of a LEED certified building for North Carolina Parks and Recreation. More…
Downtown Raleigh Home Tour - Save the Date
Want a chance to see inside many historical homes, condos and other nicely designed (or decorated) abodes in Downtown Raleigh? May 17th will be your chance. It will be held on the same weekend as Artsplosure, and there is usually a good amount of people downtown for this Saturday event. Tickets are available for $10.
Klingons Angered by Stolen Bridge Design
Angered by the inappropriate usage of their ceremonial bridge design, a Klingon battalion has taken over the Raleigh I-440 greenway bridge. The group is armed and will not allow any afternoon joggers to pass. Read more
Ronald Glasser Speaking Tonight at UUFR
Dr. Ronald Glasser was on The State of Things last week and has been speaking over the past couple of days in various venues in the area. Glasser was a medic in the Vietnam War and has a good amount of stories to tell.
Hue Raleigh Material Mockup
As mentioned last week, Hue Raleigh has set up a sales office on the West end of Martin Street as construction continues on the condo building. To continue the triangulation of Hue’s presence in the West End, they have also been building a material mock-up just west of the train tracks on Hargett Street, just down the hill from Sidetrack Brewpub and Bloomsbury Estates.
Renovation Right: House Addition by Kenneth E Hobgood Architects
Does the house in the above photo look like a good tear-down candidate? Many Raleigh residents might think so, but not homeowners John and Betty Aldridge, who took a more patient and respectful approach to expanding their living situation. More…Click Image for Slideshow
Contemporary Modernist House on Lake Boone Trail
You’ve seen it, being built in the past couple of years along Lake Boone Trail, near the intersection of I440. Designed by…
Clarence E. Lightner Public Safety Center Pre-Design
Click Image for Slideshow The Clarence E. Lightner Public Safety Center will combine the City Police and Fire Departments, Emergency Communications and Operations, Traffic Control, Information Technology and Data, Sheriff Dispatch, Building Maintenance and Credit Union Offices all into one building. Details…
