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.
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Convention Center Shimmer Wall Installation Begins
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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.
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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…
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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.
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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.