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From: Triangle Modernist Houses - George Smart[[email protected]] Sent: Monday, May 7, 2012 8:25 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Neutra Houses at Risk / Fallingwater / MAR Sponsor Schedule / Auldbrass Architecture You Love Is this email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. Monday, May 7, 2012 New on the Market: • There have been at least 3 new listings of North Carolina Modernist houses for sale or rent since April 29. News this Week: Many Thanks To Frank Harmon FAIA and FHA for the firm's continued sponsorship. • Sign the petition to save Richard Neutra's Connell house in Pebble Beach CA. Frank Gehry’s Winton Guest House will open for its first Mayberry Modernism on the Road • And Neutra's Louis Nash house on several acres in Camarillo CA is up for short sale, which usually means demolition and development unless enough people publicize its availability. TMH Founder George Smart speaks on Mayberry Modernism, North Carolina's legacy of outstanding Modernist residential architects and architecture. Wednesday, May 9, 7pm, Chatham County Library, Pittsboro. Free and open to the public. Tuesday, May 29, 7pm, AIA Eastern North Carolina Section, • TMH, among many others, sponsored a recent student trip from Raleigh's Enloe High School to Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater. Rumor is that TMH is planning a trip this fall.... New Bern. Open to the public. Location TBA. Tuesday, June 12, 7pm, Durham County Library (Downtown Branch), Durham. Free and open to the public. Thursday, August 9, 7pm, Durham Engineer’s Club, Croasdaile Country Club, Durham. Includes dinner. Open to the public. Tickets available TBA. • Longtime TMH supporters Gabe and Amanda Nicholson share the thrill and adventure of buying a 1954 John Ramsay house - featured recently on Pam Kueber's RetroRenovation blog. • A controversial 1967 government building designed by Paul Rudolph in Goshen NY has been rescued from the bulldozers — at least temporarily. The building was closed last year damage by storms, including Tropical Storm Irene. It is unclear at this point whether the county will renovate the building. The county executive wanted it torn down and replaced. Upcoming Events AIA Triangle Annual Golf Tournament, Friday, May 11, 11a-6p, Lonnie Poole Golf Course at NCSU. All are invited and encouraged to play. This is a benefit for the NCSU College of Design AIA Triangle Scholarships. Format is Captain’s Choice. For more information, see the AIA Triangle website or call 919.463.0333. The year's second T4A (Thirst4Architecture) Networking Happy Hour starts up at 6pm on Friday, May 25 at the North Carolina Museum of Art in Raleigh! Hear great music from Peter Lamb and the Wolves. Sponsored by A+S Design, Alison Steele. Cash bar, with food from Iris available for sale. Free admission, details here. Modernism At Risk June 1-9 TMH Presents Modernism at Risk, an international photographic gallery about the threat to Modernist design. Nine days only at the AIA NC Center for Architecture and Design, 14 East Peace Street, in downtown Raleigh. AIA North Carolina members in good standing are admitted free. Opening times, directions, details, and discount advance tickets. Modernist-oriented architecture, furnishings, and materials sponsors/hosts include: • June 1, 530-830pm: Frank Harmon FAIA, of Frank Harmon Architect PA (architect of the AIA NC Center) • June 2, 1-4pm: Vinny Petrarca and Katherine Hogan of Tonic Design and Tonic Construction • June 3, 1-4pm: Phil Szostak FAIA, of Szostak Design/Build • June 4, 6-830pm: Steve Schuster FAIA, of Clearscapes Architecture • June 5, 6-830pm: Kenneth Hobgood FAIA, of Kenneth Hobgood Architects • June 6, 6-830pm: Matthew Griffith AIA, and Erin Sterling Lewis AIA, of In Situ Studio • June 7, 6-830pm: Will Alphin, of Alphin Design Build • June 8, 530-830pm: Jerry Nowell, of Nowell’s Contemporary Furniture • June 9, 1-4pm: Dan Nicely, Associate AIA, of VMZINC Residential Architect covered the story of this exhibit online last week. Upcoming Trips TMH 2013 Frank Lloyd Wright / Auldbrass Trip: Like the mythical Brigadoon, Frank Lloyd Wright's Auldbrass Plantation in South Carolina is open to the public only once every two years. When we offered this adventure in 2011, it sold out in days. The bus is now 1/2 full for November 2013. By placing a deposit now of $100 per person, you assure a place on this unique journey, and your deposit is completely refundable or transferable before April 1, 2013. Don't miss out! Modernism's Most Wanted! Hey Charlotte Residents - help us locate this classic mid-century house from 1974 - The "Prototype" Residence located somewhere in Charlotte. Designed by Ferebee Walters & Associates. When interviewed in February 2011, Scott Ferebee did not recall the house, saying "It may have been a demonstration house for the Wood Council." The first person to provide an accurate address wins a $25 IKEA gift card. C'mon, let's close this 'case'! exterior interior Follow on Twitter | TMH on Facebook | TMH on YouTube | Forward to a friend Copyright © 2012 Triangle Modernist Archive Inc., All rights reserved. You are receiving this email from MailChimp because you were on our GoogleGroups subscriber list. Our mailing address is: Triangle Modernist Archive Inc. 5409 Pelham Road Durham, NC 27713 Add us to your address book unsubscribe from this list | update subscription preferences .