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NCMH Announces the 2015 Matsumoto Prize for Modernist Residential Design kimweiss2015-02-09T19:04:00-05:00>2018-01-30T06:16:04-05:00
<img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/oh/ohx8441a0xxaody1.gif" border="0" /><p><a href="http://t.signaledue.com/e1t/c/5/f18dQhb0S7lC8dDMPbW2n0x6l2B9nMJN7t5XX4S9QB8W2Bpw2K7dSpw8W4XHqpM56dK4Mf3n-82-02?t=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ncmodernist.org%2F&si=4874025633841152&pi=d1b9dcf5-8c15-4f92-9b67-239877b1711e" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">North Carolina Modernist Houses</a> (NCMH) announces the <strong>2015 George Matsumoto Prize for North Carolina Modernist residential design, </strong><strong>sponsored by</strong><strong> </strong><strong> </strong><a href="http://t.signaledue.com/e1t/c/5/f18dQhb0S7lC8dDMPbW2n0x6l2B9nMJN7t5XX4S9QB8W2Bpw2K7dSpw8W4XHqpM56dK4Mf3n-82-02?t=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.lelandlittle.com%2Findex.html&si=4874025633841152&pi=d1b9dcf5-8c15-4f92-9b67-239877b1711e" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Leland Little Auctions</a>, the Southeast’s premier estate auction gallery, based in Hillsborough, NC.</p><p>NCMH created the Matsumoto Prize in 2012 to honor <a href="http://t.signaledue.com/e1t/c/5/f18dQhb0S7lC8dDMPbW2n0x6l2B9nMJN7t5XX4S9QB8W2Bpw2K7dSpw8W4XHqpM56dK4Mf3n-82-02?t=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ncmodernist.org%2Fmatsumoto.htm&si=4874025633841152&pi=d1b9dcf5-8c15-4f92-9b67-239877b1711e" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">George Matsumoto, FAIA</a>, one of the founding faculty members of North Carolina State University's School of Design (now College of Design). Matsumoto designed some of North Carolina's most well-known and well-loved mid-century Modernist houses.</p><p><strong>The Matsumoto Prize uniquely features $6000 in awards, a <a href="http://t.signaledue.com/e1t/c/5/f18dQhb0S7lC8dDMPbW2n0x6l2B9nMJN7t5XX4S9QB8W2Bpw2K7dSpw8W4XHqpM56dK4Mf3n-82-02?t=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ncmodernist.org%2Fprize2015.htm&si=4874025633841152&pi=d1b9dcf5-8c15-4f92-9b67-239877b1711e" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">blue-ribbon jury</a> of internationally known architects, and online public voting.</strong></p><p>According to George Smart, NCMH Executive Director, “The Matsumoto Prize promotes new talent and provides motivating honors and incentives for a new generation of architects. It also contributes to wider public recognition of Modernism in all its forms -- architecture, art, furniture, and fashion -- and recognizes the signif...</p>