Inside Modpalooza: 8 NC modernist homes, all designed by women, one tour

Chantal Allam

September 14, 2024 at 9:04 a.m.·1 min read

NCModernist is hosting its annual Modapalooza Architecture Tour on Saturday, Sept. 14.

Architects will be on hand to answer questions. But unlike previous excursions, they’ll all be women.

All eight homes on the tour are designed by women — for the first time in its history.

Starting in the Research Triangle Park at around 8 a.m., tourgoers paid $179 per ticket to ride around in a fleet of air-conditioned buses, peeking inside some of the region’s newest modern homes.

“Women have been historically underrepresented or not given due credit,” George Smart, founder and executive director of NCModernist/USModernist, said in the release. “This year, we finally got the critical mass of homes and designers to devote to an entire tour.”

Among the lineup: Arielle Condoret Schechter, AIA; Erin Sterling Lewis, AIA, Raleigh; Katherine Hogan, AIA, Raleigh; Sharon Xu, Chicago; Alicia Hylton-Daniel, Durham; Rebecca Necessary, Raleigh; and Jessie Braverman, AIA, Durham.

Tickets are sold out, according to NCModernist’s website. In case you missed it, here’s a peek inside this whistle-stop tour:

The Dogtrot House

Architect: Sharon Xu

Location: Hillsborough

The Mordecai House

Architect: Katherine Hogan

Location: Raleigh

Modernist 3

Architect: Alicia Hylton-Daniel

Location: Durham

The Lerner-Campbell House

Architect: Arielle Schechter

Location: Durham

The Binford House

Architect: Jessie Braverman

Location: Durham

The Graban/Pace House

Architect: Erin Sterling Lewis

Location: Raleigh

The Morris House

Architect: Rebecca Necessary

Location: Raleigh

The Woodburn House

Architect: Erin Sterling Lewis

Location: Raleigh

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