CCCD Curatorial Fellows exhibition series kicks off with The Good Making of Good Things opening tonight at 630pm. The Good Making of Good Things investigates Craft Horizons, a watershed publication, which ran from 1941-1979, and explores how the magazine documented and shaped the concept of craft as a movement, career, way of life, and cultural phenomenon.
“Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful.” ~ William Morris
This quote captures the spirit of this custom crafted, modern home constructed with heirloom quality craftsmanship. With the richness and lightness of a modern, Japanese cottage — the Yin of cool, clean space harmonizes with the Yang of warm, rich hand finished materials in this artistic home affectionately named — the Redbud.
The floor of the light filled living space is polished concrete and sets the stage for gallery style living while absorbing the sun to keep the cool space warm. Rich hand crafted details of ash and oak are used sparingly and mindfully with plenty of white space to keep your eye uncluttered from excess. The main level provides all you need for living including the kitchen, living, dining, laundry and the master bedroom en-suite. The upper level has two bedrooms suites for your family or friends with a flexible loft for extra living, office or a studio to meet all your creative needs.
The kitchen, the heart of any home, has been specially designed to do more with less. The efficient work space is flanked on either side with spacious and tactile surfaces atop rich wood cabinetry. Everything you need is at your fingertips with an ample pantry nearby to store all the extras. It comes fully furnished with quality Bosch appliances. Located adjacent are the side entry mudroom and laundry room for fully servicing the home.
The natural beauty of the Redbud veils the sophisticated mechanics that render it near Net Zero in efficiency. It effectively uses both passive and active solar for energy and heating. Further heating and cooling are supported by a geothermal heat pump and a wood stove for enhancing that Danish modern style coziness. Electric bills are close to nothing for this 3330 sqft home. There is nothing more to do, but to live lightly in this earth grounded home.
The heirloom quality built Redbud is the second of three homes creating the dawning green, net zero community of Green Acres in South Asheville. Green Acres rests convenient to all the amenities of South Asheville while remaining a rustic getaway for private sustainable living or urban style homesteading. The 2.62 acres that accompany the home have the starts of a richly composted, organic veggie garden and berries. The neighbors further support the community with fruit trees and other shared ways to live off the land.
Want to see more of this cool home? Take our tour here. Give Kelly and Troy a call for more information or a private tour of your very own. Cheers!
Today is simple. Take a browsing trip through our friend’s website in London — The Modern House. Enjoy the diversity of historic modern to today’s designed homes in Europe. Find places to stay on holiday or research architects. No matter where you go here you will find cool, modern inspiration. Cheers!
Hi Folks! Here is Keller Williams’s December 2016 recap of real estate sales in our area. As you can see the $100,000 to $300,000 is always strong with inventory clearing every 2 months. Overall, it is still a good time to sell with inventory remaining low and demand high for homes in Asheville. Give us a call if you would like more specific information. Cheers!
The Silver Lake was one of our favorite neighborhoods in LA while living there. Like Asheville, Los Angeles has hidden mid-century treasures tucked into hillsides. Enjoy this brief video on Richard Neutra’s own house and have a great Monday!
MOD MEN | Here is a timely story as we at Modern Asheville Real Estate work to enter a couple of mid-century homes for Griffin Preservation awards. It would be a first for this era of homes locally. As inspiration enjoy this story about the restoration of a mid-century architectural masterpiece. In 1962, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill architect Arthur Witthoefft won the AIA’s highest honor for a home he built in the lush woods of Westchester County. Having fended off a developer’s wrecking ball, Todd Goddard and Andrew Mandolene went above and beyond to make this manse mint again. Check out the article HERE. Happy Sunday!
The Preservation Society of Asheville and Buncombe County is hosting their first event of 2017 celebrating one of our region’s most versatile and accomplished Arts & Crafts talents: William Waldo Dodge. Dodge’s creative life is the subject of Bruce Johnson’s January 26th talk at All Souls Cathedral in Biltmore Village. Johnson has graced the PSABC with a number of well-attended presentations, and his upcoming program promises to be especially rewarding.
This lecture is scheduled on Thursday, January 26th, 5:30 pm, at Zabriske Parish Hall in All Souls Cathedral. All Souls address is 9 Swan Street in Biltmore Village. While admission is free, a suggested $10 donation supports local preservation and includes a half-price ticket to the 30th Annual National Arts & Crafts Conference at the Omni Grove Park Inn. Go HERE for full details. Cheers! Troy and Kelly
The A-frame house is, indeed, an architectural house style. The style features steep angled sides as the roofline that usually begin at or near the foundation line and meet at the top in the shape of the letter A. The triangle shape of this housing style has been present throughout history, but was more recently popular from the 1950’s to 1970’s.
Structurally speaking an A-frame is a basic structure designed to bear a load in a lightweight, economical manner. As an example, consider a saw horse which is designed to support a load bigger than itself while still be portable.
The post World War II popularity of the A-frame has been attributed to a combination of factors including American’s extra disposable income, the in-expensiveness of building an A-frame structure, and a new interest in acquiring a second home for vacationing. Given’s today’s renewed interest in mid-century, inspired design and tiny homes it seems a style worth revisiting. At Modern Asheville, we have been collecting images of past and present interpretations on one of our many pinterest boards here. Also, enjoy this collection published from from Dwell here. Enjoy!
We stopped by to visit the progress at Shelburne Woods, a new eco-friendly mini-community in West Asheville. New community landscaping has been put in place to create a private enclave of nine homes still walkable to urban West Asheville. Some signage and the mail center were recently installed.
As you can see the roof and windows are going in on 51 Shelburne Woods, the first of the homes under construction. We would love to tell you more about this quality new neighborhood. Give us a call if you want to know more or go here for more info. Cheers!
Hi Folks! It is almost the end of 2016 and both Modern Atlanta and Modern Asheville are looking for more entries for our Asheville Modern Home Tour in June of 2017. Building upon last year’s successful tour we are asking Architects, Builders and Homeowners to submit their homes to MA Design is Human.
Residential submissions MUST be submitted per the guidelines outlined in the submission kit and sent electronically via DropBox. Failure to submit properly will disqualify projects. All contracts must be reviewed and signed by architect and homeowners — and this month of December!
The MA Architecture Tour jury will select the homes by January 25, 2017. An email or call will be made to the submitter and those who have signed the contract (included in the kit). Projects not completed byFebruary 28, 2017 may not eligible for the tours, but some exceptions may be considered based on % of project completion. Final hi-res/professional photos for publication and promotion of the Tours are due byMarch 5, 2017.
WE ARE ACCEPTING EARLY SUBMISSIONS for promotions. Please follow Submission guidelines to submit early.
Download the MA Architecture Tour Submission Kit
Selected projects will be published in the keepsake MA Design is Human Book and Tour Guide, as well as on the MA website.
