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North Carolina Buildings, USA : Architecture

post updated February 16, 2026

February 16, 2026
Battle Branch Residence, Chapel Hill
Architects: Szostak Design, Inc.

photo : Jim Sink

February 13, 2026
Chickadee Road Residence, Trillium Forest, Durham, NC
Architects: Szostak Design, Inc.

photo : Keith Isaacs

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North Carolina Architecture News

October 3, 2025
Sapphire Cabin, North Carolina, USA property
Design: Rusafova-Markulis Architects, PLLC

photo : Ryan Theede

July 16, 2025
Mountain Mint Residence, Swannanoa
Design: Rusafova-Markulis Architects, PLLC

photography : Ryan Theede, Lissa Gotwals

May 5, 2025
Firelight Cabins, Shope Creek, Asheville – Blue Ridge Mountains of Western North Carolina, USA
Design: Rusafova-Markulis Architects, PLLC

photo : Ryan Theede

February 18, 2025
Casa Negra, Asheville
Design: Rusafova-Markulis Architects, PLLC

photo : Ryan Theede
Casa Negra is a small urban infill live/work space situated on a wooded lot in West Asheville. We acted as architects, builders, developers and interior designers and did around 30% of the actual work ourselves.

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North Carolina Architectural News 2024

Key contemporary American property + architectural developments + architects. Modern NC built environment design updates.

North Carolina Architectural News in 2022 to 2024:

April 12, 2024
Wolf-Huang Lake House, Hillsborough, North Carolina
Design: NewPhire Building and Arielle Schechter, Architect, PLLC

photo : Tzu Chen Photography

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Oct 20, 2023
sPARK Leasing Center, Morrisville
Design: Hanbury

photo : Tzu Chen Photography
The sPARK Leasing Center is a small yet innovative project within the dynamic sPARK development, reimagining the concept of a campus center. Initially designed as a leasing center, it provides an immersive experience for potential tenants, users, and partners.

May 22, 2023
Monmouth Addition and Guest House, NC
Architects: nonzero\architecture

photo : nonzero\architecture
Two additions, completed over several years, have resulted in the expansion of a small traditional residence in a leafy neighborhood near downtown Durham. A larger than average lot, with existing old trees and open space presented the opportunity to create a small residential compound for the young family.

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Oct 30, 2022
Acorn Acres House
Architects: Calico Studio

photo : Keith Isaacs
Acorn Acres is a home inspired by the local butterflies. Mimicking their form with an angled roof to capture sun and rain, she provides power, water, and cool respite in the spaces below. Placed to catch the prevalent breezes and light, the home fits beautifully into the surrounding farmland.

More contemporary North Carolina Architecture News on e-architect soon.

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North Carolina Architecture 2021

December 15, 2021
North Carolina Museum of Art Phil Freelon Exhibition

photo © Mark Herboth Photography. Courtesy of Perkins & Will
The North Carolina Museum of Art (NCMA) will host Container/Contained: Phil Freelon Design Strategies for Telling African American Stories February 26 through May 15, 2022. The exhibition celebrates the accomplished North Carolina architect Philip G. Freelon (1953–2019) and his remarkable career of over four decades designing public buildings with his firm, The Freelon Group, and later as design director of Perkins&Will North Carolina.

Jul 26, 2021
The Montreat, North Carolina Cottage, NC
Original Home of Billy Graham

photo courtesy of TopTenRealEstateDeals
World-famous evangelist Billy Graham preached the gospel to more people than anyone else in the history of Christianity. Known as “America’s Pastor,” he served as a spiritual advisor to every U.S. President from Harry Truman to Barack Obama.

Apr 16, 2021
Optimist Hall, Charlotte
Architects: Square Feet Studio

photo : Keith Isaacs
The Food Hall at Optimist Hall is part of the larger 60,000 SF adaptive reuse of the historic North Highland Mill in Charlotte, NC, which specialized in textile manufacturing from the 1880s through the 1990s. Perkins + Will was the architect for the core and shell and we were engaged to design the common areas of the food hall, including stall layout, FF&E, and design of the courtyard dining area.

Mar 22, 2021
Haymaker Bar, Charlotte

Jan 5, 2021
Residence in Chapel Hill, Orange, NC, Orange
Architect: Arielle Schechter

photograph : Tzu Chen
This NC residence is a net zero house for a multicultural family of four. The husband is Indian originally from South Africa and the wife is American. They are both in high stress professions: he is a pediatric anesthesiologist and she is a pediatric nurse.

More modern North Carolina Architectural News online soon.

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North Carolina Architecture 2011 – 2019

Sep 9, 2019
Main Library in Charlotte

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Jun 16, 2018
Ann and Jim Goodnight Museum Park, North Carolina, North Carolina Museum of Art, 2110 Blue Ridge Road, Raleigh
Design: Civitas, Inc. Architects

photograph : Art Howard, courtesy of the North Carolina Museum of Art and Civitas, Inc.
What started as an exercise in reimagining the future of the museum has transformed a former Raleigh, NC, prison site into an engaging experiment in extroverting the art museum into something altogether new.

Feb 12, 2018
Walnut Cove Residence, Arden
Design: Samsel Architects

photo : Todd Crawford
The architects drew inspiration from traditional prairie motifs and updated them for this modern home at The Cliffs at Walnut Cove. Throughout the residence, there is a strong theme of horizontal lines integrated with a natural, woodsy palette and a gallery-like aesthetic on the inside.

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Feb 8, 2016
AIA North Carolina Urban Housing Design Competition, Charlotte

The architecture contest site is located along South Mint Street in Charlotte, North Carolina. Charlotte has a vibrant Uptown Center City that is surrounded by leafy suburbs.

AIA North Carolina Architecture Competition

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Recent North Carolina Building Designs

North Carolina Architecture News – latest additions to this page, arranged chronologically:

Apr 4, 2013
Hunt Library, Raleigh
Design: Snøhetta

photo : Mark Herboth
Generous open spaces connect all floors of the building and open stairs emphasize an interactive and social environment alongside more focused study areas. A wide variety of study and learning environments, and technology-focused experimental labs break the now ubiquitous model of the learning commons.

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Feb 22, 2012
Tryon Bridge Beacons, Charlotte
Design: Friedrich St.Florian Architects

picture : Jeff Claire
The Tryon Street Bridge is an important point of entry into uptown Charlotte. There is a sense of theatrical splendor that radiates from the assembly of high rise buildings seen from the bridge.

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Oct 1, 2011
Contemporary Art Museum Raleigh
Design: Brooks + Scarpa

picture from architects

Feb 9, 2011
North Carolina Biotechnology Center: NCBC – an office and conference addition, Research Triangle Park
Design: Perkins+Will

picture from Perkins+Will

Feb 9, 2011
Perkins+Will Office North Carolina – Interior fit-Out
Design: Perkins+Will

picture from Perkins+Will

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North Carolina Architecture Designs

Major North Carolina Building Designs, alphabetical:

Biltmore Estates – Vanderbilt Residence, Asheville
1895
Design: Richard Morris Hunt

NASCAR Hall of Fame
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Design: Pei Cobb Freed Architects

North Carolina Museum of Art Building
Design: Thomas Phifer and Partners

picture © Scott Frances. Courtesy NCMA
The North Carolina Museum of Art’s (NCMA) new building, designed by the New York City-based Thomas Phifer and Partners, has been awarded a 2011 American Institute of Architects (AIA) Honor Award, the AIA’s highest recognition for building design. The 127,000-sqft, single-story project—one of only ten to receive the Honor Award for Architecture this year—was selected from hundreds of submissions worldwide.

RDU Terminal 2: Raleigh-Durham International Airport Terminal 2 Building
Design: Fentress Architects

picture Nick Merrick © Hedrich Blessing
Terminal 2 is the world’s first major airport with a lenticular wood truss structure supporting the roof. Phase II features a soaring 96-foot-tall signature steel mast and canopy that welcomes passengers into a 60-foot-high arrivals hall, and a new south concourse beyond.