2021
Recognizing Excellence in North Carolina Modernist Residential Design
2021 Jury
1st place -
Casa Negra/Maria Rusafova and Jakub Markulis
2021 People’s Choice
1st place -
Mobius/Kersting Architects
All the 2021 Entries
The George Matsumoto Prize is North Carolina's highest honor exclusively for Modernist residential architecture. NCModernist created the Matsumoto Prize in 2012 honor of
George Matsumoto, one of the founding faculty members of North Carolina State University's College of Design. Matsumoto created some of North Carolina's most well-known and well-loved Modernist houses.The Matsumoto Prize encourages young architects, designers, and prospective clients to continue the Modernist movement in houses so important to North Carolina's design heritage.
The 2021 George Matsumoto Prize Jury
Takashi Yanai FAIA, Ehrlich Yanai Rhee Chaney
Cathleen McGuigan, Editor, Architectural Record
Hilary Lewis, Chief Curator, Philip Johnson Glass House
Martin Voelkel, BIG
Marica McKeel, Studio MM
Jim Jennings, FAIA
Michela O'Connor-Abrams, CEO Moca+, former CEO DWELL
Barry Bergdoll, Columbia University
Past jurors include Toshiko Mori, Alan Hess, Stella Betts, Harry Wolf, Paul Goldberger, Annabelle Selldorf, Jane Frederick, Tom Phifer, Edward Lalonde, Kristen Ring Murray, Michelle Addington, Deborah Berke, Alexandra Lange, Carl Abbott, Ron Radziner, Tom Kundig, Frank Harmon, Robert Miller, Jeanne Gang, Eric Gartner, Joshua Prince-Ramus, Alison Brooks, Nathan Crowley, Marlon Blackwell, Larry Scarpa, David Jameson, Harry Bates, Helena Arahuete, Maryann Thompson, Brion Jeannette, Peter Gluck, Bev Thorne, and Ray Kappe. The Prize meaningfully and powerfully engages the public with the architecture they love and showcases exceptional Modernist architects and designers in North Carolina.