Recognizing Excellence in North Carolina Modernist Residential Design
Sponsored in 2025 by
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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 architects, designers, and prospective clients to continue the Modernist movement in houses so important to North Carolina's design heritage. The Prize meaningfully and powerfully engages the public with the architecture they love and showcases exceptional Modernist architects and designers in North Carolina. This is the 14th year of the Prize. Past winners at www.ncmodernist.org/mprizelist
2025 jurors included: Dominyka Voelkle; Lissa So; Ed Niles; Charles McAfee; Bart Prince; James Biber; Julia Gamolina.