Live On Wynne: Three New Modern Houses To Reinvigorate Another Neighborhood in Downtown Raleigh

RALEIGH, N.C. - July 22, 2015 - PRLog -- The Raleigh Architecture Company and Monarch Property Company have teamed up to design and build three new, modern, for-sale homes side by side on formerly empty lots within a re-emerging central neighborhood in downtown Raleigh, North Carolina.

The team calls the project Live On Wynne. The houses are located at 608, 612, and 614 Wynne Street near Chavis Memorial Park in what’s known as Olde East Raleigh.

The Raleigh Architecture Company (RACo), which works with its partner business The Raleigh Construction Company, is the same firm that introduced five modern, single-family, urban-infill houses on the 500 block of Edenton Street and New Bern Avenue in the Hungry Neck neighborhood, also just east of downtown. Each of those houses was designed on commission, however. The firm’s office and shop are located in the old Capital Tire building in the Warehouse District and both founding partners – Robby Johnston, AIA, and Craig Kerins, AIA – live in downtown Raleigh. (Johnston and his family live in one of the Edenton Street houses.)

Jason Queen of Monarch Property is a local developer who has dedicated his efforts to preserving the history and character of downtown Raleigh. He has extensive experience in renovating and preserving old existing homes in Raleigh’s central neighborhoods, from 1940s shotgun houses and early 1900s bungalows, to large, two-story homes built in the 1890s. His home and office are also in the downtown district.

As a partnership, Monarch and RACo say they are committed to creating "sustainable, preservation-conscious homes" that will endure for generations, enhance their owners’ quality of life, and help to reinvigorate the city’s old, urban communities.

“The Wynne Street homes are a manifestation of our shared vision to combine smart design with quality craftsmanship,” said Craig Kerins. “Modernist design is of our time, just as the 1940s shotgun houses also on adjacent streets were of their time. We've employed best current practices and technologies for construction because we intend for these houses to last for decades, just as those shotgun houses have.”

Like Johnston and Kerins, Monarch’s Jason Queen is passionate about downtown Raleigh to the point of becoming the inner city’s unofficial historian. “He knows the history, the property, and the people,” Kerins noted.

"I'm passionate about historic preservation,” Queen said, “but I want to preserve Raleigh's history in a way that is relevant to its future."

Now well under construction, the 1800-square-foot Wynne Street houses are two-story structures that will have open living/dining/kitchen spaces and a half bath on the first floor and three bedrooms plus two baths and a laundry room on the upper level. Large energy-efficient windows and skylights will flood the interiors with natural light. The kitchens will feature simple, modern, European-style cabinetry systems.

The RACo partners studied the neighborhood extensively to bring elements from it to the new houses. As a result, the houses are set back from the street the same distance as the existing houses nearby, and they include covered front porches that present a friendly “face” towards the neighborhood. Glass doors and covered second-floor balconies provide more private access to the backyard.

The Wynne Street houses will also feature a host of structurally sound, energy-efficient elements that will ensure their durability against decades of wear and tear and North Carolina-specific weather conditions.

For details on exterior and interior materials and energy-efficient elements and to see the floor plans of each house, go to www.liveonwynne.com.

For more information on The Raleigh Architecture Co., visit www.raleigh-architecture.com.

For more information on Monarch Property Co, visit www.monarchproperty.co.

About The Raleigh Architecture Co.

The Raleigh Architecture Company is an award-winning design firm specializing in Modern sustainable architecture, and craftsman-quality construction. As licensed architects and general contractors, we consider designing and building to be one integrated process. This streamlined approach empowers us to meet our clients’ economic expectations and to seamlessly execute high quality details, both small and large. Our office and shop are located under one roof in downtown Raleigh’s Warehouse District at 502 S. West Street. For more information visit www.raleigh-architecture.com, call 919-831-2995, or email: info@raleigh-architecture.com.

About Monarch Property Co.

Jason Queen founded Monarch Property Co. and Raleigh Restoration Group, LLC to close the gap between real estate development and city inhabitants seeking sustainable, walkable communities. The company is comprised of passionate citizens, architects, preservationists, contractors, business owners, and other like-minded individuals who advocate for urban environments that seamlessly integrate the experiences and needs of pedestrians and cyclists. For more information visit www.monarchproperty.co, call Doug Jackson at 252.432.9716, or email: info@monarchproperty.co.