Hill Building Art Deco Style

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The Hill Building in downtown Durham, North Carolina, is a premier example of 1930s Art Deco architecture. Completed in 1937 for banker John Sprunt Hill, it served as a defining commercial skyscraper for the city and now operates as the 21c Museum Hotel Durham.

Hill Building Art Deco Style

Hill Building Art Deco Architecture

Durham Hotel Modern Architecture

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The Durham Hotel is anything but typical. Its modern geometric siding and angled tower have kept the mid century style alive in Durham. Built in 1968, this gem of mid-century modern architecture, with its mid-century facade and its distinct gold accents, remains.

Durham Hotel

Durham City Hall

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Moving away from Gothic architecture at Duke University, we saw Durham City Hall. A complete exterior and interior renovation was needed for Durham City Hall, which opened in 1975. To require minimal maintenance, soften the building’s feel, and give the structure a strong presence, metal wall panels were selected.

Durham City Hall

From Inside Brodhead Center at Duke University

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The Duke University Brodhead Center for Campus Life, formerly the historic West Campus Union, is the major cornerstone of the Duke Campus. Fully modernized, with glass, the high-ceilinged, day-lit hall includes a variety of dining venues where faculty, students, staff, and alumni can meet for planned or impromptu interactions.

From Inside Brodhead Center at Duke University

Stairs Inside Brodhead Center at Duke University

Brodhead Center at Duke University

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The architects, for the Richard H. Brodhead Center, preserved the integrity of the 1920s design, restoring the historic structure while also building a modern glass-centric atrium at Duke University. The facility features diverse dining venues and student life spaces of many scales. The design of the “interior street,” which blends new and old and was instrumental in defining the ambitions of the student life spaces, was developed in collaboration with Duke’s stakeholders and the student body.

Brodhead Center at Duke University

Brodhead Center Reflections

Memorial Chapel inside Duke Chapel

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The Memorial Chapel is located just off the main area of the Duke Chapel, behind iron gates. On the altar are three limewood figures: St. Paul, Jesus, and St. Peter. Entombed in the Memorial Chapel are the benefactors for whom the University is named, Washington Duke and his two sons, Benjamin N. Duke and James B. Duke.

Memorial Chapel inside Duke Chapel

Duke Statue at the Chapel

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James Buchanan Duke is depicted on the statue as larger than life, standing atop an octagonal plinth or pedestal of polished dark granite in front of Duke Chapel. He is holding a walking stick in his right hand and the ever-present cigar in his left hand.

James Buchanan Duke (1856–1925) was an American industrialist and philanthropist known for revolutionizing the tobacco industry, building a massive hydroelectric power empire, and founding Duke University.

Duke Chapel behind the James Duke Statue

James Duke Statue in front of Duke Chapel