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PHILIP L. (PHIL) SZOSTAK, FAIA (1953-)

Szostak grew up in Greensboro. He graduated from the NCSU School of Design in 1975 and has taught a graduate studio there intermittently since 1976. He also interned with Harry Wolf. After working for Arthur Cogswell for a few years, he opened Philip Szostak Associates in 1980. In 1990, he became NC Principal for NBBJ, America's second largest architectural practice at the time. After 12 years he left NBBJ to re-open his own firm, Szostak Design. In February 2003 he was curator for The North Carolina School: The Art of Architecture at Duke's Nasher Museum of Art, an exhibition of the works by graduates and faculty of the NCSU School of Design over the last 50 years. Cited as "a timely and beautifully rendered reminder of North Carolinas enduring tradition of modern architecture and the architects who design it," the exhibit featured architectural models, free-hand sketches, pastels, graphics and watercolors by 21 practicing North Carolina architects. Szostak is known for many buildings including the WRAL-TV addition and the Durham Performing Arts Center (DPAC). In 2008, Szostak bought land for the New American Home Project, 12 Modernist houses in Raleigh on Trailwood Drive, a noble but unbuilt neighborhood. He founded the Triangle Architecture Design Society (TADS), an informal group of noted area architects who judged the 2014-2017 NCModernist Project BauHow competitions. He won the AIANC Kamphoefner Prize in 2010 and Carter Williams Prize in 2018.


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1977 - The Robert and Patrice Pilz House, 1216 Onslow Road, Raleigh NC. During construction, the clients were transferred by their employer and never moved in. Szostak rented it from them for a few years. Sold in 1979 to Russell and Brenda Combs. Sold in 1997 to architect Marjorie Acker and Debra Haraway. Deeded in 2001 to Marjorie Acker.


1980 - The Boleslaw and Eva U. Szostak House, 4503 Kenbridge Drive, Greensboro NC. Designed for his parents. Sold in 2018 to Kenneth and Melissa Pharo who did a renovation, advised by Phil Szostak.


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1985 - The Julius Verwoerdt House, aka The Stables, Bill Poole Road, Rougemont NC. Built by Cleora-Sterling of Chapel Hill. Traditional design for which Szostak later did an addition. Has been sold.


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1986 - The Gables, 620 MLK Jr. Boulevard, Chapel Hill NC. Formerly addressed 620 Airport Road. 16 condos.


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1990 - The Phillip Szostak and George Horton III House, 216 Chesley Lane, Chapel Hill NC. Sold in 1993 to Melvin and Glenene Harris. Sold in 1999 to Jerry Finkel and Annette Swanstrom. Sold in 2008 to Ping Fu and Herbert Edelsbrunner. Sold in 2016 to Pranab and Madhulavi Majumder.


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2003 - The Joseph Rowand Residence, aka Fairmount, 4600 Old NC 86, Hillsborough NC. Built by Chuck Lewis Construction. Landscape design by Dick Bell. After years on the market, sold in 2014 to Robbin Gourley and Jeffrey Stern. Photos by Jim Sink.


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2004 - The Marvin and Marilyn Genzer House, 245 Stony Branch Trail, Chapel Hill NC.


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2005 - The Gregory Bingham House, 125 Glen Ridge Drive, Chapel Hill NC. Sold in 2015 to V. S. Deepak.


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2006 - The Phil and Rhonda Szostak House, aka the New Southern House, aka the Metro house, 1222 Homestead Road, Chapel Hill NC. Commissioned in 2003. 3.2 acres. 5052 sf. Larger photos by Casey Laborde. Sold in 2010 to Frank and Renee Floyd. Sold in 2013 to Carlos Velez and W. Kent Davis.


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2008 - The Robert and Beth Rosenthal Addition, 9908 Cape Scott Court, Raleigh NC.


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2012 - The James and Anita Brame House, 3311 Avon Road, Durham NC. Built by Aiello Builders on half the site of an older house, bottom photo.


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2012 - The Paul Snow and Meredith Sause House, aka Downtown House, 414 Yates Motor Company Alley, Chapel Hill NC. Project architect, Katie Dyer. Built by Allen Knight. Won a 2013 AIA Triangle Award. Won a 2013 AIANC Merit Award. Sold in 2020 to Andra C. Ghent.


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2012 - 220 Chesley Lane, Chapel Hill NC. However, the owners did not build to Szostak's plan. Built by Loyd Builders LLC.


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2013 - Dogwood Road, Chapel Hill NC. Needs verification.


2013 - The Amrita and Deb Ashish Bhowmick House, aka the Ravine Residence, 550 Chase Park Road, Chapel Hill NC. Built by Szostak Build, Inc. The structural engineer was Structural Visions.


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2014 - The Thomas (Tom) and Jennifer Hahn House, aka House in Trillium Forest, aka Trillium House, 4253 Kingfisher Lane, Durham NC. Located in Orange County. Won an AIANC Merit Award. Sold in 2019 to Gary Faerber and Kathleen Cooney. Renovated in 2021 by Szostak. Bottom two photos by Daniel Perrin.


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2015 - The Walter and Gerda Hanek House, aka the Audi House, 2024 Starterwood Lane, Hillsborough NC. Commissioned in 2010. Initial construction by Spyglass Building Company. Tonic Construction took over as builder in early 2014 and completed the house in 2015. Video. Sold in 2023 to J. M. Thibodeau and Zachary S. Wiener.


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2014 - aka the Durham City Residence, Pinecrest Road, Durham NC. Unbuilt.


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2014 - The Nancy Usher Williams Renovation, aka Erwin Road Residence 1, 102 Blue Dog Lane, Durham NC. Original house built in 1982. Project architect, Katie Dyer. Photos by Duffy Healey.


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2014 - The Virginia and John Kline Residence, aka Erwin Road Residence 2, 108 Blue Dog Lane, Durham NC. Built by Aiello Builders. Sold in 2021 to Ke Dong and Sheng Yang He. Photo by Duffy Healey.


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2014 - aka Spec House, Homestead Road, Chapel Hill NC. Three bedrooms. Unbuilt.


2015 - The Nita Farahany and Thede Loder House, 1544 Hermitage Court, Durham NC. Formerly the site of a house by architect Robert Carr. Designed and built by Szostak.


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2015 - The Cude House Remodel, Chapel Hill NC. Built by Szostak Construction.


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2016 - aka House on Blue Dog Lane, Durham NC. Unbuilt.


2016 - The Nirhala Ramamujam and Sivakumar (Jai) Jaikumar House, aka the Duckpond Trail House, 4008 Duck Pond Trail, Chapel Hill NC. Won a 2016 AIANC Merit Award.


2016 - The Brad and Michelle Brinegar House, 3610 Hathaway Road, Durham NC. Photos by Jim Sink. Won a 2017 AIANC Merit Award.


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2016 - The Jennifer E. Hult and Joel R. Kades House, 4271 Kingfisher Lane, Durham NC. Sold in 2023 to Amy Tiemann.


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2017 - The Elisabeth and Philip Benfey House, 702 Old School Road, Chapel Hill NC. On the site of one of George Matsumoto's largest houses, destroyed in 2013. Project architect, Jose Lopez. Built by Stan Stutts.


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2018 - The Sammy Martin House, 8207 Brights Way, Chapel Hill NC. Design altered.


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2018 - The Spunaugle House, Lot 17 Tumbling Brook Lane, Hillsborough NC. Unbuilt.


2018 - The Yogin Patel and Deepti Gupta House, aka Patel Glendale Residence, 114 Glendale Drive, Chapel Hill NC. Project architect, Jose Lopez. Built by Bold Construction. Photos by Jim Sink.


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2018 - Renovation, 403 Whitehead Circle, Chapel Hill NC. Original house built in 1952, architect unknown. Szostak Properties LLC bought the house in 2018 and remodeled it. Sold in 2020 to Jennifer and Matthew McCabe.


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2020 - The Philip G. Cave and Peter M. Currie House, aka Glendale West, aka Currie Cave, 116 Glendale Drive, Chapel Hill NC.


2020 - The Logan and Lynn Toms House, 3313 Avon Road, Durham NC. Betsy Brown, interior design. Built by Szostak Build.  Photos by Keith Isaacs.


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2020 - The Pinkink LLC House, 302 Hawthorne Road, Raleigh NC. Also addressed as 1627 Park Drive. Built by John Sanders.


2021 - The Baker Ashkin House. Status unknown.


2021 - The Albert and Catherine Chang House, 925 Runnymede Road, Raleigh NC. Former site of a Lee Butler house. Photo by Kayla Oelhafen.


2021 - The Michael and Simona O'Hare House, 707 Watts Street, Durham NC. Photo by Kayla Oelhafen.


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2021 - The Emilie Huin House, Lakeshore Drive, Chapel Hill NC. Unbuilt.


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2022 - The Patel House, Trillium Forest, Durham NC. Built.


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2022 - Spec House, 625 Sugarberry Road, Chapel Hill NC. Unbuilt.


2022 - aka Home in Duke Forest.  Photos by Keith Isaacs.


2023 - 721 Jones Ferry Road, Chapel Hill NC.  For sale in 2024.


2024 - The Szostak Condos, aka Callista, aka Washington Street Townhomes, 802 Washington Street, Durham NC.


2024 - House on Hillcrest Road, Chapel Hill NC.


Sources include: Phil Szostak; Szostak Design.