Morgan Creek 

Chapel Hill, NC | 2021 | 4,187 SF

2023 AIA SAR Honor Award

2023 AIA NC Merit 

2023 AIA Triangle Merit 

Morgan Creek is the renovation of the modernist childhood home of musician James Taylor, originally designed by George Matsumoto and finished by two other architects after Matsumoto was fired by the Taylors. Our clients, who are NYC mid-century enthusiasts and art collectors, with family nearby and UNC affiliations, asked that we rediscover George Matsumoto’s original vision for the main house, rebuild and expand the crumbling adjacent guesthouse for long-term guests and resident artists, and design a new pool and pool house as an entertainment space for a large extended family that includes thirty-two nieces and nephews.

Photography © Estudio Palma