VOTE! For your favorite modern home!
… which is, of course, our Cohen Davis Residence!
The 2026 Matsumoto Prize
The People’s Choice Award is part of the annual NC Modernist Matsumoto Prize, celebrating modernist residential architecture across North Carolina. The public is invited to vote for their favorite modern home, and our Cohen Davis Residence is honored to be part of this year’s lineup.
Aaaaaand … if you must, you are allowed to take a quick peek at the competition as well …
Watch The Video
As part of the submission information you get to watch this quick video. (Just in case you need any convincing to vote for Wittehaus’ brilliant work.)
How To Vote
Click on a photo or house name. Then click the VOTE button at the top of that house's page. It will bring up your email program. Just click send and you are done. If the vote button does not function, simply send an email to “george@ncmodernist.org” with “Vote : Cohen Davis Residence” in the subject line.
(You are limited to one vote per e-mail address per category. However, if you want to vote more than once, say from a home email and a work email, that's fine. Email addresses that are or appear to be machine-generated or fraudulent will not be counted. NCModernist's decisions on vote eligibility are final.)
VOTING ENDS TUESDAY JUNE 30, 5pm ET.
The George Matsumoto Prize is North Carolina's highest honor exclusively for Modernist residential architecture. NCModernist created the Matsumoto Prize in 2012 in 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 15th year of the Prize. This year you can vote for both NEW and RENOVATED houses. Prizes will be given for first, second, and third for each category.