Rusafova Markulis Architects

07/25/2025

Thrilled that Mountain Mint Residence has been awarded Matsumoto Prize’s highest honor, the Jury First Place Award.

We share this recognition with our team:

GC: , landscape architect: .landscape.architecture
structural: Giles Flythe Engineers

and our amazing clients who handled the interior design selections and are tireless caregivers of their beautiful property 🤍

06/20/2025

Mountain Mint is our second projects running for 2025 Matsumoto Prize. you can click on the link to see more of it and vote!

MOUNTAIN MINT - Rusafova Markulis ArchitectsLOCATION: Swannanoa, NCARCHITECT: Rusafova Markulis Architects / Maria Rusafova and Jakub MarkulisBUILDER: Green Light Home BuildersLANDSCAPE ARCHITECT: Osgood Landscape Architecture STRUCTURAL ENGINEER: Giles Flythe Engineers INTERIOR DESIGNER: ClientPH...

06/20/2025

Dairy Gap is our first projects running for 2025 Matsumoto Prize. you can click on the link to see more of it and vote!

DAIRY GAP HOUSE - Rusafova Markulis Architects  LOCATION: Asheville, NC ARCHITECT: Rusafova Markulis Architects / Maria Rusafova and Jakub MarkulisBUILDER: Think Build + DesignSTRUCTURAL ENGINEER: Jeffrey BrownINTERIOR DESIGN: ClientPHOTOGRAPHY by Ryan Theede   Slide 1Slide 1 (current slide) Sl...

06/20/2025

Voting is open for the NC Modernist 2025 Awards. We have two projects this year: Mountain Mint and Dairy Gap. Take a look and vote for you favorite!

2025 George Matsumoto PrizeCLICK ON THE ARCHITECTURE FIRM LINK (in Blue) TO VIEW PHOTOS, VIDEOS, AND DRAWINGS.Vote for your favorite Modernist house in the George Matsumoto Prize People's Choice Awards.  Prizes will be given for first, second, and third, selected by the public through online voting...

01/14/2025

Cabin House featured on Wallpaper* magazine

Designed for downsizing clients, Cabin House is a modest two-bedroom home that makes the most of its sylvan surroundings

07/09/2024

Collaboration with SteelRoot Builders

06/15/2024

Pavilion house is in the run for 2024 Matsumoto Prize. You can all now vote for your favorite modern home at https://www.ncmhcompetitions.org/

08/01/2023

So honored that Cabin House is announced as 3rd Place Jury Awards Winner 2023 Matsumoto Prize!

Sharing this award with:

GC:
Structural Engineer: Giles Flythe Engineers
Photographers:

And our amazing clients who not only trusted us along the way but acted as landscape architects and interior designers.

06/08/2023

- The George Matsumoto Prize is North Carolina's highest honor exclusively for Modernist residential architecture. The annual award, created by USModernist affiliate NCModernist, includes a juried competition and people’s choice award. This June we'll be posting each of the 19 projects that are up for the award. You can vote for your choice at this URL: https://www.ncmhcompetitions.org

Shown here is Cabin House by Rusafova Markulis Architects, Architect: Rusafova Markulis

01/13/2023

New project in our portfolio through the lens of Ryan Theede Photography. We were responsible for the house design as well as all the interior design selections.

Builder Green Light Home Builders, LLC
Landscape Architecture Vision Design Collaborative

SOVEREIGN OAKS – LOT 70 This mountain home was designed on a flat mountain site for a single resident who wanted to age in place in a one-level modern home. Conceptually the house is a long, low slung volume that is private towards the street but opens up with ample glazing towards a back yard [.....

01/03/2023

We started the year by sharing our thoughts on what defines "Mountain Modern". Individual interpretations of the style are unique and varying, this is ours:)

Through our work and the work of other architects we continue to search for the definition of “mountain modern”. It is easy to attach this label to any house in the mountains that looks different and has stone veneer and wood siding accents on its exterior. Shed roofs, no trim boards and standin...

02/23/2022

Low lines at the entry of HH10 in contrast with the tree house feel at the back of the house facing the views.