Architect: Louis Cherry Architecture

Location: Bakersville, NC

The Core Fellows House is a residence for ten emerging artists who have a two year work-study fellowship at the Penland School of Craft in the mountains of North Carolina. The Core Fellows have an intensive and demanding schedule, serving as groundskeepers, cooks and handymen while also pursuing their own advancement in a nascent art career. The Core Fellows House is positioned on a secluded edge of the sprawling campus to provide a enclave of privacy and community for the young artists. The building form merges with the surrounding mountains.