Author: Blueplate PR
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NC Landscape Architect To Address Pittsburgh Symposium
October 26, 2009 (ATLANTIC BEACH, NC) – Master landscape architect Richard C. “Dick” Bell of Atlantic Beach, NC, will address a special symposium on the work and influence of pioneering landscape architect John O. Simonds, to be held in the Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh, PA, on November 6. Bell, a multi-award-winning practitioner whose…
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What Nana/Bubbie Really Wants for Christmas/Hannukah
Raleigh photographer channels his Jewish grandmother October 26, 2009 (RALEIGH, NC) — Bragging rights. Nothing makes a grandparent’s eye twinkle more than the opportunity to show off their beautiful (even if just in their eyes!) children and grandchildren. That’s what Max Cohen of Cohen Studios believes anyway. “My Bubbie (Yiddish for Grandma)…
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Triangle Modernist Houses To Host “ModStock ’09”
October 19, 2009 (RALEIGH, NC) – Triangle Modernist Houses, a non-profit organization dedicated to restoring and growing modernist architecture in the Triangle, is throwing a party. On Thursday, November 5, from 6-8 p.m. the non-profit and the AIA/Triangle’s Young Architects Forum (YAF) will present “ModStock ‘09” at Nowell’s Contemporary Furniture Gallery in Cary, and the…
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Canadian Magazine Selects Lather Hair Salon for Photo Shoot
October 16, 2009 (RALEIGH, NC) – When Canada-based Rouge Magazine researched salons in the Triangle area to find a location for a photography shoot, beauty editor Gabrielle Johnson and art director Daniel Mackinnon chose Lather Hair Salon in North Raleigh. Last week, Lather’s stylists gave model Carolina Cely of Greensboro a full make-over while Rouge…
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Frank Harmon Receives Fourth Design Award for Prairie Ridge Ecostation
October 18, 2009 (RALEIGH, NC) – When the NC Museum of Natural Science’s Prairie Ridge Ecostation for Wildlife & Learning won a 2009 Honor Award from the South Atlantic Region (SAR) of the American Institute of Architect, it marked the fourth time architect Frank Harmon, FAIA, has received accolades for his design of this thoroughly…
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Jason Craighead Featured in “Retrospective 25”
October 18, 2009 (RALEIGH, NC) – Raleigh, NC-based artist Jason Craighead is among only 25 artists selected for the City of Raleigh’s “Retrospective 25,” a special art exhibit celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Municipal Building’s art exhibition program. Sponsored by the City of Raleigh Arts Commission, the retrospective showcases work from artists who have…
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Two Raleigh Parks Will Get New Trees This Month
Changing the city one tree at a time. October 16, 2009 (RALEIGH, NC) – Trees Across Raleigh will hold its fall tree-planting events in Fletcher Park on Glenwood Avenue and Honeycutt Park on Honeycutt Road (off Falls of the Neuse Road) on Saturday, October 31, from 9 am. until noon. The public is invited to…
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New Architecture Column: Raleigh Metro Magazine Announces Mike Welton Will Cover Design Trends, News
October 13, 2009 (RALEIGH, NC) — Mike Welton, a contributor on architecture to Dwell Magazine, the New York Times and Interior Design, will begin a new column in Raleigh Metro Magazine in the November 2009 issued titled Form and Function. Welton, who lives in Wake Forest, NC, will cover news, people and events in the…
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NC Botanical Garden’s New LEED Platinum Education Center Opens
October 13, 2009 (CHAPEL HILL, NC) – Frank Harmon Architect PA of Raleigh, NC, has completed the North Carolina Botanical Garden’s new and thoroughly “green” 29,656-square-foot Education Center at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Governor Beverly Perdue attended the dedication ceremony and praised the project for being slated as the first LEED…
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Cohen Studios Expands Services To Editorial Coverage
October 12, 2009 (RALEIGH, NC) – Cohen Studios, a full-service photography studio located in downtown Raleigh, NC, has been added to “Our State” magazine’s list of preferred photographers and has become a contributing photographer for “The Raleigh Downtowner.” Max Cohen of Cohen Studios is best known for his commercial and wedding photography and environmental portraiture.…