Category: business
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“Eat For Broad Street” Fundraiser To Be Held in Carteret County
Participating restaurants help raise funds for the county’s free health clinic. On Friday, October 21, 40 restaurants in Carteret County will participate in “Eat For Broad Street,” a day-long fundraiser to support Broad Street Clinic, a free health clinic in Morehead City that has served the coastal county for 18 years. The restaurants will donate…
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Umicore Building Products Donates VMZinc Roof for AIA NC’s New Headquarters
Modern, “Green” Architecture & Design Center to be crowned by PIGMENTO Red architectural zinc. September 22, 2011 (Raleigh, NC) – Umicore Building Products USA (UBP), headquartered in Raleigh, NC, has donated $70,000 worth of PIGMENTO® Red VMZ standing-seam zinc panels to be used for the roof of the American Institute of Architects North Carolina Chapter’s…
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The Frugal Travel Guy Welcomes Hotel Group’s New Best Price Guarantee
Rick Ingersoll suggests how to make the most of the new offer. September 21, 2011 (Hilton Head Island, SC) – Rick Ingersoll, the author of the popular blog “The Frugal Travel Guy,” applauds the new Best Price Guarantee recently announced by InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG). “It’s so refreshing to see a major chain of hotels…
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Frank Harmon Wins High Award for Simple Project
The JC Raulston Arboretum Lath House at NC State University wins AIA NC Honor Award September 15, 2011 (Raleigh, NC) – Frank Harmon Architect PA has received a 2011 Honor Award from the North Carolina Chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIA NC) for the firm’s design of North Carolina State University’s JC Raulston…
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Kenneth Hobgood Wins AIA NC Design Award for Modern “Tower”
Future residence is a secluded retreat within an established neighborhood. September 14, 2011 (Raleigh, NC) – An as-yet-unbuilt residential “tower” designed by Kenneth E. Hobgood Architects in Raleigh has received a Merit Award from the North Carolina Chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIA NC). The winning design, “Jones Residence II,” is one of…
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Pearce Brinkley Cease + Lee To Host “Thirst 4 Architecture”
September’s networking event brings design enthusiasts together. September 7, 2011 (Raleigh, NC) – The architectural firm Pearce Brinkley Cease + Lee (PBC+L) in downtown Raleigh will join Triangle Modernist Houses (TMH) to host this month’s TMH “Thirst 4 Architecture” happy hour on Thursday, September 22, from 6-8pm. The event will be held in the PBC+L…
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From Residential Architect magazine: “Publish or Perish”
Residential Architect magazine is one of the best professional journals covering architecture today. It its November-December 2011 edition, editor Claire Conroy hit the proverbial nail squarely on the head in an editorial that applies not just to architects, but to all professions, businesses, and non-profits: It is no longer enough to “hang your shingle” and…
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Architectural Press Praises the Use of Zinc Composite at Brown University
For the university’s new Granoff Center for the Creative Arts August 15, 2011 (Providence, RI) –When the new Perry and Marty Granoff Center for the Creative Arts at Brown University was completed this spring, New York Times’ architecture critic Nicholai Couroussoff called the building a “handsome piece of architecture” and specifically praised the use of…