Category: construction
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NCMH Opens 2015 With Back-To-Back Events In Downtown Durham
A film on Santiago Calatrava’s “Turning Torso” building and a networking event at Kontek. North Carolina Modernist Houses (NCMH) will open 2015 with two back-to-back Durham events: a special screening of a film about world-renowned architect Santiago Calatrava and a “Thirst4Architecture” (T4A) design networking event at Kontek Systems. On Wednesday, January 7, at 7:30 pm, the NCMH MODTriangle…
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Duke University’s Ocean Conservation Center Achieves LEED Platinum
The highest Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design certification. Raleigh architect Frank Harmon, FAIA, principal of Frank Harmon Architect PA, recently learned that the Ocean Conservation Center (OCC) his firm designed in Beaufort, NC, for Duke University’s Nicholas School of the Environment Marine Laboratory has achieved LEED Platinum certification. Platinum is the highest Leadership in…
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The Raleigh Architecture Co. Announces Addition To Its Design-Build Team
The Raleigh Architecture Company (RACo) is pleased to announce that John Whitaker, Associate AIA, LEED AP, has joined the downtown Raleigh design-build team as project manager. Whitaker received his professional Bachelor of Architecture degree in 2007 from Drury University’s School of Architecture in Springfield, MO., where he minored in graphic art, global studies, and art history.…
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Raleigh Architect Robby Johnston Serves On South Carolina Awards Jury
Raleigh architect Robby Johnston, AIA, partner and founding principal of The Raleigh Architecture Company, recently served on the design awards jury for the Greater Columbia section of the American Institute of Architects’ South Carolina chapter (AIAGC). This marked the first time Johnston, 34, has served on a design jury other than student review juries…
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NEWS & OBSERVER: “Downtown Raleigh neighborhood gets modernist homes”
By Sarah Nagem RALEIGH — Less than a mile from a well-known modernist house that led to a lawsuit and neighbor disputes in Oakwood, two modern homes have quietly been completed, and three more are under construction. Robby Johnston and Craig Kerins, co-owners of The Raleigh Architecture Co., designed two modernist homes that sit in…
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Uber-Green House in Chatham County Is Finalist For USGBC Award
Recognizing systematic integration of sustainability and LEED standards. The Happy Meadows Courtyard House, a thoroughly sustainable Modern residence designed by Chapel Hill architect Arielle Condoret Schechter, AIA is a finalist for the 2014 Green Gala Sustainable Business Awards in the Residential category. The US Green Building Council / North Carolina chapter selects and presents the…
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VMZinc Gets Renewed Notice of Approval from Strict Regulatory Department
Miami Dade approves Umicore Building Products’ standing seam metal roof systems for hurricane zone. December 6, 2011 (Raleigh, NC) — Miami Dade County’s Permitting, Environment and Regulatory Affairs department has renewed its Notice of Approval (NOA) for the VMZINC® Double Lock Standing Seam (VM DLLS) metal roofing system, Laurent Heindryckx, Director of Operations for VMZINC/Umicore…
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Frank Harmon Discusses The New AIA NC Center for Architecture and Design in New Video
Harmon and landscape architect Gregg Bleam talk about the design process. December 6, 2011 (Raleigh, NC) — Architect Frank Harmon, FAIA, of Frank Harmon Architect PA, recently posted a new video on his website (www.frankharmon.com) in which he and landscape architect Gregg Bleam discuss the design process behind the soon-to-be-completed AIA NC Center for Architecture…
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