Category: green architecture
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Charleston’s Studio A, Heritage Strategy Group Join Forces
March 9, 2009 (CHARLESTON, SC) – Studio A, Inc., an award-winning architecture firm in Charleston, SC, has joined forces with Heritage Strategy Group to bring a specialized planning component to the firm’s offerings. Heritage Strategy Group is a planning initiative, headed by Edwin Gardner, to develop recreational areas and scenic byways in a manner that…
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Duke’s “Green” Ocean Conservation Center Wins Wood Design Award
March 2, 2009 (BEAUFORT, NC) — Duke University’s Ocean Conservation Center (OCC) at the Marine Lab in Beaufort, N.C., designed by Frank Harmon Architect PA of Raleigh, NC, recently received a Wood Design Award: Green Building Category from WoodWorks-Southeast, a division of the Wood Products Council of North America for non-residential construction. “Wood contributes to…
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Frank Harmon Wins Two Custom Home Design Awards
February 9, 2009, 2009 (RALEIGH, NC) – Two houses designed by Frank Harmon Architect PA of Raleigh, NC, have received 2009 Custom Home Design Awards in the “less than 3000 square feet” category. The awards are presented by Custom Home Magazine. The 1800-square-foot Strickland-Ferris house in Raleigh received the coveted Grand Award. Completed in 2004,…
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Frank Harmon Designs “Green” UNC-W Oyster Research Hatchery
January 30, 2009 (RALEIGH, NC) — Frank Harmon Architect PA in Raleigh is designing a thoroughly “green,” 12,000-square-foot Oyster Research Hatchery facility on the Coastal Marine Sciences campus at UNC-Wilmington for the North Carolina Division of Marine Fisheries. The project is an outgrowth of a study Harmon worked on two years ago with the NC…
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Vacation Home by Frank Harmon Named One of Decade’s Ten Best
January 11, 2009 (RALEIGH, NC) — The Taylor House, an award-winning, sustainable vacation home in the Bahamas designed by Raleigh, NC, architect Frank Harmon, FAIA, has been included on a list of “the most influential and inspiring houses built during the past decade.” The Wall Street Journal recently asked celebrated “green” architect Michelle Kaufman of…
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Frank Harmon Selected As Commencement Speaker
December 10, 2008 (RALEIGH, NC) – Frank Harmon, FAIA, an award-winning “green” architect and Professor in Practice at N.C. State University’s College of Design, will deliver the commencement address for the College’s December graduates, dean Marvin Malecha announced recently. College of Design commencement exercises will take place December 17 at 1:30 p.m. in Stewart Theatre…
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Duke’s Greenest Building Gets The Gold
November 25, 2008 (RALEIGH, NC) – Duke University’s Ocean Conservation Center at the Marine Lab in Beaufort, N.C., designed by Frank Harmon Architect PA of Raleigh, has been awarded the U.S. Green Building Council’s LEED Gold certification, Duke’s Office of News & Communications reported today. LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) is the national…
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Charleston Architect Completes Clean, Green, Modern Residence
November 17, 2008 (CHARLESTON, SC) — South Carolina architect Whitney Powers, AIA, of Studio A, Inc., is well known for bringing a host of sustainable design principles and technologies to bear on her residential projects. The 5000-square-foot home she recently completed on Johns Island in Charleston is perhaps her finest example to date. Sleek and…
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Sustainable by Example: Frank Harmon To Address Richmond Conference
November 7, 2008 (RALEIGH, NC) – Raleigh-based architect Frank Harmon, FAIA, principal of the multi-award-winning firm Frank Harmon Architect, will be in Richmond, Virginia, on November 13 and 14 to present a special seminar to the 21st annual Architecture Exchange East conference, sponsored by the Virginia Society of the American Institute of Architects (AIA/VA). Calling…
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UNC Asheville Selects Frank Harmon as Architect for Craft Campus; Site Set To Go From Landfill to Landmark
The view captured Frank Harmon’s imagination. Standing on a grassy bluff overlooking the French Broad River, the third oldest river in the world, the acclaimed Raleigh architect knew for sure that he wanted to design the buildings that would one day become UNC Asheville’s Craft Campus. The natural beauty of the Craft Campus site as…
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