Category: green architecture
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Pinecote
By Frank Harmon, FAIA Few building forms are more familiar than the one-story gabled roof. The earliest Greek temples feature this form, as do 19th century tobacco warehouses, churches, and government buildings. Our own state Capitol in Raleigh, designed by Town and Davis in 1840, is adorned by the upright columns and V-shaped roof of…
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Cool Without AC: Dewees Island House Featured in Mother Earth News
Vacation home by Whitney Powers, AIA, one of three projects selected. May 24, 2011 (Charleston, SC) – A sustainable beach house on Dewees Island, SC, designed by Whitney Powers, AIA, of Studio A, Inc., in Charleston, is one of three houses selected by Robyn Griggs Lawrence whose blog “Natural Home & Garden” is carried in…
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Frank Harmon Architect PA Makes “Architect 50” List For Third Straight Year
The small Raleigh, NC, firm ranks 21st this year among the top 50 firms in the nation in terms of design quality, sustainability ethos, and profitability. May 16, 2011 (Raleigh, NC) – For the third consecutive year, Frank Harmon Architect PA has made Architect magazine’s “Architect 50” list of architectural firms from across the nation,…
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Triangle Modernist Houses.com Debunks Modernist Houses Myths
Founder/director George Smart counters “flat-roof” prejudice. May 12, 2011 (Durham, NC) – George Smart of Durham, NC, has spent the past four years working to document, preserve, and promote Modernist residential design through his award-winning website Triangle Modernist Houses.com. Modernist residential design typically features open plans, extensive use of glass to blur the line between…
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Frank Harmon Architect PA Project Designer Accepted at Harvard
Will Lambeth will enter Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design. May 11, 2011 (Raleigh, NC) – Frank Harmon Architect PA is pleased to announce that project designer Will Lambeth has been accepted into the graduate program in Architecture at Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design. For the past four years, Lambeth has worked in Frank…
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Frank Harmon Architect PA Takes Home Two Different Awards in One Night
The firm scores high with the City of Raleigh, AIA Triangle. April 26, 2011 (Raleigh, NC) – The evening of April 21, 2011, was a busy one for Raleigh architect Frank Harmon, FAIA. After collecting a City of Raleigh Environmental Design Award at the Marbles Museum in downtown Raleigh, he dashed over to the NC…
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Frank Harmon Architect PA Welcomes New Team Member
Project manager Tika Hicks joins the award-winning firm. March 15, 2011 (Raleigh, NC) – Frank Harmon Architect PA of Raleigh, NC, has announced that project manager/designer Tika Hicks of Raleigh has joined the firm’s award-winning team. Hicks brings 12 years of experience in architectural project management, design and production services to the firm, which includes…
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Frank Harmon To Address Texas Audience for AIA Lecture
Raleigh architect will discuss modern, sustainable design in San Antonio March 1, 2011 (Raleigh, NC) — Frank Harmon, FAIA, principal of Frank Harmon Architects PA in Raleigh, will be the featured speaker for the AIA Lecture Series in San Antonio, Texas, on March 30, beginning 6 p.m. in the historic Pearl Studio conference center…
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Triangle Modernist Houses Makes Docomomo-US Newsletter
NC Advocacy organization is featured in national news brief February 22, 2011 (DURHAM, NC) – Triangle Modernist Houses (TMH), the award-winning non-profit organization dedicated to archiving, preserving and promoting modernist residential design, is featured in the “Advocacy Spotlight” for the month of February in the Docomomo-US Newsletter. Docomomo is an acronym for the DOcumentation…
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Frank Harmon To Address Wisconsin Audience for AIA Lecture Series
Raleigh architect will discuss modern, sustainable, regionally appropriate design in Madison. February 18, 2011 (Raleigh, NC) — Frank Harmon, FAIA, principal of Frank Harmon Architects PA in Raleigh, will be the featured speaker for the Wright Lecture Series in Madison, Wisconsin, on March 10, beginning 7 p.m. in the Monona Terrace Community & Convention Center.…
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