Tag: downtown Raleigh
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Future AIA NC Center for Architecture & Design Featured on “Architects + Artisans”
January 26, 2010 (RALEIGH, NC) – Under the headline “David vs. Goliath in Downtown Raleigh,” the new design-oriented blog Architects+Artisans: Thoughtful Design for a Sustainable World looks at the future AIA NC Center for Architecture & Design in downtown Raleigh and its location near the state Government Complex. The post includes a video of the…
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Raleigh Downtowner To Offer Business News
February 6, 2009 (RALEIGH, NC) – To mark the beginning of its fifth calendar year in downtown Raleigh, Raleigh Downtowner Magazine is launching a new business section this month. Crash Gregg, publisher of the monthly publication, calls the addition “a natural progression based on the mainly professional readership of our magazine.” “The main focus and…
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Purple Armchair Announces Co-Sponsors for 2008 CHAIRity Gala & Auction for Habitat/Wake County
August 28, 2008 (RALEIGH, NC) – As the October 11 date draws nearer for Purple Armchair’s 2008 CHAIRity Gala & Fundraiser to benefit Habitat for Humanity of Wake County, co-sponsors have lined up to show their support by donating their services. The Raleigh Downtowner, the city’s monthly magazine covering the downtown area, and its online…
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Art…Vintage…Everything: New Marketplace Emerges in Downtown Raleigh
June 30, 2008 (RALEIGH, NC) — Over on West Street, just one block from trendy Glenwood South and a stone’s throw from “West on North,” a 17-story residential condominium building scheduled to open in October, sits a large, old warehouse building with a big, purple armchair emblazoned on its façade. If owner Patrick Lawton has…
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Tisch Brain Tumor Center To Receive Proceeds from Third Mannequin Ball
June 23, 2008 (RALEIGH, NC) — The Preston Robert Tisch Brain Tumor Center at Duke University Medical Center in Durham will be one of the beneficiaries of apportion of the proceeds from this year’s Mannequin Ball, a fashion and fine art gala to be held in the new Convention Center in downtown Raleigh in November,…
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Downtown Raleigh Art Gallery Presents New Works by Jason Craighead
January 15, 2008 (RALEIGH, NC) – For the first time since October 2006, abstract expressionist Jason Craighead will present his latest work in a Raleigh venue when he joins artist Tricia McKellar for a special exhibit entitled “Microcosm/Macrocosm” to be held at the Miriam Preston Block Art Gallery in the Avery Upchurch Municipal Building in…
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Center City Church Commissions “Green” Architect Frank Harmon For New Master Plan
December 14, 2007 (RALEIGH, NC) – First Presbyterian Church in Raleigh has commissioned Frank Harmon Architect to design a master plan for the entire church campus, which is located on the corner of Morgan and Salisbury streets in the downtown district, on the southeast corner of Capitol Square. According to Frank Harmon, FAIA, his firm…