Tag: Frank Harmon
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WALTER MAGAZINE Takes Readers Into Frank Harmon’s Garden on a Typical Saturday Morning…
by Addie Ladner | photography by Liz Condo Behind a muted pink stone wall adorned with jasmine, rich conversations and hot coffee flow. Tall, breezy live oaks shade a sandy courtyard area populated with miscellaneous folding chairs and a round table. Bluebirds sing, crinum lilies bloom and velvety white gardenias perfume the air. Here’s where…
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Charleston’s Blue Bicycle Books Hosts Architect/Author Frank Harmon and ‘Native Places” on January 17th
Architect and author Frank Harmon, FAIA, who designed the modern, award-winning Sunday School addition to the historic Circular Congregational Church in Charleston and the “Seven Sisters” residence on St. Helena Island, will present his new, critically acclaimed book Native Places: Drawing as a Way to See when Blue Bicycle Books hosts a book-signing event on…
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Frank Harmon Joins NCMH as Director of National Affairs
To coordinate with national architecture organizations, publications, and other non-profits. North Carolina Modernist Houses (NCMH) announced today that renowned Raleigh architect Frank Harmon, FAIA, has joined the organization as Director of National Affairs. Harmon has been an active advocate for NCMH’s mission to document, preserve, and promote Modernist residential design across the state since Executive Director George…
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Restoring Cities and Nature: Raleigh Architect Frank Harmon To Address Seattle AIA
Raleigh architect and educator Frank Harmon, FAIA, will be the keynote speaker for the 2015 Residential Design Forum presented by the American Institute of Architects Seattle, WA., chapter (AIA Seattle) on Monday, June 8 at 6:30 p.m. Harmon, principal and founder of the award-winning firm Frank Harmon Architect PA, has designed sustainable modern buildings across the Southeast…
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Book Release Party To Celebrate “Drawing From Practice”
The event will honor local author Mike Welton and architects who draw by hand. Frank Harmon, FAIA, will be one of six North Carolina architects honored at Activate14’s Book Release Party to celebrate the publication of the new book Drawing From Practice: Architects and the Meaning of Freehand by J. Michael Welton. The party will take place on Tuesday,…
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Indoor-Outdoor Living — Literally
To accommodate a tight budget, architect Frank Harmon made half of this modern coastal home open-air. Award-winning Raleigh architect Frank Harmon, FAIA, recently completed a single-family house on South Carolina’s St. Helena Island that solved tight budget constraints in an unusual way: To keep costs down, 50 percent of this 1600-square-foot Modern house is composed entirely…
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“Appetite4Architecture” Dinner Features Special Guest Frank Harmon
The first in a series of dinners sponsored by Triangle Modernist Houses. January 18, 2012 (Raleigh, NC) – Frank Harmon FAIA, founder and principal of the award-winning firm Frank Harmon Architect PA in Raleigh, will be a featured guest at the first 2012 “Appetite4Architecture” dinner on Tuesday, January 31, beginning at 6:30 p.m. in 18…
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Triangle Modernist Houses Announces The 2012 “Appetite4Architecture” Series
January 9, 2012 (Raleigh, NC) – Triangle Modernist Houses (TMH) has announced its third “Appetite4Architecture” series of dinners that give the public the chance to enjoy relaxed, informal discussions in an upscale dining environment, where diners have direct access to some of the area’s best residential architects and professionals. TMH is an award-winning, non-profit organization dedicated…
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The House That Steve Jobs Grew Up In, And How It Shaped Apple
Essay and sketches by Frank Harmon, FAIA “We shape our buildings, and afterwards our buildings shape us,” Winston Churchill said, and perhaps no place has the power to shape us like the place where we grow up. Lyndon Johnson was born in the hardscrabble and desperately poor Hill Country of Texas. His life and political…