Tag: Frank Harmon Architect
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North Carolina “Starchitect” Frank Harmon, FAIA, Celebrates Career, Retirement Nov. 19
On Thursday evening, November 19, from 6-8 p.m., multi-award-winning architect, professor, author, and artist Frank Harmon, FAIA, will thank friends, colleagues, and clients for a 50-year career that saw him rise to the top of his profession when he officially announces his retirement during an oyster roast and champagne toast. Harmon’s retirement party will be held…
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Modern, Green Playhouse Designed To Inspire Imagination
Frank Harmon Architect PA participates in Playhouse Parade fundraiser, auction. September 20, 2011 (Raleigh, NC) — Award-winning architect Frank Harmon, FAIA, believes “the best toy is one that allows the greatest freedom. Lego is a good example, a child under a table with a tablecloth surrounding her is another, and nothing is better than a…
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Graduation at Harvard: Splendor On The Grass
By Frank Harmon, FAIA I recently attended my daughter Laura’s graduation at Harvard University, where more than 7200 fellow students received their diplomas and honors in a daylong ceremony attended by family and friends. Like many commencement ceremonies, there were speeches, recognitions, honorary degrees, and closing remarks. Graduates received advice about life, the world, jobs, work, and…
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Oak Alley: “Gone With The Wind” That You Can Rent
By Frank Harmon, FAIA I went to see Oak Alley plantation in St James Parish, Louisiana, because of its shadows. An architect friend told me that the pattern of light and shade cast by its double row of 300-year-old live oak trees was unforgettable. The Mississippi River flows past one end of the alley of…
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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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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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Frank Harmon To Lecture In Nova Scotia
Raleigh architect to address Dalhousie University’s School of Architecture February 4, 2011 (RALEIGH, NC) – Frank Harmon, FAIA, principal of the award-winning firm Frank Harmon Architect PA in Raleigh, NC, will present a lecture at the Dalhousie University School of Architecture in Halifax, Nova Scotia, on Monday, February 28, followed by studio critiques on Tuesday,…
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Kamphoefner Fellowship Recipient Joins Frank Harmon Architect PA
Courtney Evans is the newest member of the award-winning design team. December 15, 2010 (RALEIGH, NC) – Frank Harmon, FAIA, founder and principal of Frank Harmon Architect PA in Raleigh, is pleased to announced that Courtney Evans has joined his award-winning architecture firm as a project designer and architectural intern. Evans was recently honored as…
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Ocean Conservation Center Featured On Treehugger.com’s “Ten Best Environmental Programs” List
(BEAUFORT, NC) – The Ocean Conservation Center in Beaufort, NC, designed by Raleigh, NC-based Frank Harmon Architect PA, is one of the reasons Treehugger.com has placed Duke University’s Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences on its list of “10 of the Best College Environmental Program in the U.S.” Treehugger.com is an international media…
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The Culture of Place: Architects Discuss America’s Regional Landscape
April 17, 2008 (RALEIGH, NC) — For the fourth consecutive year, Raleigh, NC, architect Frank Harmon, FAIA, will present a major seminar at the American Institute of Architect’s National Convention and Design Exposition, to be held this year on May 15-17 in Boston, MA. Unlike his past seminars, however, which were entitled “Architects Discuss America’s…
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