Tag: Frank Harmon
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Frank Harmon Discusses The New AIA NC Center for Architecture and Design in New Video
Harmon and landscape architect Gregg Bleam talk about the design process. December 6, 2011 (Raleigh, NC) — Architect Frank Harmon, FAIA, of Frank Harmon Architect PA, recently posted a new video on his website (www.frankharmon.com) in which he and landscape architect Gregg Bleam discuss the design process behind the soon-to-be-completed AIA NC Center for Architecture…
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Umicore Building Products Donates VMZinc Roof for AIA NC’s New Headquarters
Modern, “Green” Architecture & Design Center to be crowned by PIGMENTO Red architectural zinc. September 22, 2011 (Raleigh, NC) – Umicore Building Products USA (UBP), headquartered in Raleigh, NC, has donated $70,000 worth of PIGMENTO® Red VMZ standing-seam zinc panels to be used for the roof of the American Institute of Architects North Carolina Chapter’s…
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Frank Harmon Wins High Award for Simple Project
The JC Raulston Arboretum Lath House at NC State University wins AIA NC Honor Award September 15, 2011 (Raleigh, NC) – Frank Harmon Architect PA has received a 2011 Honor Award from the North Carolina Chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIA NC) for the firm’s design of North Carolina State University’s JC Raulston…
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When No One Could Travel Faster Than A Horse
By Frank Harmon, FAIA August 2011 I bumped into a friend recently at a coffee shop who asked, “Did you recognize me waving at you from my car” last week? I had to admit I didn’t recognize her or her car. But thinking about it later, I remembered a remark by the social critic Lewis Mumford,…
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The Bridge at Concord
By Frank Harmon, FAIA At museums and visitors centers, less interpretation is more. One day in the 1970s, I wandered into the rare documents room at the British Museum, where cloth-shrouded glass cases held poems, speeches and letters written by famous people. You could pull back a cloth, read the document, and cover it up…
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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 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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Guest Feature: “The Bridge Across The Rio Grande”
By Frank Harmon, FAIA February 2011 (with sketches by Frank Harmon) The bridge across the Rio Grande between Laredo, Texas, and Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, is only a few hundred feet long, but the apparent distance between the two cities is far greater. Like many American cities, Laredo is laid out in broad blocks…
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Frank Harmon Joins “Appetite 4 Architecture” Dinner To Benefit AIA NC
All proceeds will go to AIA NC’s Building Fund. January 14, 2011 (RALEIGH, NC) – Frank Harmon, FAIA, principal of Frank Harmon Architect PA and Professor in Practice at the NC State University College of Design, will be one of the three featured guests for Triangle Modernist Houses’ “Appetite 4 Architecture” dinner on Tuesday,…
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Frank Harmon Makes National “Short List of Architects We Love”
Residential Architect releases its first-ever “RA 50” December 30, 2010 (RALEIGH, NC) – For the first time in its history, Residential Architect magazine has published its “RA 50: A Short List of Architects We Love.” And Frank Harmon Architect PA of Raleigh, NC, is among them. According to editor Claire Conroy, “This collection comprises [firms]…