Tag: green architecture
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Inhabitat.com: “Carrboro Hillside House looks like a giant black snake”
Designed by Blueplate PR client pod architecture + design by KC Morgan for Inhabitat.com The location is tucked into a protected forested area covered in trees with a creek nearby. It’s an odd-shaped lot with a hillside and boulders, surrounded by nature. It was a huge challenge for architect Doug Pierson and designer Youn Choi, but the…
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Blueplate PR client Arielle Condoret Schechter, AIA, is GREEN BUILDING & DESIGN’s Summer of 2020 “Architect To Watch”
Arielle Schechter on how Japan Inspires Her Design Philosophy This architect builds for the North Carolina climate and for clients who crave sustainability. By Jessica Mordaco Light is the most important factor in architect Arielle Schechter’s design philosophy. Much of her design inspiration comes from Japanese architects who use screens and overhangs to block the sun…
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In The Ground and On The Boards: Chapel Hill Architect Arielle Condoret Schechter, AIA, Greets Spring with Modern, Custom Houses at Every Phase of Design and Construction
MASON-GRABELL MODERNISM (All renderings by Arielle Condoret Schechter, AIA) May 1, 2018 (Chapel Hill, NC) — A family of transplants from hurricane-prone Florida can’t wait for construction to begin this summer on their spacious, modern house perched on a hillside in Orange County. Cheryl and Ken Serdar are showing off their new, modern, Net Zero, Micropolis® house in Hillsborough,…
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Construction Begins On AIA NC’s New, “Green” Headquarters
Future LEED- Platinum building breaks ground in downtown Raleigh. December 8, 2010 (RALEIGH, NC) – After two years of planning and waiting for financing, the North Carolina chapter of the American Institute of Architects will finally hold its official, public groundbreaking ceremony for its new headquarters building and design center on Thursday, December 9,…
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Leaving The Land Better Than We Find It: Frank Harmon Takes His Message To Idea Exchange
February 2, 2010 (RALEIGH, NC) — For three decades, Frank Harmon, FAIA, principal of Frank Harmon Architect PA in Raleigh, has insisted that architecture can and should do more than produce buildings, especially since conservation of energy and natural resources has become imperative. It should also make a didactic contribution, he says, demonstrating the best…
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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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Frank Harmon To Moderate Atlanta Discussion, Present Lecture
January 15, 2010 (RALEIGH, NC) – Award-winning architect Frank Harmon, FAIA, principal of Frank Harmon Architect PA in Raleigh, NC, will serve as moderator for a panel discussion entitled “Architecturally Speaking: Discussions on Staying Current in Architecture Curricula” during the Winter Symposium presented by American Institute of Architects’ Atlanta, GA, chapter. The symposium, including a…
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Frank Harmon Sees Third Green, Regional Project Open in Six Weeks
November 13, 2009 (RALEIGH, NC) – The new Merchants Millpond Visitors Center and Open Air Classroom Building in Gatesville, NC, has opened to the public, marking the third thoroughly “green” project serving the public that award-winning Raleigh design firm Frank Harmon Architect PA has completed within the past six weeks. The 7,500 square-foot Visitor Center…
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“Green” Architects To Participate In Educational Event at Prairie Ridge Eco-Station
May 11, 2009 (RALEIGH, NC) – Will Lambeth and Tim Martin, architectural interns at Frank Harmon Architect PA in Raleigh, will be on hand at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Science’s Prairie Ridge Eco-Station in Raleigh on Thursday, May 14, to help the middle- and high-school members of the Citizen Science Investigators Club discover…
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Award-winning House by Frank Harmon Featured on Triangle Modernist Homes Tour
The public gets to tour the intriguing house on the hill above Crabtree Creek for the first time.
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