Tag: green architecture
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Judy and Frank Harmon To Discuss “What I Learned Doing My Own House” During Boston Convention
March 25, 2008 (RALEIGH, NC) – Award-winning landscape architect Judy Harmon, ASAL, and her husband, architect Frank Harmon, FAIA, will participate in a panel discussion entitled “What I Learned Doing My Own House” during Residential Design & Construction (RDC), a two-day convention and trade show for design and construction professionals, home owners, and consumers to…
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NC Parks and Rec Dept. Breaks Ground on First “Green” Visitor Center
March 11, 2008 (GATESVILLE, NC) – On Saturday, March 15, the North Carolina Department of Parks & Recreation will hold its groundbreaking ceremony to start construction of the LEED® Gold rated Merchants Mill Pond State Park Visitors Center in Gatesville, NC, the department’s first LEED®-rated building and a model for responsible development. The ceremony will…
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Frank Harmon Presents Project, Opening Lecture at “Southern Exposure: Contemporary Regional Architecture”
February 8, 2008 (RICHMOND, VA) — When Modern architecture embraces the particulars of a place – the culture, climate, materials and landscape of the region in which it is built – it is no longer “stark” or “cold,” as detractors would suggest, but warm, charming and often quite “green.” This is the message the Virginia…
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AIA/NC Goes Green: Historic Initiative Results in Landmark Commitment to Sustainability
February 1, 2008 (RALEIGH, NC) — In an unprecedented initiative, the North Carolina component of the American Institute of Architects (AIA/NC) announced in November 2007 that it would hold a design competition to select the architect for its new headquarters building on a high-profile site in downtown Raleigh. In all 50 states, an AIA component…
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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…