Tag: North Carolina architecture
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TriangleModernistHouses.com Wins National Architecture Award
July 1, 2009 (RALEIGH, NC) — Triangle Modernist Houses, an online, nonprofit educational archive for cataloguing, preserving, and advocating modernist residential design in the Triangle area of North Carolina, was honored recently with the 2009 Paul E. Buchanan Award from the Vernacular Architecture Forum. The Buchanan Award was established in 1993 to recognize contributions to…
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Sustainable by Example: Frank Harmon To Address Richmond Conference
November 7, 2008 (RALEIGH, NC) – Raleigh-based architect Frank Harmon, FAIA, principal of the multi-award-winning firm Frank Harmon Architect, will be in Richmond, Virginia, on November 13 and 14 to present a special seminar to the 21st annual Architecture Exchange East conference, sponsored by the Virginia Society of the American Institute of Architects (AIA/VA). Calling…
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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…