Launched in the midst of a recession, in situ studio succeeds by combining big-league talent with rookie enthusiasm.
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The AIA 2012 session "Connect to the World and Community: Region-Based Design and Its Connection to Culture, Community, and Place" on Thursday, May 17, was packed.
Marlon Blackwell Architect is taking on new challenges while staying true to its roots as a small, high-design firm.
Partnering with the Clinton Global Initative, the AIA pledges to create a stalled projects database.
McKinney York’s work embraces both clients and the community.
Frank Harmon Architect: Jacob's Creek Stone Co.'s Nor Carla Bluestone.
From the very beginning, Raleigh, N.C., architect Frank Harmon, FAIA, knew that designing a house in the Bahamas would be a test of his design and organizational skills.
Frank Harmon Architect: American Iron and Steel Institute's pre- and post-consumer recycled steel.
Frank Harmon Architect: Heartwood Pine Floors' reclaimed 100 percent heartwood pine flooring.
Frank Harmon Architect: Living Roofs' green roof consultation, design, construction and maintenance.
The environmental arguments against owning a second (or third) home seem irrefutable. An extra house perforce consumes extra building resources and operating energy, not to mention the fossil fuels used for transportation to and from the beach, mountains, or countryside. But the flip side of this...
Harmon Design Selected for New AIA-NC Headquarters
Frank Harmon Architect PA took first place in the AIA North Carolina Chapter's recent headquarters design competition.
Our judges called this project a “beacon for the neighbors.”
Having lived through Hurricane Hugo, this Charleston, S.C., homeowner wanted to make sure his new house could survive anything future hurricanes could throw at it.
The glass volume in this Washington, D.C., row house immediately calls to mind the famous quip that God is in the details.
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As we, the editors of residential architect, selected this year's Leadership Award winners, we sensed a deeper undercurrent of importance to this mission. That change in the air we all feel signifies a moment in time when architects finally have the ear of the American public once again. They are...
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The trouble with being a visionary is sometimes you have to wait 30 years for the rest of the world to catch up to you.
Frank Harmon has won his fair share of accolades for design over the years. But no occasion evoked such a pointed reaction to his work as the judging of the entries for AIA North Carolina in 1999, when Harmon swept the competition by winning three out of four Honor Awards in his home state.
About a year ago, a group of Duke University students approached Raleigh, N.C., architect Frank Harmon with an intriguing request. They asked him to draw up a proposal for an environmentally friendly student residence that could double as a laboratory for studying and developing green building...
