Architect: Frank Harmon, Architect Location: Research Triangle Park, NC 100 Word Description: A modern, inviting, functional structure for a private soccer club and spectators. The design is low and horizontal, in deference to the geometric beauty of the playing field. Teams pass through a stone entry wall into
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Architect: The Freelon Group Location: Cary, NC 100 Word Description: The new Lord Corporation Office Building is the first of a four-building master plan for new office buildings on the Lord Corporation’s campus located in Cary, North Carolina. This 49,500 SF four-story office building will provide administrative office
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Architect: Andre L. Johnson, AIA Location: Laurel Hill, North Carolina 100 Word Description: The Brown Assembly and Dining Hall Pavilion is a 6,000 square foot religious facility that functions as a central facility for youth of the missionary Baptist church across the state of North Carolina during summer
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Architect: Clark Nexsen Location: Raleigh, NC 100 Word Description: The Green Square Parking Deck provides parking for a new LEED-certified government complex. A sustainable approach is evident throughout the 900-space structure, which includes photovoltaic roof panels, car-charging stations, rainwater collection cistern, LED lighting, covered bicycle parking, and high-recycled-content
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Architect: Clark Nexsen Location: Cullowhee, North Carolina 100 Word Description: WCU’s Health and Human Science Building is a 160,000 SF facility providing state–of- the- art learning environments for departments within the College. Nested into the mountainside, without immediate built context or relationship to the existing campus, the design
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Architect: LS3P Associates, Ltd. Location: Wilmington, North Carolina 100 Word Description: Designed for integration into its environment, this 39,000 sf office building captures views from every workspace, preserving as much of the undisturbed site as possible while seeking to provide a superior workplace environment for all employees. Slender
Read more →HB 590 Requires Our Community to Have an Honest Conversation HB 590, the Interior Designer licensing bill has caused a lot of consternation in our offices, where interior designers who have been integral parts of our practices are asking why AIA opposes a bill that seemingly serves
Read more →Asheville, NC – Activate NC’s announced the winners for its international “Missing Middle” Housing Competition on Friday November 10, 2017. The competition’s goal is to provide housing ideas to the city of Asheville that would both fit appropriately within single family neighborhoods while providing greater density and
Read more →WORD IS GETTING OUT – WE HAD SOMETHING LIKE A VICTORY Yes, word is spreading that the gavel fell at 2:10 AM Friday morning ending the long session in the NC Senate without HB 590, the interior design registration bill moving out of the Senate Rules committee.
Read more →UPDATE HB 590, the Interior Designers Registration bill came out of the House on June 5, passed first reading in the Senate and has been held in Rules Committee since it arrived. The reason that it stalled is that our members have been actively engaging Senators with
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