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Frank Harmon, FAIA, has designed sustainable modern buildings across the Southeast for 30 years. He discovered architecture as a child playing in the streams and woods of his native Greensboro, North Carolina. His work engages pressing contemporary issues such as “placelessness,” sustainability, and the restoration of cities and nature. His buildings are specific to their region and use materials such as hurricane-felled cypress and rock from local quarries to connect the structure to its landscape. Airy breezeways, outdoor living spaces, deep overhangs, and wide lawns embody the vernacular legacy of the South while maintaining a distinguished modernism.

Frank is a graduate of the Architectural Association in London and a professor at the N ...more

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Frank Harmon, FAIA I go swimming . The poet William Stafford wrote an essay titled “ Writing the Australian Crawl”. I think he meant that good writing has the natural rh…moreI go swimming . The poet William Stafford wrote an essay titled “ Writing the Australian Crawl”. I think he meant that good writing has the natural rhythm of swimming. “ Anyone who breathes is in the rhythm business,” he said, Swimming forces me to be in the present , otherwise I’d drown. It also strips away all the little voices inside my head . Besides, swimming outdoors under the stars is like paradise.(less)

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Frank Harmon, FAIA I sketch to discover something I wouldn’t have thought of had I not made the sketch. Writing is pretty much the same. I write to discover something I …moreI sketch to discover something I wouldn’t have thought of had I not made the sketch. Writing is pretty much the same. I write to discover something I wouldn’t have thought of had I not decided to write.

I also enjoy the challenge of just what to leave out and what to put in. A good paragraph or a good story is a little like the plan of a house. Just as changing a wall or a room in one part of the house may affect all parts of the house , so changing a word or a sentence can ripple through all the pieces of a story. (less)

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Frank Harmon, FAIA wrote a new blog post Global Digital Journal “Rethinking The Future” Adds Frank Harmon Projects to its Design Studio Portfolios The AIANC Center for Architecture & Design in downtown Raleigh, NC. (Photo by Tim Hursley)Frank Harmon Architects – 15 Iconic Projects by RTF staff Fra Read more of this blog post »
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