Frank Harmon Architect PA Receives Two Sir Walter Raleigh Awards

RALEIGH, N.C. - Oct. 23, 2013 - PRLog -- (Raleigh, NC) -- Frank Harmon Architect PA (http://www.frankharmon.com), an award-winning firm headquartered in downtown Raleigh, NC, received accolades for two of the firm’s Raleigh projects during the 2013 Sir Walter Raleigh Awards for Community Appearance (http://www.raleighnc.gov/sirwalterraleighawards).

The AIA NC Center for Architecture and Design on Peace Street received an award for Sustainable Design. Projects in this category demonstrate land design, architecture, and building principles that exemplify an integrated approach to resource conservation, and respect the existing features of the site and the surrounding community.

The firm’s renovation/restoration and addition to the 1910 First Presbyterian Church and church campus on the corner of Morgan and Salisbury streets received an award for Historic Preservation. Awards in this category are given for preservation or rehabilitation of existing buildings, especially Raleigh's historic resources.

The Sir Walter Raleigh Awards for Community Appearance recognizing outstanding new contributions to the character, environment and appearance of the City of Raleigh. Since 1983, the Raleigh City Council has presented more than 200 Sir Walter Raleigh Awards to developers, designers, building owners, community groups, civic clubs, churches and citizens.

The awards ceremony was held on October 22 at the Contemporary Art Museum in downtown Raleigh. Project designer Tika Hicks accepted the awards for the firm

This is the fourth award for the AIA NC Center for Architecture and Design. In 2012 it received an Honor Award from the North Carolina chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIA NC). This year the Center received a Judge’s Award from Metal Architecture magazine and the Committee On The Environment (COTE) Award from AIA NC.

The Sir Walter Raleigh Award is the third recognition for First Presbyterian Church. It has received an Honor Award from the Brick Industry Southeast Region and AIA NC’s 2013 Tower Award for adaptive reuse, restoration or rehabilitation of a historic structure; new / infill construction within a historic context; and a new construction addition to a historic structure.

The City of Raleigh Appearance Commission coordinates the Sir Walter Raleigh Awards. For more information, contact the City’s Planning Department at 919-996-4639 or visit the City’s website at www.raleighnc.gov.

For more information on Frank Harmon Architect PA, visit www.frankharmon.com.

About Frank Harmon Architect PA:

Frank Harmon, FAIA, is principal of the multi-award-winning firm Frank Harmon Architect PA in Raleigh, NC, a Professor in Practice at NC State University’s College of Design, and the 2013 winner of AIA North Carolina’s F. Carter Williams Gold Medal, the highest honor presented by the Chapter to an AIA NC member to recognize a distinguished career and extraordinary accomplishments as an architect. . In 1995, he received the North Carolina Architecture Foundation’s Kamphoefner Prize For Distinguished Modern Design Over A Ten-Year Period. In 2005 Residential Architect magazine named his firm Top Firm of The Year. In 2010 Harmon was included in Residential Architect’s inaugural “RA 50: The Short List of Architects We love.” And in 2012, his firm was ranked 17^th among the top 50 firms in the nation by Architect Magazine. Frank Harmon is also the author and illustrator for “Native Places,” a new blog in which he uses hand-drawn sketches and mini-essays to examine the relationship between nature and built structures.