Native Places

Frank Harmon, FAIA has designed sustainable modern buildings across the Southeast for 30 years. His work engages pressing contemporary issues such as placelessness, sustainability, and restoration of cities and nature. His buildings are specific to their region, such as the use of 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 romanticism of the South while maintaining a distinguished modernism. Frank is recognized as a purveyor of good design by his students, peers, and clients. In 2013, Frank received the F. Carter Williams Gold Medal from the North Carolina chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIANC), the highest honor bestowed upon a North Carolina architect. Holding numerous awards recognizing his contributions to design and sustainability, his firm, Frank Harmon Architect has been named to Architect Magazine’s “Top 50” list three times. A graduate of the Architectural Association in London, Frank is a professor at the NC State College of Design, has taught at the Architectural Association, and has been a visiting critic at Harvard, the University of Virginia, and the Rural Studio at Auburn University. A noted writer and illustrator, Frank uses hand-drawn sketches and mini-essays to examine the relationship between nature and built structures in his online project: Nativeplaces.org

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Native Places: The 4:48 to Raleigh

Native Places: Uncle Ement

Native Places: Piankatank River

Native Places: Smells like Rain

Native Places: Laughter of Children

NATIVE PLACES: The National Memorial for Peace and Justice

Native Places by Frank Harmon: Tina

NATIVE PLACES: Will we choose fresh air or air freshener?

NATIVE PLACES: Topography of the Heart

Native Places: Feels Like 44°

Native Places: La Bonde

Native Places: Gordes

Native Places: “Pretty as a new-laid egg”

Native Places: A redbud beside a pawn shop

Native Places: Splendor in the Grass

Native Places: Greeneville Tennessee

Native Places: Cozumel

SKU: 90696
Binding: Hardbound
ISBN: 978-1-940743-45-5
Pages: 168pp
Publication Date: Publication date forthcoming
Size: 7″ x 9″ Landscape
World Rights: Available