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St. Matthew’s
St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church’s Master Planning for a Faithful Future: 2015-2025 in Historic Hillsborough, NC is complete! We have had a wonderful time working with the Church as well as David and Terri Swanson of Swanson & Associates Landscape Architecture and Chuck Lysaght and Mark Blankinship of Lysaght & Associates. St. Matthew’s campus, just east of downtown, is one of the most beautiful, well-loved and cared-for sites in our state. It was an honor to be involved in planning and designing what the future might look like for such a sacred place. We are excited to see the master plan take form over the next ten years!
Clark Court and a house named Fred in Dwell
This month we celebrated Clark Court and a house named Fred as they garnered press and praise. Both houses were featured on Dwell online, and Clark appeared in a beautiful 8-page spread in the May print edition of Dwell Magazine. Many thanks to Dwell and to Mike Welton for telling these stories. And thanks, as always, to the clients and teams of folks who made them happen: Jeremy, Amy, and John Sanders (Clark Court) and Kevin, Laura, Nicole Baxter, and Leon Meyers (a house named Fred). Check out the articles on Clark and Fred here.
Fred wins AIA Triangle Honor Award
We are excited to announce that Fred took home an Honor Award at the 2015 Triangle Design Awards! The annual awards program, hosted by the American Institute of Architects, Triangle Section, recognizes excellence in architectural design from firms throughout a 10-county region. Fred was in good company – this year’s Honor awards also recognized Durham Central Park Cohousing (Weinstein Friedlein Architects) and NCSU’s Hunt Library (Snøhetta with Clark Nexsen). Thanks, and congratulations to all of the winners!
Song of the Month: “Huarache Lights” by Hot Chip
Witnessing Matt’s kids go absolutely bonkers when this song was played was one of the highlights of the month. The wobbling synth lines of this mid-tempo dance track sound like no other; “Huarache Lights” should be played LOUD! Hot Chip‘s new album Why Make Sense? will be out May 19.
Book of the Month: El Croquis: RCR Arquitectes
We’ve been on a shopping spree acquiring new issues of El Croquis! One recent purchase we have made is edition 162, focusing on the work of RCR Arquitectes between 2007 and 2012. RCR is a firm in Spain organized by partners Rafael Aranda, Carme Pigem, Ramón Vilalta. Like their office, which is located in an old industrial foundry in Olot in Northern Catalunya, their work reflects careful curation of existing materials, layers, textures, and colors within the contexts where they are working and thoughtful intervention of new materials and spaces. Much of their work utilizes dark materials – often steel – to offset the texture and light of older materials present. The book builds off an interview with William J. R. Curtis and captures the disarming and quiet alchemy the architects achieve between old places and new architecture.
Jeremy at Yale
In the fall, Jeremy will attend the Yale School of Architecture to pursue a post-professional Master of Architecture degree! For the past three years, Jeremy has brought his energy to many of our projects as a designer and project manager. He has produced many renderings and images for our website, has contributed significantly to the office music library, and brings his enthusiasm to everything he works on. We will miss Jeremy, and wish him the best of luck at Yale!
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