How is it already the end of May? We had an action-packed month, with projects at various stages of design and construction and several significant events in the architecture community. Take a look at what we’ve been up to here or on our website!
Jubala Coffee
We are excited to announce that we have been working with Andrew Cash on Jubala Coffee’s second location in the Aloft Hotel at 2100 Hillsborough Street! Jubala is a popular north Raleigh coffee shop and a staple of our community, serving some of the city’s best coffee and delicious scratch-made biscuits and waffles. We secured permits on Tuesday and we can’t wait for a great place to get coffee near the Belltower!
Corbett Residence
Construction of the Corbett Residence is weeks away from completion. We love these springtime Bahama site visits, where we get to see the hollowed, black box take its shape and lift off the falling grade. Many thanks to James and Jamie Corbett for their dedication to simplicity and to Bob Aiello of Aiello Builders for his hard work. Check out that view!
Tulane School of Architecture
Matt spent much of the first full week of May on thesis reviews at the Tulane School of Architecture. The students presented three days of compelling work to a gaggle of jurors from New Orleans and around the country. Highlights of the trip were catching up with friend and mentor Wendy Redfield, seeing her Byron Moutondesigned house, spending time with William O’Brien of WOJR, Ada Tolla of LOT-EK, and Todd Erlandson of(M)Arch, seeing Ammar Eloueini’s amazing house project, meeting Mel Chin, touring the Lavin-Bernick Center for University Life by VJAA, and the food, which culminated with fried-okra-laced tacos by @BlackSwanPopUp! NOLA is one fine city!
Northern Virginia AIA
Erin had the opportunity to serve on the Residential Design Awards Jury for AIA Northern Virginia this month. She served alongside Frank Harmon, Sara Queen, and Kenneth Hobgood, and enjoyed viewing and discussing good work on stunning sites throughout Virginia. What a great chapter!
Book of the Month: Drawing From Practice
This month, we celebrated the debut of a book we honored to be featured in – Drawing from Practice: Architects and the Meaning of Freehand – by J. Michael Welton of Architects and Artisans. Matt and Erin’s trip to the AIA National Design Conference in Atlanta culminated with a city-wide sketching walk with other architects featured in or affiliated with the book, including Frank Harmon, Scott Renk, Tom Kundig, Ellen Cassily, and Marlon Blackwell. Trip highlights included visits to Lightroom‘s new office in Decatur, multiple hotel lobbies by John Portman, a Marcel Breuer Public Library, the now vacant State Archives and Records Building by A.Thomas Bradbury, Olmsted’s Piedmont Park, an Ethiopian dinner with Steve Luoni of the UACDC, and Daddy D’z Barbecue lunch on the way out of town.
Song of the Month
Our Song of the Month is Doug Paisley’s “Song My Love Can Sing,” a tender, organ-drenched paean to the classic, heart-on-the-sleeve Country ballad. Fans of Gordon Lightfoot and The Band are in for a treat!
Detail of the Month: Jubala Coffee
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