Architecture News in Raleigh

The City Council voted unanimously on Tuesday to allow Hillsborough Street Partners, LLC to move forward with their plan to erect a 25-storey mixed-use tower on the 300 block of Hillsborough St. 

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For an architect, a historic church renovation might sound like a snooze of a commission amongst the more high-profile ongoing projects in town (like a new building for the country’s largest art museum campus or the library for North Carolina State’s technolopolis, Centennial Campus). But when Frank Harmon’s studio turns to such a project here, the First Presbyterian Church in downtown Raleigh, the results are quite impressive.

See Downtown Raleigh’s newest, greenest design by Frank Harmon, Architect.

Local design / build firm, Buildsense Inc was recently featured on HGTV’s Beyond the Box. The Program focuses on houses that utilize inexpensive materials in innovative ways to create unique, well-designed dwellings, without compromising on quality. The episode will next air in mid-December, more information on dates and times available on HGTV Website. 

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Unfortunately, there’s not much left in Raleigh that represents the creative mind of one of the city’s most influential architects, A.G. Bauer.  Most of his buildings are long gone due to the rejection of the ornamental design in the 1960s and 70s, but one of his most heartfelt projects is still standing in Oakwood Cemetery—his wife’s tombstone—which marks the end of this amazing architect’s short career.

Bryan Bell, founder of the Raleigh-based non-profit organization DesignCorps, talks with Metropolis Magazine.