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.
The North Carolina chapter of the American Institute of Architects recognized 9 projects as part of its annual architecture design awards. This year’s jury was chaired by Aaron Schwarz, FAIA, principal and director with Perkins Eastman. Also on the jury: Sherida E. Paulsen, FAIA, principal with PKSB Architects, chair of the Van Alen Institute and director of the Governors Island Preservation and Education Corporation; architectural critic, scholar and practitioner, Alexander Gorlin, FAIA; Michael Gabellini, FAIA; Susan Rodriguez, FAIA; and Steven Moser, AIA.