Architect Scott Harmon with Center Studio will be tending bar at Revolution Restaurant on Tuesday, January 19th, 2010 from 6pm – 8pm. The Guest Bartender Series at Revolution runs on Tuesday nights through January, and includes local luminaries such as Mayor Bill Bell and McKinney partners Jeff Jones and Jonathan Cude. All bar proceeds, including... [Read More]
2009 Outstanding New Construction Project - Downtown Durham, Inc. - Mangum 506 is the first mixed-use residential project in downtown Durham to be built entirely from the ground up. Formerly a vacant parking lot, this kind of infill construction in the urban core is a critical strategy for sustainable development. Retail spaces line the main... [Read More]
2009 Pyne Preservation Award – Preservation Durham - 2009 Golden Leaf Award of Merit for Sustainable Properties – City of Durham – This Trinity Park landmark, designed in 1925 by Milburn & Hester as a residence for elderly women, has been turned into an elegant small hotel. Many layers of remodeling had to be removed,... [Read More]
2009 Pyne Preservation Award - Preservation Durham - This award recognizes a combination of renovation and addition. The screened porch floor and columns were completely rebuilt. An upstairs interior hall closet was reconfigured to create a functional office area and a closet was consumed into the expanded master bathroom. The addition of space to the... [Read More]
2009 Neighborhood Conservation Award – Preservation Durham – Owners Cynthia Hill & Rex Miller received this award for the renovation of their historic home in Trinity Park. This was our second project for Cynthia (see Movie Star and our 2007 Pyne Award below for our first project with her). She and Rex uncovered a Transitional... [Read More]
2008 Neighborhood Conservation Award – Preservation Durham - 2009 Golden Leaf Award for Commercial Properties – City of Durham – Awarded to owners Reynolds Maxwell and Brad Wiese, this is a rehab of a rehab. The current work first removed 80 years of renovations to reveal the bare bones of the two buildings that make... [Read More]
2007 Pyne Preservation Award - Preservation Durham, Inc. - Our first project for Cynthia Hill, this commercial building in the heart of Downtown was restored to accommodate a residence upstairs over commercial space below. Much of the original structure had been destroyed in a fire in the 1970s, and the facade was restored based on... [Read More]