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From Cupolas to CornicesAsheville Architecture book uncovers lesser-known local history |
Spring 2012 |
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Innovative Architects offer Homes of HopeIt’s win-win built large. A few years ago, Asheville residents and Clemson University architecture professors Doug Hecker and Martha Skinner developed the idea of adapting virtually indestructible relief-supply containers to house hurricane victims on vulnerable islands. Re-purposed as housing, |
Spring 2011 |
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Home for the HolidaysStep back in history and tour seven former residences that are now some of Hendersonville’s most notable inns during the Holiday Tour of Historic Inns and Cookie Caper, December 12, 1-5pm. |
Winter 2010 |
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The Olmsted ProjectLee Friedlander is considered one of the 20th Century’s most influential photographers. In the ‘60s and ‘70s he captured the look of modern life with his photos of storefronts, reflections in car windows, posters, street signs and urban architecture — thereby evolving the art of the urban “social landscape.” |
Winter 2010 |
Petal PushersSince Jane Austen’s time, nature lovers of discretion have held strong opinions regarding the cultivation of botanicals. The term “landscape gardener” was first affixed to Regency-era horticulturist Humphry Repton, and his, too, was the honor of arranging verdure for enjoyment in public places. (His predecessors served only nobility.) |
Summer 2010 | |
No More Growing PainsOrchids might not be able to smell fear, but they can certainly shrink from improper handling. Still, one needn’t be cowed by the idea of nurturing this most coveted bloom, says Ralph Coffey. |
Spring 2010 |
