Monthly Archives: October 2008

Wedding Day Wandering

By Rusty | Published: October 28, 2008

This weekend I had the opportunity to spend the weekend in Greensboro for my sister-in-law Carla’s wedding. It just so happened that I had dad’s Nikon camera with me, and being a part of the family, but not actually in the ceremony gave me the unique opportunity to spend a lot of time wandering around […]

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Gettin’ down on the farm

By Rusty | Published: October 13, 2008

I once again had the opportunity to attend the Buildsense annual picnic out at Randy and Lori’s farm this weekend. It was an absolute blast! Also present was Randy’s partner Erik Van Mehlman whose new firm Studio B Architecture shares space with Buildsense. Erik recently completed a very cool Habitat house which was published in […]

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Cary’s Pedestrian Bridge Art is up

By Rusty | Published: October 9, 2008

But is it any good? I myself am having a hard time coming to a decision on the piece. Some think that $165,000 is too much for an important piece of public art, but instead I’m wondering about the timing and implementation of this piece. Was the bridge designed without the artwork in mind? What […]

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Cary Town Council Members Deposed by Four Unknown Assailants

By Rusty | Published: October 6, 2008

In a harrowing and bizarre turn of events Monday afternoon, Cary’s Town Council was besieged by four as-yet unidentified activists. The fringe group, identifying themselves only as the Suburban Poultrification Alliance, forcefully removed four beloved members of Town Council and immediately called an emergency session of the council.

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Carolina Vernacular

By Rusty | Published: October 5, 2008

This soon to be finished project in Holly Springs represents the first new residence that I have had the opportunity to manage from Schematic Design all the way through Construction Administration. For the moment I have only included a taste of the the exterior of the house, but as the builder wraps things up on […]

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