ABSTRACT
Frank Harmon is known to some as the unofficial dean of North Carolina architects. Harmon's intent is to express the idea. His process in doing that, from hand-drawn image to finished elevation, is a complex choreography of eye, mind, heart, hand, and computer. He believes that every building offers lessons to be learned and that the best way to absorb them is to sketch. He considers that a computer keyboard, by definition, lacks some qualities and that most good architects are always being found with a sketchbook at hand. He finds that sketching with others is not just a means of collaborating, but an enhanced way to communicate especially with clients, who appreciate being involved in a design. In 1995, Harmon received Henry Kamphoefner Prize for Distinguished Modern Design over a Ten-Year Period from AIA North Carolina. In 2002, the Residential Architect magazine announced his project Taylor Vacation House as 'Project of the Year'.
