Frank Harmon, FAIA to Speak on ''Architects and Landscape Architects Working Together''

''My belief that all good architecture begins with the land makes me value and appreciate landscape architects' skills and understanding.'' –Frank Harmon, FAIA

''All good buildings begin with the land,'' says Frank Harmon, FAIA, of Frank Harmon Architect PA www.frankharmon.com in Raleigh, N.C. Harmon is scheduled to speak June 15 at 3:15 on ''How Architects and Landscape Architects Can Work Together'' at the Hilton New Bern Riverfront hotel in New Bern, N.C.

His speech is part of the June 14-16, 2012 Spring Conference of the North Carolina chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects (NCASLA).

Harmon is a nationally recognized leader in modern, sustainable, regionally appropriate architecture. He will discuss the urban and rural landscape, how architecture fits into it, and how architects and landscape architects can combine efforts ''to leave the landscape better than we found it.''

''For the past two decades I've chosen to have a landscape architect working beside me when I begin a design,'' Harmon explains. ''At Merchants Millpond in eastern North Carolina, for example, I canoed and camped with landscape architect David Swanson before we drew the first line for the new Environmental Education Center.'' He also recently teamed with landscape architect Gregg Bleam to design the AIA NC Center for Architecture and Design in downtown Raleigh.