Two Days Left to Vote for Local Grad Student in the Build a Better Burb Competition

Matt Tomasulo, a Planning/Landscape Architecture dual degree candidate, is one of twenty three finalists for his proposal "B.U.R.P. the Burb: Build Urban Relationships for People" in the Long Island Index organized Build a Better Burb Ideas Competition on Long Island. The competition states "The time for thinking cautiously is over. New visions are needed for the next generation of suburban centers." You can check out the other twenty two finalists in the site's gallery or jump straight to Matt's proposal here. Voting ends Aug. 31st.

NC State & AIA Triangle Fall Lecture Series

The lecture series sponsored jointly by NC State College of Design and AIA Triangle has announced the fall lineup - and there are several great names. The theme for the series is Sacred + Secular. As always, all lectures are free and open to the public, in Burns Auditorium at the College of Design. This year the lectures will return to 6:00 pm, parking is free after 5:00 pm behind Kamphoefner Hall.

Check out the poster below, and be sure to mark your calendar (or more likely put a reminder in your phones) for the lectures you would like to attend.

Syme Hall Rain Garden ribbon cutting

NCSU Landscape Architecture is celebrating the completion of the program's first design-build studio project. The project transforms Syme Hall's backyard into a more raingarden.

From SHIFT, NCSU Landscape Architecture Student Blog, a brief description of the project:

"After weeks of digging up dirt, pouring concrete, tilling soil and laying bricks, the students have essentially created a natural filtering system in the form of a garden. Plants with deep roots are used to absorb some rainwater. The rest is channeled into a cistern and into infiltration zones, where it flows through layers of mulch, sand, soil and glass beads called cullet to remove pollutants and sediment."

The ribbon cutting is open to the public:

August, 17, 2010 at 10 a.m.

Burns Auditorium, 1st Floor Kamphoefner Hall

PLEASE RSVP to Melissa Miklus by August 10, 2010 at melissa_miklus@ncsu.edu

Raleigh's Foundation featured in this month's issue of Garden & Gun magazine.

The Secret South

All Southerners have their secrets—whether it’s a favorite BBQ joint or empty stretch of beach. Thankfully, when we asked for yours, you told us. We took your suggestions, vetted them with locals, tested some ourselves, and developed our guide to some of the South’s best-kept secrets

Foundation
Raleigh, NC
Raleigh’s Foundation, slightly hidden below ground in the capital’s downtown (look for a neon sign at ankle level), is nearly all native: beers from North Carolina, American wines (with seven hailing—perhaps bravely—from the East Coast), and a stellar bourbon collection. Foundation’s cocktail menu changes seasonally, employing house-made sodas, including Foundation’s own cola and tonic water. (foundationnc.com)

The Secret South