Brown Design Studio - Architecture and Urban Design

THE JOHNNY HARRIS SITE a counter proposal  Eric S. Brown, author A NEW URBAN PROPOSAL   The current site of the Johnny Harris restaurant and surrounding properties have been propo...

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THE OVER UNDER DUPLEX a unit typology review Eric S. Brown, author Kielbasa, a Cleveland favorite .  WHAT IS A CLEVELAND DOUBLE?  What is a Cleveland Double?  No, it’s not a ...

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Our Coastal Living Inspired home tour kicks off this weekend, May 15 in the award winning Habersham Village in Beaufort, South Carolina.  The Tour is open on weekends, from May 15 to June 7th. ...

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CNU CHARTER AND DRIEHAUS AWARDS Brown Design has received recognition for two awards at the recent Congress for the New Urbanism (CNU) in Dallas, Texas.  Both awards stem from the same p...

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BOOK REVIEW:  Why I Walk; Taking a Step in the Right Direction by Kevin Klinkenberg 2014.   Why I Walk is a recent book by Kevin Klinkenberg.  Kevin is an urbanist, architect and plann...

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ANNOUNCING THE RELEASE OF OUR RESIDENTIAL PLAN COLLECTION:  Brown Design Studio has put together a collection of single family house plans that our Studio has produced over the last 16 years...

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This is another book review for a must-have classic.  City Planning According to Artistic Principles is an amazing read and is one of our office’s core design books.  If you have any int...

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INTRODUCING CARLOS PAZ Carlos is our current Fall 2014 intern.  Carlos attends the Savannah School of Art and Design and is set to graduate soon.  We asked Carlos to write a short bio about...

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This week, Brown Design had the privilege of working on a proposed redevelopment of a site in Franklin Township, New Jersey. The site would primarily feature a CCRC (Continuing Care Retirement C...

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BOOK REVIEW:  A Living Tradition, Architecture of the Bahamas by Steve Mouzon This is one of my favorite books, by a great friend and colleague Steve Mouzon.  This is an earlier book (200...

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Brown Design Studio is pleased to announce the relocation of its office to the downtown historical district of Savannah, GA! Please note our new address and telephone number: 24 Drayton St...

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Brown Design Studio’s work in Beaufort, South Carolina will be featured in the March-April, May-June and July-August editions of Better! Cities & Towns (http://bettercities.net/ ). The three-p...

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We’re proud to say this is our final update on the renovation work for the former Berean Presbyterian Church. After months of design work and construction, the USC-B Art Studio is complete!  ...

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Brown Design Studio’s projects were recently featured in the Winter 2014 edition of Best in American Living, a publication of the National Association of Home Builders (http://bestinamericanli...

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Great news! Since our last update on the Berean Presbyterian Church, we are seeing different aspects of the project starting to come to fruition. The roof has been completely stripped of all woo...

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A current project Brown Design Studio is working on, alongside the Beaufort Branch of the University of South Carolina, is the exterior renovation of the Berean Presbyterian Church. USC-B a...

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As a relative newcomer to the Charleston-Savannah area and a recent college graduate focusing on Traditional New Urbanism, seeing examples of TNU developments in the area was high on my priority...

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CHARLESTON NEEDS A PRINCE.  His Royal Highness Prince Charles, the Prince of Wales, received the Albert Simons Medal of Excellence on Wednesday, September 11th at the College of Charleston.�...

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Brown Design Studio had the great honor of receiving an award last week from the Historic Beaufort Foundation.  The award was for the adaptive re-use of the Grace White House into a 17 student ...

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Brown Design Studio, Eric S. Brown author. CAROLINA LOWCOUNTRY ARCHITECTURE: The Basis for a Distinct Architecture of the Lowcountry. The Carolina Lowcountry is blessed with a rich histor...

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ROBERT GIBBS: THE FUTURE OF URBAN RETAIL Author, Urbanist, Educator and Retail Planner Robert Gibbs was recently a speaker for the 2012 CNU Beaufort Lecture Series. Robert gave a though presenta...

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CHRIS LEINBERGER: BACK TO THE FUTURE THE OPTION OF URBANISM Author, Educator and Developer Christopher Leinberger was recently a speaker for the 2012 CNU Beaufort Lecture Series. Christopher is ...

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WHAT TO DO WITH A CUL-DE-SAC? One of our biggest challenges is to deal with the sheer amount of suburban repair work needed. 50+ years of suburban investment with the most world's most prolific...

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CNU Beaufort Article Series: “Res Privata” What makes up the Private Realm? In short, it is composed of the everyday common things in people’s daily life. These things include our homes,...

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