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For Asheville, North Carolina–based Samsel Architects, Sustainability Is an Ongoing Process
From downtown adaptive reuse projects to ultra-green mountain homes, the 35-year-old firm prioritizes stewardship and civic responsibility as guiding values.
For Asheville, North Carolina-based Samsel Architects, stewardship is an integral part of being an architect. This value is apparent in some of the firm’s largest projects including a ground-up LEED Platinum EcoDorm for Warren Wilson College and a modern renovation for Eagle Nest Outfitter’s 1980s-era office space.
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When you’re an architect living in a place like Asheville, North Carolina, an urban respite nestled in the Blue Ridge Mountains, it’s hard to ignore the environmental impact of every project. Longstanding local firm Samsel Architects operates under the understanding that each of its buildings is part of the region’s greater ecosystem and that they have a re
The Beginning of Housing Reparations
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Asheville Commits $2.1m for Reparations
Associated Press, June 9, 2021
A North Carolina city has committed $2.1 million toward funding reparations, an initiative it began last summer when it joined a number of U.S. cities which have voted to address their histories of racism and discrimination.
The Asheville City Council approved a budget amendment on Tuesday to pull the money from city land purchased in the 1970s as part of the city’s urban renewal programs that took apart Black communities, the Asheville Citizen Times reported. The city council also adopted a proclamation declaring June 19 as Juneteenth, the date which marks the end of slavery in the U.S.
N Carolina county passes plan to address racism, disparities
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