A Sterling Accomplishment: Raleigh Intern Becomes Registered Architect, AIA Member

Raleigh, NC, February 01, 2008 --(PR.com)-- Frank Harmon Architect is pleased to announce that Erin Sterling has successfully completed her registration exams and is a registered architect and a member of the American Institute of Architects.

Sterling, 29, has served as a project architect on many of the firm’s significant projects, including the North Carolina Botanical Garden Visitor Education Center in Chapel Hill, The Walnut Creek Urban Wetland Park in Raleigh, the Smith Residence in Raleigh, and Merchants Millpond Visitor Center in Gatesville, the NC Parks & Recreation Department’s first LEED®-rated facility, located on an historic site that has more biological species than any State Park in North Carolina.

Since joining Frank Harmon Architect in 2002, Sterling has become a LEED® Accredited Professional and has played an integral role in establishing the firm as a national leader in innovative, sustainable, contemporary architecture. Last year Triangle Real Estate Magazine included her in a list of professionals noted “for their continuing achievements and their contributions to the real estate community.”

Sterling was also appointed by the Raleigh City Council to serve two years on the Historic Districts Commission (RHDC), which is the Council's official historic preservation advisory body for the city’s historic resources. She currently volunteers as a member of the RHDC’s Design Review Advisory Committee.

A native of Illinois, Sterling grew up in Mississippi and graduated with honors from the University of Kentucky in 2002 with a B.A. in Architecture where she was a member of the Tau Sigma Delta Honor Society National design honor society.

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