Charlotte Residence
Charlotte, North Carolina, a banking center and one of the fastest growing cities in the southern United States over the last couple of decades, has a population of more than half a million. But you’d never know it from looking at the five-acre piece of l
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LOCATION
Charlotte, North Carolina
ARCHITECTURALFIRM
DESIGNER
YEAR
William McDonough + Partners
Allison Ewing and William McDonough
2002
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