T i n a G o v a n A r c h i t e c t
Tina Govan Architect is a small architecture firm based in Raleigh, NC. We consider each project unique, crafting custom design solutions to the particulars of a client's specific site and needs.
Key to our design approach is the relationship of a building to its site. Through building, we work to bring a new awareness and sense of belonging to the site, to gather its essential properties and bring them close. Good buildings, we believe, enhance our sensitivity to the dynamic nature of our surroundings, the change of seasons or weather, the passage of time, or life on the street, and more directly connect us to the specific place and larger environment in which we dwell.
Equally important is the integration of building and environment in terms of energy usage and sustainability. Listening carefully to the site, and just as importantly, to the client, gives form to our design solutions.
In uncovering the unique character of a place, we often find inspiration in the ordinary, in local vernacular structures that have evolved in a particular place over time. These indigenous buildings often have a modern simplicity and direct expression of structure and materials that we strive to achieve in our own buildings.
Tina received her Bachelor degree from the North Carolina State University School of Design and her Masters of Architecture from the MIT School of Architecture and Planning.
PROJECTS
R E S I D E N T I A
L W O R K
B r o k e n C h i n a F a r m h o u s e
Selected as "Home of the Month" for 2008, featured in the Raleigh News & Observer and Charlotte Observer.
Selected as "Home of the Month" for 2009, featured in the Raleigh News & Observer and Charlotte Observer. Chosen from a nationwide search to be featured on Discovery's new network "Planet Green," in the TV show "Renovation Nation" with host Steve Thomas. Key ways in which the design and construction address issues of sustainability are documented in a series of 5 episodes, as described in the News and Observer article "Raleigh Eco-home Shines on National Show."
Selected as "Home of the Month" for 2007, featured in the Raleigh News & Observer and Charlotte Observer. View the slideshow and interview posted online by the News and Observer. Featured in the August/September 2008 issue of Fine Homebuilding magazine: see the audio slideshow "Making the Most of a Small Space."
L e i n b a c h R e s i d e n c e
Selected for the Raleigh News and Observer's "Home of the Month" series for 2006. Featured in the book Inside the Not So Big House by Sarah Susanka, Architecture Week: Serenity on a Budget , the PBS TV series "Simple Living" with Wanda Urbanska, the August/September 2003 issue of Fine Homebuilding magazine: Finding Space in a Small House, and in Small Homes that Live Large by Taunton Press.
S t e i n R e s i d e n c e: Featured in Timber Frame magazine
B r i g h t R e n o v a t i o n: Featured in the April/May 2006 issue of Fine Homebuilding magazine: Making a Better Ranch
B a r n e s - W h e e l e r R e n o v a t i o n: Featured in Sarah Susanka's new book Remodelling the Not So Big House
J o h n s t o n A d d i t i o n
Daishoji City Park, Kaga City, Japan
Notomachi Public Bath, Noto Peninsula, Japan Makioka Community Center, Makioka Cho, Japan
Rancho El Paso Sausage Factory, Apartment, and Beer Garden, Obihiro, Japan
Boston Higashi School Gym,
Natick, Massachusetts
Tina Govan
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