Modern Atlanta

Highlights From SCIC Atlanta’s “open house” and Modern Sustainable Residential Design booksigning…

SCIC-Atlanta’s Joseph Adams and Jill Ripley, Bill Carpenter

Join MA and SCIC (pronounced chic), Atlanta’s newest Italian luxury kitchen design, as we welcome the first SCIC showroom in Atlanta and present an evening of elevated contemporary design and sustainability.  SCIC’s special guest is Lightroom’s founder, William J. Carpenter PhD FAIA, who will be discussing Lightroom’s current projects and signing copies of his latest book- Modern Sustainable Residential Design: A Guide for Design Professionals. Free Admission, Thursday, July 30, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Experience the elegant SCIC showroom and their Italian-designed, cutting-edge kitchens and artwork from esteemed South African artists.  SCIC’s friendly and knowledgable staff will be at your disposal and happy to answer any questions.

Wine, beverages and light hors d’oueuvres will be served.

RSVP by July 14 to Elayne@modern-atlanta.org.

SCIC, a leading company in the Italian kitchen design field, boasts a long history of fine cabinet making that started over forty five years ago. Thanks to Renzo Fornari, the company’s president who soon sensed the major growing opportunities offered by foreign markets, SCIC has been introduced to the American landscape in several major US cities, New York, Chicago, Miami and Los Angeles, and culminating with the latest opening of the showroom in Atlanta, Ga.

To bolster the SCIC world class brand and increase distribution in America, the company is pleased to announce the opening of the latest premier SCIC Center: SCIC Atlanta, located in the heart of the Midtown Mile at Peachtree and 6th Street. The SCIC Atlanta Center represents a further step forward in “Leading Kitchen Design” and storefront displays in the Viewpoint Building whose design and materials are characterized by a perfect harmony between architecture and inner layout.

The SCIC style will be clearly recognizable and compatible as the Atlanta center will become the leading host to other showroom sites in America.

Modern Sustainable Design: A Guide for Design Professionals by William J. Carpenter PhD, FAIA

“The world of residential building is poised to do great things. The guidance, information, materials and technology, while ever-evolving, are in place. Now it’s the hearts and minds that must follow. Modern Sustainable Residential Design is a comprehensive, user-friendly guide that can help. So let’s get started.” —From the Foreword by Allison Arieff, The New York Times “By Design” columnist

Signed copies of Modern Sustainable Residential Design will be for sale.

William J Carpenter Phd, FAIA

Dr. Carpenter is a nationally recognized architect and educator. He has won numerous design awards and accolades for his teaching. He is co-founder Lightroom a successful design firm in Decatur, Ga. specializing in award-winning architecture and new media projects for commercial and residential clients. Carpenter received the national ACSA/AIAS Educator of the Year Award in 2000 and the National Young Architects Citation in 1997. He was elected as a Fellow in the AIA in 2000. He is also author of an important and well-regarded book; —Learning by Building: Design and Construction in Architectural Education, Wiley, 1997. His work has been published in Southern Living, Atlanta Homes and Lifestyles, Atlanta Magazine and ERA; April, 2006 . He studied and worked for renowned architect and AIA Gold Medalist Samuel Mockbee FAIA and New York architect Norman Jaffe FAIA known for his elegant buildings which respond to the Long Island landscape.