Charlotte Observer | 04/30/2008 | New, green gem by Blue Ridge Parkway
VISITORS CENTER NEAR ASHEVILLE
New, green gem by Blue Ridge Parkway
RICHARD MASCHAL
rmaschal@charlotteobserver.com
VICKI DAMERON
Blue Ridge Parkway Destination Center.
ASHEVILLE —
Drive the Blue Ridge Parkway and you see them from the road, the cabins, barns and sheds distinctive to southern Appalachian Mountains.
Drawing on such local features — sheltering overhangs, peaked roofs, wooden trusses — architects charged with designing a new visitors center for the parkway came up with a large, open structure that seems at home in the mountains.
Charlotte Observer | 04/30/2008 | New, green gem by Blue Ridge Parkway