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HARRY CHARLES WOLF III, FAIA (1935-)

Wolf was born in Charlotte and graduated in 1958 with a BS in architecture from Georgia Tech followed by a Bachelors of Architecture from MIT in 1960. After working with Odell and Graves & Toy he founded Wolf Johnson Associates in Charlotte in 1966 which became Wolf Associates. Wolf moved to New York in 1983, taught at Harvard and Columbia, then moved to Los Angeles in 1988. He appeared briefly in the movie Concert of Wills about Richard Meier and the making of the Getty Center.

Wolf won 30+ awards from the national AIA plus his NCNB Beatties Ford Branch Bank in Charlotte won the AIA National Honor Award, as was the NCNB Park Road Branch in Charlotte NC, the Equitable/Coca Cola building in Charlotte, the Mecklenburg County Courthouse, and the NCNB/NationsBank Tampa tower. Charlotte is the only city outside of NY, Chicago, LA and SF - where one architect has produced four buildings receiving that distinct recognition. In Raleigh NC, he designed the 1978 addition to the NCSU School of Design, later named Kamphoefner Hall. Wolf lives and works in Porto, Portugal. List of Wolf's unbuilt projects (pdf). 2012 Interview (Vimeo).


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1965 - The Luther Hartwell Hodges Jr. Residence, 357 Spillway Drive, Linville NC. Won a 1966 South Atlantic Region AIA Honor Award. Sold in 2011 to Chalmers Poston.


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1966 - The John H. Williams Residence, aka the Mountain Residence, 361 Spillway Drive, Linville NC. Next door to the Luther Hodges Jr. House. Built by Blythe and Isenhour. Marley Carroll was the project architect. Engineers, R. V. Wasdell and Associates. Featured in Architectural Record Houses of 1970; Architectural Record Vacation Houses of 1977. Won a 1970 AIANC Merit Award and a 1970 South Atlantic Region AIA Honor Award. B/W photos by Tom Walters. Color photos provided by Marley Carroll. Sold in 2013 to Ashley and Peter Larkin.


1966 - Tent Structure. Won a South Atlantic Region AIA Honor Award.


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1969 - The Lee Folger House, Charlotte NC. Designed with Marley Carroll. Unbuilt. According to Harry Wolf, "One of the major constraints of the site was that it was in the floodplain. The Folgers both loved the design of the house and were devastated when the city ruled the site unbuildable, a fact known to the land seller but not revealed to the Folgers, resulting in a lawsuit between them."


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1973 - The Russel and Juliet Patterson Residence, 40 Old Route 116, Huntington VT. Won a 1976 AIANC Honor Award. Photos except aerial by Otto Bates. Deeded in 2022 to Christina Nunn and Alexander Patterson.


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1979 - The Brown Guest House and Painters Studio, Charlotte NC. Several structures planned for one site. Designed with Phil Shive. Unbuilt.


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1980 - The US Embassy Staff Housing, Doha, Qatar. Unbuilt.


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1985 - The US Ambassador's Residence, Doha, Qatar. Unbuilt. According to Wolf, Phil Shive was in charge of this project and the sketches were by Adi Mistri. Richard Stenhouse, a painter, produced the color drawings.


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2008 - The Decker Canyon Residence, Malibu CA. Unbuilt.


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2011 - The Harry Wolf Apartment Interior, 1355 North Laurel Avenue, West Hollywood CA. The original Spanish Colonial house was designed in 1925 by architects Arthur and Nina Zwebel. Photos by Paul Raeside. Sold to Bohannon Enterprises LLC. Sold in 2005 to Hoelscher-Villa D Este LLC.


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2013 - The 1979 Brown House Reprise. The design came back to life briefly for a new owner and site. Unbuilt.


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2013 - The 1969 Folger House Reprise. The design came back to life briefly for new clients with some changes. Unbuilt.


Year unknown - University Housing. Unbuilt.


Sources include: History of The North Carolina Chapter of the AIA, 1913-1998: An Architectural Heritage by C. David Jackson and Charlotte V. Brown; Marley Carroll; Harry Wolf.