Rm100architects
Modern Vernacular
Merging modern sensibilities and design with the vernacular influences of materiality, geography and culture specific to the western North Carolina mountains.


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01Family Vacation Residence
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Sauna & Artist Studio03
Froman Residence04
Kenilworth Renovation05
Asheville Prototype 0106 
Asheville Prototype 0207 
North Asheville Residence
08Trailridge Residence
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Birkshires Residence
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Flower House
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Calvin Klein Specialty Retail12 Culver City Showroom 
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Nike Vision Traveling Pavilion14
Merimon Avenue Addition15
Carport + Potting Shed16
Still/Action Wall/Desk17 
Jj Residence 


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Asheville Office
35 Lynndale Avenue
Asheville, North Carolina 28806
Brooklyn Office
232 27th Street, #2
Brooklyn, New York 11232


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Appalatch Factory + Showroom
Asheville, North Carolina
Synthesizing industrial heritage with radical transparency, this architectural proposal reimagines the traditional factory floor as an ecological theater of craft for sustainable knitwear pioneer Appalatch. The design deliberately rejects historically insular factory culture, choosing instead to dissolve the rigid boundaries between production, community, and nature. By organizing the showroom and weaving facility as a continuous spatial narrative, the architecture transforms the rhythmic choreography of the making process into a living backdrop for the retail experience.

This sense of transparency is heightened by a permeable building envelope that blurs the line between interior and exterior, inviting the creative energy of Asheville's River Arts District deep into the structure. Rather than treating nature as mere ornament, the design weaves native Appalachian vegetation directly into the building's infrastructure through integrated interior courtyards and living walls. These biophilic elements actively soften the acoustic profile of the machinery and filter the air, creating a restorative environment that challenges the mechanized preconceptions of industrial spaces. Ultimately, this project stands as a poetic, forward-thinking model for sustainable industrial architecture, where honest materials and living ecosystems merge to mirror Appalatch’s core values of environmental stewardship and radical openness.