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The Asheville Design Center engages Western North Carolina in creative design that promotes thriving, equitable and healthy communities.

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The Asheville Design Center
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The Asheville Design Center engages a diverse community of approximately 75,000 Asheville citizens and nearly 1 million Western North Carolina citizens in quality design and planning solutions that promote livable communities.


We are dedicated to educating the public about the importance of quality civic design and providing a means for people to work together in developing their communities.


The ADC is located in downtown Asheville where we have meeting, work and exhibit space. We offer a multidisciplinary team of volunteer professionals including architects, planners, landscape architects, urban designers, community advocates, and others to give shape to community visions.
 
Featured Projects and Events

logo_ncstate September Design Forum: Architecture in the Public Interest: The Roles of Academia, by Prof. Georgia Bizios

Established in 2004, the Home Environments Design Initiative (HEDI) at NC State’s College of Design initiates, facilitates and coordinates scholarship, research and outreach services in the area of quality design for home environments. HEDI provides a forum for the discussion of housing design issues among academics, professionals and the public. Join us at ADC to be a part of the discussion! Wednesday, Sept. 15 at 6:30 pm.



diagramI-26 Corridor - Alternative 4B

Since 2006, the Asheville Design Center has continued to use its community-based design capacity to generate improvements to the 1-26 Connector that will better meet Asheville's community planning and development goals. This option results in the least harmful impacts to businesses, neighborhoods, and the environment.



burton_squareBurton Street Community Plan

The Burton Street CommunityPlan is a collaborative effort among the Burton Street community, the Western North Carolina Alliance, and the Asheville Design Center. In an effort to sustain revitalization efforts currently underway in the Burton Street neighborhood, community members approached the Asheville Design Center with a desire to secure a plan for future neighborhood progress.