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Having lived in the South all of his life, Norman Askins is steeped in the history of old houses and traditional architecture. While it's the exterior photos of each house that lull me into daydreams, it is the interior shots that make me sit up and take notice. --Peak of Chic

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Norman Davenport Askins established his architectural practice in Atlanta in 1977 and is now esteemed as the designer of elegant and livable houses in a traditional Southern vocabulary. Trained as an architectural historian as well as an architect, Askins researched the restoration of the Executive Wing of the White House as a special project for Colonial Williamsburg and served as director of restoration for John Milner Associates, a leading preservation firm. Askins has served as chair of the Friends of the Decorative Arts at the High Museum and on the board of the Southern Architecture Foundation. In July 2013, Askins received the inaugural A. Hays Town award from Southern Living magazine.

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