TREETOP TENANTS / By John Dunn

Hemphill Treehouse for Grown-Ups is Firm Calling Card...

After forming mc2 Design, architect Marco Carlos Tardio, M Arch '89, and Mary Clare DeReuil, ID '91, went out on an entrepreneurial limb.

They found a sliver of land in Home Park, near Georgia Tech, that amounted to a drainage ditch tapering into a catch basin. Not surprisingly, they were able to buy it at a very reasonable price. The slender, triangular plot wedged between the shady lanes of Hemphill Avenue and Curran Street, has one aesthetically redeeming feature: tall, majestic trees. Tardio and DeReuil (pronounced DeRell) built a lofty, two-story treehouse.

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CLEMSON UNIV. / February 25-March 3, 2002

The Clemson Architecture Foundation lecture series presents Atlanta architect Carlos Tardio and his lecture "Give Me Some Living Space" at 5 p.m. in Lee Hall. Tardio has a flourishing regional practice dealing with urban infill and design build. He is one of the emerging voices of the South. For details, contact Patricio del Real (656-3912) or Ross Norton (656-4810).

EYEDRUM / April 8- April 29, 2002

Xan Deeb-"Machines, Marks and Mayhem". "Food, Clothing, Shelter. The Design of Reality" featuring Sean Beeching, Mike Nualla, Mary Clare DeReuil, Carlos Tardio, Torrey Spivey, Stan Woodard, Robert Lee, Jay Niles, Will Lawless.