Norman Askins

Norman D. Askins (Arch ’68 L/M) has received the Institute of Classical Architecture & Art’s 2017 Board of Directors Award, one of the institute’s Arthur Ross Awards for Excellence in the Classical Tradition. Mr. Askins established his architecture practice in Atlanta in 1977. He has specialized in historic preservation, period residences, vacation cottages and plantations, as well as additions to existing homes. In 2014, he published a book about his work, Inspired by Tradition: The Architecture of Norman Davenport Askins (The Monacelli Press).

Norman Askins (Arch ’68 CM) received the 2013 A. Hays Town Award from Southern Living magazine. An Atlanta architect who specializes in the classical style, he was honored for training a new generation of tradition-based architects and for forging a link between the past and present by designing more than 500 homes across the South that combine traditional architecture with the conveniences of modern living.