TIM BUCHMAN PHOTOGRAPHY TIM BUCHMAN PHOTOGRAPHY TERRY MARKOTAS PHOTOGRAPHY 57 Clockwise from left, opposite: Henry Johnston faced the front entry to the 1978 Stanbeck House toward the Atlantic Ocean; inside the Stanbeck House, particle board covers interior walls creating a monochromatic backdrop for the family’s collection of colorful molas and hand-carved artifacts. Sited on a 30-foot sand dune, the Flynt House on Figure Eight Island earned Johnston a North Carolina American Institute of Architects award in 1974. The back side of the Flynt House was set into the live oak tree line. The 8,000-square-foot May House near Linville, North Carolina, was Johnston Architecture’s biggest project. Completed in 2007, engineered logs blend exteriors and interiors framing views of the Smoky Mountain range from living room, left, and dining room, right. first exposure to architecture began when he was in the fifth grade. “I went to this little school. It was where the UNCG practice teachers taught, about 25 kids in the class, kindergarten through twelfth grade. This practice teacher held up a picture of Fallingwater. It about knocked me over,” Johnston says about the iconic Frank Lloyd Wright dwelling built over a waterfall. “I finally saw Fallingwater for the first time this fall,” he laughs. Because Johnston lost his father at age 8, he was more self-reliant than oth-ers his age. Through a boyhood friendship, he became acquainted with one www.wrightsvillebeachmagazine.com WBM AUSTIN SIMMONS
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