Save the Date! AIAri Summer Conference and Expo: Going Coastal-Designing Building Envelopes for a Coastal Environment

Roger Williams University, One Old Ferry Road, Bristol, RI 02809 6 HSW LU  {{summer}} Please join AIA Rhode Island for an informative day of discussions about designing building envelopes for a coastal environment. The afternoon will be followed by the AIAri Allied Member Expo, cocktail hour, and lobster dinner taking place in the new RWU […]

Gallery Night: AIGA

AIA Windows on Architecture, 158 Washington Street, Providence, RI 02903 {{aiga}} Please join us in celebrating local designers designing for good. AIGA's Design for Good initiative supports and sustains designers who play a catalytic role in communities through projects that create positive social impact.Our special guest curator is Rich Hollant is the principal, lead strategist […]

RI Energy Code Training: Tiverton Library

{{tiverton}} The new Tiverton Library is approximately 23,800 square feet and includes a community meeting hall, café, children’s library, teen room and exterior public courtyard spaces. While Tiverton did not seek LEED Certification from the U.S.Green Building Council, the building design incorporated LEED v.3 New Construction standards and included a workshop on environmentally friendly library […]

Gallery Night: Hagerty House 1.011

AIAri Windows on Architecture, 158 Washington Street, Providence, RI 02903 {{hagerty{{In the 1930s, Walter Gropius worked with Marcel Breuer to design a house in the costal Massachusetts town of Cohasset. This epitome of principled design, Hagerty House, is as much a work of progressive genius as it is an emblem of tortured compromise. Over 75 […]

PARKing Day Providence

PARK(ing) Day is an annual worldwide event where artists, designers and citizens transform metered parking spots into temporary public parks.The project began in 2005 when Rebar, a San Francisco art and design studio, converted a single metered parking space into a temporary public park in downtown San Francisco. Since 2005, PARK(ing) Day has evolved into […]

DESIGNxri Featured Speaker Series with Friedrich St. Florian

RISD Metcalf Auditorium at Chace Center, 20 North Main Street Providence RI 02903 In the 1960’s and 1970’s, Friedrich St.Florian belonged to a group of young architects whose search for a new architecture was fueled by their fascination with new technologies and new materials. It was a euphoric moment in history when dreams and visions […]

Newport Libations Salon Series

Starting at 345 Thames St. Newport Tours and Presentations: Midtown Oyster Bar & The Fifth Element{{newportlibations{{Join AIA Rhode Island for a tour of two exciting Newport locations where older, under-performing buildings have been adaptively re-purposed into hip and lively places. Local designers will share the stories of transformation while you enjoy these spaces - and […]

Special Pecha Kucha Event: Providence’s Creative Class

{{pechakucha}} Aurora, 276 Westminster Street, Providence In collaboration with Providence Pecha Kucha and the AIA National Committee on Design, please join us for a special Pecha Kucha event on Friday, October 02, featuring ten members of Providence’s Creative Class: Kyla Coburn, Founder, Kyla Coburn DesignsKevin Cunningham, Founder, Spirare SurfboardsEd Frenette, AIA, Senior Vice President, Symmes […]