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 […]

AIAri Gallery Night Pumpkin Carving Competition

{{pumpkin}} Come out on Thursday, October 15, to Gallery Night at AIAri and witness the spooktacular x-acto skills of local architects and designers! Winners will be chosen by popular vote the night of the event. Carve a pumpkin, and bring your friends to have a scary good time! Entering the contest is free. To enter, e-mail Jen […]

Mini-Masonry Day

The Crowne Plaza Hotel, 801 Greenwich Avenue, Warwick, RI 02886 SCHEDULE:     9:00 AM to   9:30 AM - Registration, Continental Breakfast and Exhibit Time   9:30 AM to 10:15 AM - Advanced Masonry Details – Part 1 10:15 AM to 10:45 AM - Exhibit Time and Coffee Break 10:45 AM to 11:30 AM - […]

AIA New England 2015 Annual Conference

University of Hartford, 200 Bloomfield Avenue, West Hartford, CT Hosted by AIA ConnecticutSchedule of Events:12:30-3:00 pm - AIA New England Board of Directors meeting (The S/L/A/M Collaborative, Glastonbury, CT)4:00-5:00 pm - Keynote Lecture: Steven Chung, AIA, Steven Chung, Architect, Boston, Host of PBS’s Cool Spaces (free and open to the public; Wilde Auditorium; registration requested)5:00-6:30 […]