KPF: Architecture for the Public-Jill Lerner, FAIA

Lecture and Exhibition by Jill Lerner, FAIA Principal: Kohn Pedersen Fox-New York {{lerer}} LOCATION: The DF Pray Foundation Lecture Theather, Arch 132, School of Architecture, Roger Williams University, One Old Ferry Road, Bristol, RI

Lunch and Learn Postponed

AIAri Window on Architecture, 158 Washington Street, Providence, RI 02904 The 3M Window Film lunch and learn has been postponed.  For more information contact Richard McKerr at ROMCK@aol.com or 910-616-6968  

Providence Preservation Society Symposium/ Not Always Easy: Building the New Urban Experience

{{pps-symposium}} Thursday, November 6, 2014 to Saturday, November 8, 2014 Industrial Trust Building, 111 Westminster Street, Providence, RI 02903 Register here. Downtown Providence is at a crossroads. The last 40 years has brought significant investment into this rich historic city: major infrastructure projects have literally shifted the city’s built environment along with restoration and revitalization […]

Paul W. Crowley East Bay MET Center Tour Sponsored by the AIAri COTE and USGBC RI

115 Girard Avenue, Newport RI 02840 {{met-center{{This project tour will showcase examples of passive and active systems that were implemented for the East Bay MET Center, a net-zero ready project. The East Bay Met Center is approximately 20,400 square feet of new construction with a high performance building enclosure resulting in a predicted site Energy […]

2014 Sustainable Schools Summit

Rhode Island College, 600 Mt. Pleasant Avenue, Providence, RI 02908 The theme this year is CULTIVATING PARTNERSHIPS FOR SUCCESS, and the Summit will include inspiring speakers, 16 workshops across two sessions, and an afternoon of Action Groups - small gatherings for participants to expand discussions, hatch new plans, collaborate, network and strategize. The day concludes […]

The New Rijksmuseum

Jane Pickens Theater 49 Touro Street, Newport, RI 02840 {{museum{{If you've visited Amsterdam, you've probably been to the Rijksmuseum, one of the world's preeminent art museums - home to masterpieces by Rembrandt and Vermeer - itself a vast, magnificent structure, built in 1895 by architect Pierre Cuypers. The renovation of the museum (it reopened this […]

NESEA Rhode Island Event

Bravo Brasserie, 123 Empire Street, Providence, RI 02903   This event will feature Richard Sedano, Director of the Regulatory Assistance Project’s (RAP) U.S. programs.  A former utility commissioner in Vermont, he advises state commissions and other decision-makers on energy efficiency, demand response, renewable energy, pricing, smart grid, transmission, and wholesale electric market issues.  Mr. Sedano is […]

Learn & Earn with Horner Millwork

{{horner}} Join Horner Millwork to learn about the design and construction of stairs and see the production of millwork products at their state-of-the art manufacturing facility. 7:45 AM - 8:00 AM  -  Breakfast 8:00 AM - 9:30AM   -  Safety, Design, and Construction of Preassembled Stairs (Learning Units: 1.5 | LU | HSW)This course explores the […]

RI Commercial Energy Code: Envelope and Building Science

This course presents basic building science principles, including the forces that affect the movement of air and moisture through building assemblies and materials. Forensic building investigation results are utilized to illustrate the structural and energy performance degradation that occurs when building science principles are not followed. The current commercial RI Energy Code provisions for envelope […]

RI Commercial Energy Code: Overview

This is the overview session for a series of trainings that are aimed at educating participants on the state energy code and better building practices in order to achieve higher performance in the field. We will focus on issues in the code that are open to interpretation or that may appear difficult to implement and use […]

Gallery Night : Providence- Tangram Architecture and Urban Landscape

LOCATION: AIAri Window on Architecture, 158 Washington Street, Providence, RI 02903 {{tangram-croppe{{Winning Europan 1 (1988-1989) - a bi-annual European design competition for young architects - with a daring design for flexible living in The Hague, was the starting point of TANGRAM. At the office now work around 15 members of staff, led by Charlotte ten […]