by Ross Cann AIA RA | Jun 17, 2025 | Architectural Design, Architectural Historian Spotlight, Articles, Historical, Newport Architect Spotlight, Newport Spotlight, Professional, Project Spotlight
Hunter House (c.1748 by Peter Harrison) “First we shape our buildings; thereafter they shape us,” Winston Churchill famously declared, capturing the profound, reciprocal relationship between humanity and its built environment. Architecture is far more than...
by Ross Cann AIA RA | Jun 10, 2025 | Architectural Design, Architectural Historian Spotlight, Articles, Historical, Newport Architect Spotlight, Newport Spotlight, Professional, Project Spotlight
In a recent blog about the evolution of “The Ideal Architect” over time, it’s not just real architects who play a role, but fictional ones as well. Howard Roark, the protagonist of Ayn Rand’s 1943 novel The Fountainhead, stands as a towering figure in...
by Ross Cann AIA RA | Jun 4, 2025 | Architectural Design, Architectural Historian Spotlight, Articles, Historical, Newport Architect Spotlight, Newport Spotlight, Professional, Project Spotlight
Vitruvius & His Orders, Referring to Columns The “Ideal Architect” has not been a static concept over time but is a reflection of evolving societal values, technological advancements, and artistic movements. Over centuries, this ideal has evolved, from...
by Ross Cann AIA RA | May 28, 2025 | Architectural Historian Spotlight, Articles, Historical, Newport Spotlight
The Point Neighborhood Aerial View Easton’s Point (known locally as “The Point”) is a neighborhood that has seen the full architectural history of Newport, Rhode Island, from its earliest settlement during the Colonial Era, through to the present...
by Ross Cann AIA RA | May 21, 2025 | Architectural Design, Architectural Historian Spotlight, Articles, Historical, Newport Architect Spotlight, Newport Spotlight, Professional, Project Spotlight
Located on Red Cross Avenue in Newport, Rhode Island, the Samuel Colman House—more famously known as Boxcroft—stands as a prominent example of the Shingle Style, one of the most distinctive artistic and architectural achievements of the Gilded Age. Designed between...
