by Ross Cann | Jul 28, 2022 | Articles
Winston Churchill famously stated, “First we shape our buildings and thereafter they shape us.” This keen observation was made in his argument before Parliament to properly restore the Parliament Building from the damage it sustained during the Second World War. He...
by Ross Cann | Jul 20, 2022 | Articles
The Muenchinger-King Building, like many Newport Buildings, has had a long and winding history. The oldest part of the building was constructed in 1837 for a South Carolina planter named Hugh Swinton Ball. This was the period when many southern landowners summered in...
by Ross Cann | Jul 19, 2022 | Articles
Architecture is not just a three-dimensional art form like sculpture but actually multi-dimensional. If you think of the sound quality of a church, the tactical quality of touching a cool marble surface in a building, or the smell of freshly cut cedar shingles on a...
by Ross Cann | Jun 23, 2022 | Articles
Ⓒ Nick Mele Newport has long been considered a summer resort destination since before the time of the American Revolution. It’s easy accessibility to the sea and lovely climate made it an ideal place for the well-to-do to escape the heat of summer in times...
by Ross Cann | Jun 16, 2022 | Articles
Samuel Tilton House (McKim, Mead and White, 1881) Each semester I am invited to teach a class in the “Circle of Scholars” continuing education program at Salve Regina University, located here in Newport Rhode Island. This is a program that Salve created to...
