Newport Architecture Spotlight: The Breakers

Newport Architecture Spotlight: The Breakers

Newport has many grand homes, but there is none grander here (or really anywhere in America) than The Breakers. It is (ironically) called a “cottage,” not because it is small but because it was used for only the summer. The Breakers was designed by Richard Morris...
American Architecture Spotlight: Palladian

American Architecture Spotlight: Palladian

The Redwood Library marked the introduction of a new style of American architecture – Palladian – into the city of Newport. It featured such Palladian characteristics as: rusticated panels emulating stone appropriate to earlier models columns and pediment,...
A4 Guide: The Art of Architecture

A4 Guide: The Art of Architecture

People often think of architects as “building” the structures they design, but the reality is far more complicated and interesting. Even a small house would be difficult for a single person to create solely on his own. Architecture is in fact a collaborative process...