by Ross Cann AIA RA | Mar 24, 2011 | Historical
For the last twenty years, there has been a growing planning movement called “New Urbanism.” This ideology advocates, according to NewUrbanism.org, the following principles: 1) Walkability, 2) Connectivity; 3) Diversity of uses; 4) Mixed (price) housing; 7) Quality...
by Ross Cann AIA RA | Mar 10, 2011 | Historical
We are now going through the first prolonged economic downturn marked by mass migration from parts of the world even more economically challenged. Since the city’s founding in 1639, Newport has seen numerous cycles of boom and bust and waves of migration that matched...
by Ross Cann AIA RA | Oct 7, 2010 | Historical
Newport is filled with wonderful buildings in widely differing styles, created at different times and for different purposes. Some, like the Newport Casino, are associated with summer fun. Others, like Belcourt Castle, have become equally famous for the Halloween...
by Ross Cann AIA RA | Apr 14, 2010 | Historical
Newport might rightfully be considered the “Metropolitan Museum of American Architecture,” in that it is the repository of some of the most important works by some of this country’s most important architects. Furthermore, it has the distinction of...
by Ross Cann AIA RA | Feb 3, 2010 | Historical
Architecture has often in the past been considered to be the mother of all the arts in that it traditionally combined and included painting, sculpture, the decorative arts, and even metalworking and glassmaking. In the creation of the design, architects employed the...
by Ross Cann AIA RA | Apr 1, 2009 | Historical, Technology
People often feel torn between the desire to preserve the architectural heritage of the past and to protect the environment of the future. Fortunately, these two goals are not really in opposition and, in fact, can be very complementary with one another. The US Green...
