by Ross Cann AIA RA | Aug 11, 2026 | Architectural Design, Articles, Historical, Newport Spotlight, Sustainable Design
(Washington Street Newport, RI Permeable Driveway by A4 Architecture) Newport Proposes a New Stormwater Fee, Joining a Growing National Trend Newport, Rhode Island, is potentially moving toward a significant change in how it pays for managing rainwater runoff. The...
by Ross Cann AIA RA | Jul 29, 2026 | Architectural Design, Articles, Historical, Newport Spotlight
(Newport Jazz Festival, 2016) The first Jazz Festival was conceived by Newport Socialite Elaine Lorillard in 1954, and a young Jazz impresario, George Wein, was hired to help run the program. Little did they know what a prominent international event this would become...
by Ross Cann AIA RA | Jul 22, 2026 | Architectural Design, Articles, Historical, Newport Architect Spotlight, Newport Spotlight, Project Spotlight
(Seventh Day Baptist Meeting House – Newport, RI c.1890) Richard Munday was a Colonial-Era Architect-Builder who is famous for two noteworthy Newport structures: the Old Colony House and Trinity Church. He is also the author behind another structure that is now...
by Ross Cann AIA RA | Jul 20, 2026 | Architectural Design, Articles, Historical, Newport Spotlight
Shield Street House Renovation by A4 Architecture The Unlikely Redemption of the Split-Level Ranch Architecture is not just designing soaring skyscrapers or magnificent mansions. Architects are tasked with trying to make the world a better place, one building at a...
by Ross Cann AIA RA | Jul 16, 2026 | Architectural Design, Articles, Historical, Newport Spotlight
Center of 90 Unit Housing Development by A4 Architecture Rhode Island has earned a very unwelcome distinction: it is the 50th state in the nation in terms of housing production per capita. Over the last decade, it has had the lowest rate of total housing permits...
by Ross Cann AIA RA | Jul 13, 2026 | Architectural Design, Articles, Historical, Newport Architect Spotlight, Newport Spotlight
Marble House (Richard Morris Hunt, 1888 – 1892) Origins and Construction Marble House is one of Newport great Gilded Age monuments. Located at 596 Bellevue Avenue in Newport, Rhode Island, Marble House, was commissioned by railroad heir William Kissam Vanderbilt...
