by Ross Cann AIA RA | Jun 16, 2026 | Architectural Design, Articles, Historical, Newport Architect Spotlight, Newport Spotlight
Champ Soleil, Newport, RI (Polhemus & Coffin, 1929) Champ Soleil: A Newport’s Gilded Age Estate Returns to the Spotlight On Newport’s famed Bellevue Avenue, a street already lined with American palaces (including the Vanderbilts’ Marble House,...
by Ross Cann AIA RA | Jun 8, 2026 | Architectural Design, Articles, Newport Spotlight, Real Tennis World Championship
Tennis Match inside the Newport Casino, Real Tennis Court Every June, the top players of the historic sport of Real Tennis (a game that predates lawn tennis by several centuries) convenes upon one of America’s most storied sporting venues for its premier North...
by Ross Cann AIA RA | Jun 1, 2026 | Architectural Design, Articles, Historical, Newport Architect Spotlight, Newport Spotlight
Trinity Church, Newport, 2026 Standing at the heart of Queen Anne Square in Newport, Rhode Island, Trinity Church has watched three centuries of American life unfold around it. On May 31, 2026, Trinity Sunday, the congregation marked a milestone worthy of the whole...
by Ross Cann AIA RA | May 6, 2026 | Architectural Design, Articles, Historical, Newport Spotlight, Project Spotlight
White Horse Tavern (South Elevation) The White Horse Tavern: The Evolution of a Newport Institution Few buildings in America carry as much history within their walls as the White Horse Tavern in Newport, Rhode Island. Standing on the corner of Farewell and Marlborough...
by Ross Cann AIA RA | Apr 8, 2026 | Architectural Design, Articles, Guide, Newport Spotlight, Professional
One of the biggest challenges for people who have not undertaken a renovation or new construction project before is figuring out how to get started. Some are tempted to skip the design process and just hire a contractor, but starting a construction project without a...
by Ross Cann AIA RA | Apr 1, 2026 | Architectural Design, Architectural Historian Spotlight, Articles, Newport Spotlight
Richard Morris Hunt (1827–1895) is one of the most noteworthy architects of the last half of the 19th Century. One of his important contributions was transforming American architecture from a simple stacking of plans into a more three-dimensional synthesis of...
