by Ross Cann AIA RA | Mar 31, 2015 | Historical, Professional
When most people think about the idea of “Public Spaces” in Newport, they will often immediately think of parks and public squares. While parks like Touro Park, Queen Anne Square, and Washington Square serve an important role as visual punctuation to the buildings,...
by Ross Cann AIA RA | Oct 18, 2014 | Historical, Professional
This column has often argued that Newport is blessed with a broad and deep cultural and architectural heritage. From the city’s rich concentration of colonial houses along Spring Street and in the Point District, to the extraordinary collection of Greek revival, Queen...
by Ross Cann AIA RA | Aug 31, 2014 | Historical, Professional
United Congregational Church, photo by Kenneth C. Zirkel This column has often lovingly called Newport the “Metropolitan Museum of Architecture” for the breadth and depth of its collection of important buildings from the colonial times through the early part of the...
by Ross Cann AIA RA | Nov 8, 2013 | Professional, Technology
The last five years have been a quiet time for building construction and design in the United States. According to the US Census Bureau, the volume of construction in the last 5 years is nearly 30% less than the previous five years and is still lower today than it was...
by Ross Cann AIA RA | Oct 20, 2013 | Professional
For nearly forty years, Middletown has proscribed to zoning that requires businesses to set back from the street and encouraged parking lots to be placed in front of buildings. The end result, not surprisingly, was a sea of strip malls and an ocean of pylon signs...
by Ross Cann AIA RA | Sep 12, 2013 | Historical, Professional
This past year has seen many instances where the issues of preservation and rehabilitation have been in the news and on people’s minds. For those who have not been through the procedure of presenting before the Historic District Commission (HDC), the process is...
