May 2011
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WatchThis past winter a handful of RISD students from the Film/Animation/Video and Architecture Departments independently wrote, produced, and directed a music video here in Providence. Last spring Film/Animation/Video undergrads Samuel Lee andJulian Marshall and Architecture graduate student Thomas Jonakbegan working on the initial concepts of the video. In between their formal class schedules,...
April 2011
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Japanese Art to Offer Relief
On Saturday, April 9, students from the RISD studio Architectonics will join their instructor, New York-based architect Aki Ishida, at the Japan Society in New York City for a benefit concert and workshop to raise funds for the Society’s Earthquake Relief Fund. They will install Luminous Washi Lantern, a project they designed collaboratively during Wintersession, and run a full-day workshop...
March 2011
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Watchfantastic degree-project animation by zel bowman-laberge
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February 2011
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RISD 2011 Faculty Biennial
Friday, February 25, through Sunday, March 20, 2011
The RISD Faculty Biennial, a longstanding tradition, is an exciting opportunity to view new studio work by the extraordinary artists and designers who teach at the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD). Presented in the Museum of Art Rhode Island School of Design’s Chace Center galleries and the Gelman Student Gallery, this exhibition...
At RISD: 2x4s, tape, and 'Co-Habitation' - This... →
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WIP : call for submissions
Works in Progress (WIP) —risd arch’s student-run publication— is currently seeking submissions from all: alumni, instructors, & current students for WIP’s “second-coming’s” inaugural publication.
Topic: How should one ________ architecture? (that is, how should one practice, build, discuss, facilitate, disseminate, change, educate, teach,...
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Watcha slideshow of candids from the architecture triennial
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Carrot City : Exhibit Opening!
Carrot City: Design for Urban Agriculture - Feb 25
Exhibition Opening : The event will take place at the AIA/RI Gallery, located at 158 Washington Street in downtown Providence on Friday, Feb 25, from 5:00 pm to 7:30 pm.
Take a break after the first week of studio, light refreshments and drinks available!
project website —> carrot city
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January 2011
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RISD Architecture Triennial Exhibition : Opening...
JOIN US TONIGHT:
Thursday, January 13th, 6:00 - 7:30pm
Woods Gerry Gallery 62 Prospect Street Providence, RI 02906
Exhibition will be on view from January 13th to February 20th, 2011
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group*
group* is a collaboration between three graduate students at the Rhode Island School of Design, operating a design-research studio
check out what they’re doing here.
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RISD Architecture Triennial Exhibition : 01/13 -...
OPENING RECEPTION :
Thursday, January 13th, 6:00 - 7:30pm
Woods Gerry Gallery 62 Prospect Street Providence, RI 02906
Exhibition will be on view from January 13th to February 20th, 2011.
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Lighthearted: Valentine's Day in Times Square →
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Digital Constructs 2010
design / exhibition book HERE!
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December 2010
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Work in Progress
“Works In Progress (WIP) is a student and alumni-run online resource with print publication. By combining issues facing both students and alumni, their works, and experiences, WIP intends to record emerging topics of importance and generate new exchanges of ideas.”
Join them on Tuesdays during lunch in the reading room, 2nd floor beb!
November 2010
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Tree Planting in Bucklin Park
Last Saturday, a number of students from Brian Goldberg’s Commonwealth studio gathered at Bucklin Park, in Providence’s West End, to help plant trees with the neighborhood’s Friends of Bucklin Park Board.
Bucklin Park is the site for the Commonwealth students’ studio work, making this an special opportunity to get involved.
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degree project statements!
http://architecture.risd.edu/2010-11.DP.Statements.pdf
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October 2010
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2011 Gerald D. Hines Student Urban Design...
Website: http://www.udcompetition.org/
Compete to win $50,000
Do you envision a more innovative built environment? Put your skills and ideas to the test in the ninth annual ULI/Gerald D. Hines Student Urban Design Competition and compete to win $50,000.
Successful real estate development and design in the 21st century requires intensive collaboration across disciplines and sectors. In the...
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September 2010
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Brown & RISD’s A Better World by Design: Oct. 1-3,... →
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vote RISD in Sukkah City!
Congratulations to RISD trio Tinder, Tinker (Matthew Jacobs and recent M.Arch grads Stephanie Gunawan & David Getty) for making it to the winners’ circle in the Sukkah City Competition!
< The teams’ project, ‘shim sukkah,’ will be in display in Union Square Park from Sept 19-21.
Also seen in the winners’ circle are 2 other RISD alums: Alfred Zollinger...
August 2010
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They’ve been swayed: Huge hammock rocks - The... →
July 2010
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If I had a Hammock →
June 2010
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Your votes needed!
Damir Vukovljak (BArch 2009), et al. needs votes for their ventEair cup design. Please take some time and vote on the link bellow: http://www.jovoto.com/contests/drink-sustainably/ideas/5350
May 2010
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Friedrich St. Florian heads south
Alumnus Tim DeCoster is keeping us up to date on RISD professor emeritus Friedrich St. Florian’s latest project in Charlotte, NC via the firm’s Flickr photostream.
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RISD Grad Student is Runner-Up in Metropolis...
SOLAR MASONRY UNIT
Alexander Keller Providence, Rhode Island In an age of high-performance glass skins and pollution-eating concrete, it was only a matter of time before someone put the fusty old brick to work. Alexander Keller’s Solar Masonry Units convert the sun’s energy to electricity that can power laptops, washing machines, and even electric cars. “We are surrounded by brick...
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WatchThe 2010 Degree Project Reviews are happening this weekend at Woods Gerry; the DP program is available to read online via issuu. Click the image above for a larger version.
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Living Layers
The website for the event posted below can be found here:
http://www.abitare.it/events/living-layers/
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Maltzan inspires Wentworth’s new grads
Last Sunday architect Michael Maltzan BArch ’85 delivered an eloquent Commencement address at Wentworth Institute of Technology in Boston, where he also picked up an honorary degree in Engineering Technology.
As founder and principal of Michael Maltzan Architecture in Los Angeles, he was invited to deliver the Commencement keynote as a means of celebrating the first class of Wentworth students...
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A house by Irving B. Haynes.
Found this blogpost on Irving B. Haynes, a graduate of RISD (Bachelor of Science/Architecture) 1953, posted earlier this year (via MODREMOD). Enjoy it!
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The average cost of a house in the U.S. in 1972: $27,550. Roughly what you’d pay today for a Chevy Impala fully loaded, if you actually wanted such a thing. I’ll take the house, please. What it cost in 1972 to have the fairly modest...
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SUMMER INTERNSHIP
Form Tomorrow, a 501c3 non-profit closely associated with Stempel Form PC Architects is offering a summer internship opportunity. The internship includes several educational opportunities, including talks, and participation in workshops being run by Form Tomorrow. The internship is unpaid, however, room and board is offered. Students will be located close to national parks, and other fantastic...
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Alex Auriema, Valentina Vetturi, in collaboration...
Living Layers is a conceptual project and residency proposed by Wunderkammern in collaboration with MACRO. The first cycle involves the participation of two artist; Valentina Vetturi and Alex Auriema, B.Arch 2009 with the collaboration of Cesare Pietroiusti. For two weeks Valentina and Alex lived and worked in the neighborhood of Torpigetara (Rome) with the intent of working directly with and...