Architecture and Design – RISD Academic Affairs

Nelson to Lecture at fPet Conference in DC

Written on May 29, 2018. Posted in Architecture and Design.

Erik Nelson (Critic, Architecture) will lecture at the Forum on Philosophy, Engineering, and Technology (fPet) at the University of Maryland, College Park at the end of May. As an engineer working with wood—specifically, designing wood buildings— Nelson...

Yeadon’s Sketchbooks Acquired by CCA

Written on May 29, 2018. Posted in Architecture and Design.

The Canadian Center for Architecture (CCA) in Montréal has acquired the four Prix de Rome sketchbooks completed by Peter Yeadon (Professor, Interior Architecture) in 2000. The four books will be added to the CCA’s substantial archival holdings, which...

Schneider Publishes on Mass Timber

Written on May 29, 2018. Posted in Architecture and Design.

Brett Schneider (Assistant Professor, Architecture) published, The Art and Craft of Mass Timber, in the Spring/Summer issue of the Harvard Design Magazine titled, Into the Woods. The issue “treks into the woods to come to terms with its precarious...

Event: Everybody’s House, Rose Parks Project Symposium, 05/18/18

Written on May 15, 2018. Posted in Announcements + Updates, Architecture and Design.

RISD Interior Architecture and WaterFire Providence present Everybody’s House: a symposium on art, preservation, and memory inspired by, The Rosa Parks House Project, by Ryan Mendoza. Friday, May 18th from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. at the WaterFire...

Yeadon Wins London International Creative Award

Written on May 15, 2018. Posted in Architecture and Design.

Peter Yeadon (Professor, Interior Architecture) and two collaborators has just received an award at the 2017 London International Creative Competition. Thousands of submissions were reviewed by the jury, which awarded an Honorable Mention to Yeadon,...

Cardini & Yeadon’s Black Flamingo Launches at ICFF

Written on May 15, 2018. Posted in Architecture and Design.

Paolo Cardini (Associate Professor, Industrial Design) and Peter Yeadon (Professor, Interior Architecture) will be launch an elegant new chair designed by them at the upcoming International Contemporary Furniture Fair in New York City. The designers...

Thwaites at DIY@BGC

Written on May 1, 2018. Posted in Architecture and Design.

Thomas Thwaites (Assistant Professor, Industrial Design) will be part of a panel, Methodologies of Making, along with Janine di Giovanni, and Nomi Stone, on Friday, May 11, 6:30 pm. DIY at Bard Graduate Center is a public festival that explores different...

Graphic Design Academic Program Review Campus Visit

Written on May 1, 2018. Posted in Announcements + Updates, Architecture and Design.

Related to Graphic Design’s self-study, an Academic Program Review (APR) committee will visit RISD, May 21 through 23, 2018. The members are: Juliette Cezzar, Graphic Design APR Chair, Assistant Professor, Communication Design, The New School Rachel...

Knowles and Students Selected as Finalists for Race-to-Zero

Written on May 1, 2018. Posted in Architecture and Design.

Jonathan Knowles (Professor, Architecture) and his students were selected as finalists in the U.S. Department of Energy, Race to Zero, student design competition. This semester, students in Knowles’ technology seminar used the Race to Zero competition...

Better Featured in BostonVoyager Interview

Written on May 1, 2018. Posted in Announcements + Updates, Architecture and Design.

Hansy Better Barraza (Professor, Architecture) was recently interviewed in BostonVoyager. The article examines Better’s career pathway and her relationship to Boston, it also features a selection of her work.