Urban Design – Page 2 – RISD Academic Affairs

Innovating Urban Districts: place making in the “Creative Capital”

Written on January 13, 2015. Posted in Announcements + Updates, Architecture and Design.

Places do not grow organically. Every place is socially, economically, and structurally produced and designed by people, and not without equal parts conflict, creativity, and community collaboration. We welcome you to attend a panel discussion between...

Yeadon featured in Italian book on solar energy

Written on November 11, 2014. Posted in Announcements + Updates, Architecture and Design.

A new book on solar power, titled New Generation Photovoltaics, includes a large solar power generator that Peter Yeadon (Professor, Interior Architecture) worked on when as a partner at Decker Yeadon LLC. The project was designed as a land art installation...

European launch of Int|AR Journal is cross-divisional endeavor

Written on September 19, 2014. Posted in Announcements + Updates, Architecture and Design.

Int|AR Journal Volume 5 was launched in Europe this summer. Exploring the theme of “Resilence and Adaptability,” this issue emerged out of dialogue between the Department of Interior Architecture and the Division of Liberal Arts. Editors...

Urban Timber exhibition co-curated by Kim

Written on June 13, 2014. Posted in Announcements + Updates, Architecture and Design.

Opening June 26, 2014, Urban Timber: From Seed to City will celebrate wood as the region’s most sensible and abundant choice of material for urban building while highlighting its flexibility and technical qualities. “We now know that timber is a superior...

Yeadon Project in Solar Energy Book

Written on September 1, 2013. Posted in Announcements + Updates, Architecture and Design.

A new Italian book on next generation solar energy, titled “Fotovoltaico di nuova generazione: Guida alla progettazione e alla realizzazione,” includes the Light Sanctuary project by Peter Yeadon (Associate Professor, Interior Architecture)...

Yeadon Joins ONE Prize Jury

Written on August 12, 2013. Posted in Architecture and Design.

Peter Yeadon (Associate Professor, Interior Architecture) will join a stellar lineup of jurors for the 2013 ONE Prize. The annual competition focuses on the social, economic, and ecological possibilities of urban transformation. This year’s competition,...

Yeadon Projects Published

Written on July 30, 2013. Posted in Announcements + Updates, Architecture and Design.

A range of projects by Peter Yeadon (Associate Professor, Interior Architecture) and Martina Decker appear in a new book, “Performative Materials in Architecture and Design.” The book includes a chapter on advanced materials by Decker,...

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