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Architecture
Apr 20

Turbine symbolizes sustainability of Sandywoods

A year-and-a-half after the first residents moved in, the wind turbine is finally up and spinning at Sandywoods Farm in Tiverton.
Real Estate
Apr 20
By John Larrabee
Contributing Writer

Tax-credit on green GA agenda

Kenneth J. Filarski is the new chairman of the Rhode Island Green Building Council, which aims to promote sustainable development. He’s worked as an architect and planner in the state for the past 37 years. His specialty is building design and construction. He discusses the organization’s financial health and the state of environmentally friendly development in Rhode Island.
Tourism
Apr 13

By Rhonda Miller
PBN Staff Writer

Welcome center planned for Newport mansion

A new pavilion-style welcome center being proposed for The Breakers, one of the nation’s most famous landmarks of the Gilded Age, is part of a strategic plan for The Preservation Society of Newport County that includes expanding the tourist season and strengthening links with the area’s hospitality industry.
Development
Mar 16

By Rebecca Keister
PBN Staff Writer

Bank expos link builders, clients

Bill Bachant, owner of Bill Bachant Builders, recently took some time out of his weekend to meet with potential clients.
Real Estate
Mar 16

By Patrick Anderson
PBN Staff Writer

Push-back to affordable housing plan

The traditional wood clapboards, wrap-around front porches and narrow, peaked roofs in the proposed Palmer Pointe affordable-housing project in Barrington haven’t eased neighborhood concerns about the development.
Higher Education
Jan 16

RISD’s Fleet Library named one of 50 ‘most amazing’ in world

Rhode Island School of Design’s Fleet Library made BestMastersPrograms.org’s list of “The 50 Most Amazing University Libraries in the World.”

Architecture
Jan 5

Cubicle walls fall at Andera

Andera Inc.’s 15,000-square-foot headquarters in Providence’s Gateway Center makes use of common areas instead of the traditional cubicle layout surrounded by private offices. The company says the open-design concept uses about 30 percent less space than traditional offices.
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