Kevin Shalvey
URI landscape architecture program recognized
KINGSTON – A national design magazine, “Design Intelligence,” this month ranked the University of Rhode Island’s undergraduate landscape architecture program among the top 15...
Five Questions: John K. Grosvenor
Newport Collaborative Architects Inc. founder, principal and CEO John K. Grosvenor has designed more than 75 projects that have earned federal historic preservation tax...
Reducing energy use has become ‘business as usual’
With the overhead lights switched off during daylight hours last month in Vision 3 Architects’ Providence office, the firm relied instead on natural light.
“Some...
Lights, heat, food all add to footprint
Industry to industry, businesses can have wildly varying carbon footprints – roughly defined as the amount of greenhouse gas put into the atmosphere –...
Startup is testing two cancer drugs
An East Providence clinical research startup is in the process of testing two cancer drugs that are intended for patients who have failed previous...
Sustainability now part of historic preservation
Durkee, Brown, Viveiros & Werenfels Architects Inc. has made a concerted effort to bring the company and clients into the world of sustainable design...
Transport forum to focus on shipping in recession
For the first time since the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, the annual Northeast Trade & Transportation Conference – scheduled to be held in...
Plan to stem foreclosures labeled ‘anti-business’
A bill introduced in the General Assembly would halt Rhode Island foreclosures for 180 days to allow legislators to find a lasting solution to...
Scooping its ice cream competition
Despite the falling snow, Warwick Ice Cream Co.’s Director of Marketing and Sales Barry Newman didn’t have a moment to talk. He had to...
‘Underwater’ mortgages jumped 30% in 4Q
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – The number of mortgage holders in Rhode Island with negative equity – those who owe more on their mortgage than their...
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