The 25th Annual Rhode Island Design Awards
Pop open the bubbly! Time to celebrate our favorites over the years.
Warren Jagger
Warren Jagger
Warren Jagger
Warren Jagger
Warren Jagger
Inside Out
The project: A greenhouse/guesthouse combo in Newport.
What the judges liked in 2016: Modern, well-thought out details including pocket doors and charred cypress siding that nevertheless complement the main shingle house built in 1882.
Why we like it now: The contrast of the light stone exterior with dark wood and huge doors that allow you to be inside and outside at the same time. With a guest house you don’t always feel you have privacy but that’s not the case here. Our staffers were also drawn to the linear design. “There’s a lot of geometry, which is an unexpected pairing with shingle-style.”
Architect: Foster Associates, Aquidneck Island: Michelle Foster, principal;
Chris Cote, architect and associate principal; James Efstathiou
Landscape Design: Foster Associates
Interior Design: Foster Associates
General Contractor: Kistler and Knapp Builders, Acton, Mass.
Structural engineer: Camera O’Neill Consulting Engineers, Portsmouth
Stone: Kevin Baker Stonework, Barrington
Gardens: Client and Garden Endeavors, Swansea, Mass.
Pond: Nelumbo Water Gardens, Wickford
Photographer: Warren Jagger
