The State Library: Design v. Utility of Books Upon entering the State House, there seemed to be an overload of small sensory details to…
Wallpapers in the John Brown house and Minoan Palaces I was sick on Friday, so instead of the State House, I will write about the…
Palaces and Archival Spaces An interesting common feature between the Rhode Island State House and Palace G at Ebla is…
Rhode Island Palace? Throughout the building, its architectural features were definitely what influenced an individual’s experience. Upon entering the…
Rhode Island State House Over the past couple weeks our class has focused extensively on how light has been used…
Ceremonial Movement Our excursion at the Rhode Island State House Provided us with a great opportunity. Coinciding with…
Is the State House a Palace Different features of the State House combine which endow it with the feeling of grandiosity…
Contrast and Impact at the RI State House When I first arrived at the Rhode Island State House on Friday, my first reaction was…
Neoclassicism as Legitimacy Walking up to the Smith Street entrance of the Rhode Island State House, visitors are met…
How Touch Defines a Palace After visiting the Rhode Island State House this past Friday, I think my understanding of how…
Elevation inside and out Elevation changes can profoundly alter how visitors perceive and interact with a space. The Athenaeum’s elevated…
Art as Performative Aspects of Design in the State House Although the size and grandeur of the State House was amazing at first, I dismissed my…
Light and Shadow at the State House After visiting the Rhode Island State House this week, I noticed how much of my experience…
Art in Palatial Architecture At the Rhode Island State House, one of the immediate features I noticed was the central…
Processions and the Providence State house One of the biggest things that struck me about entering the state house for the first…
Blog Post 2: RI State House During our excursion to the Rhode Island State House, the marble used in the structure heavily…
The Imposition of Darkness While reading Nick Kaye’s Absence, Place, and Action, I noticed a dichotomy inherent in the chapter.…
The Amazon Spheres (Seattle, WA) as a Technological Palace Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to make it to the Rhode Island State House visit due to…
Rhode Island Statehouse Reflections Our trip to the Rhode Island Capitol Building was more of an adventure and a learning…
The Power In Architecture What I found to be very interesting when we visited the capitol building was the display…
Access to Space Over the past several lectures in class, much of our discussion has revolved around on the…
Reflecting on Entrances Entrances are crucial to the experience of any architectural structure: not only is it the first…
Ornaments of Authority: The Rhode Island State House’s Reflections of the Past For this week’s trip to the Rhode Island State House, the aspect I focused on was…
Lighting in the State House The ability of light to shape the atmosphere and ones experience of a building has been…
Steps, Staircases, and the State House At the Rhode Island State House, I was struck by the great number of staircases and…
All Eyes On the Rotunda The Rhode Island State House is an excellent example of how architectural features can provide a…
The Role of Access in Architecture Over the past several weeks in class, much of our analysis has focused on the concept…
Art as Legitimacy American political architecture, as a rule, is full of classical references – endless white marble, columns,…
The Actors and the Audience Architecture is an experience. A concept that may seem obvious when stated out loud but that…
Taste the Rainbow The color and vibrancy of the State House were distributed in calculated ways, with the architects…
Staircases in the Capitol When visiting the Capitol Building yesterday for class, I was struck by how the movement through…
