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KITE is thrilled to be one of the featured architects in Modelo’s Design Manifesto series. The interview offered Principals Albert Garcia and Christine West an opportunity to offer an insight to our thinking and unique approach to architecture.   We are also excited to use Modelo’s new collaborative tool that will allow us to engage our clients in the design process like never before!

Everyone at KITE Architects is excited about the 2015 Providence International Arts Festival, and especially the Dean Avenue Activisual Experiment. Along with other artists, we’ve been asked to create a usable chair/artwork for the lounge during the Festival (June 13 noon-9pm) at a special event location outside The Dean Hotel. We’ve taken the opportunty to create a collage reminiscent of fabric from all of the different details, renderings, and other drawings we made while working on The Dean. After the event all the chairs will be sold, so claim this unique piece while you can!

KITE is proud to be a sponsor of the Providence Preservation Society’s Festival of Historic Houses on June 13, 2015. A long-standing annual tradition in Providence, this year it offers a glimpse into fascinating historic homes in Providence’s Fox Point neighborhood. To celebrate, we have gathered many of our projects to tell their unique and sometimes surprising preservation stories.

Often sold to capacity, make sure to buy your tickets in advance at the Festival website.

KITE is pleased to be the architect for new construction proposed for one of the first parcels to be developed on land opened by the relocation of Interstate 195 in Providence. The mixed-use development will include 75,000 sf of office, retail, and residential space with phenomenal views of the Narragansett Bay and the Providence skyline. KITE’s intent is to set a precedent for design that respects and rebuilds Providence’s unique cityscape by reconnecting the waterfront neighborhood.

Once again, KITE Architects is thrilled to be recognized in RI Monthly’s Annual Design Competition, this time earning the Gold level award for their work to help create The Dean Hotel. The project also won a 2014 Rhody Award from Preserve RI and the RI Historic Preservation and Heritage Commission, and will receive an award from the Providence Preservation Society. Click here for a great summary of the project and a link to the before and after slideshow.

KITE is pleased to share new images of the fit-out of TRAC Builders’ “eco-office” in the Valley neighborhood of Providence. The interior design was designed to maximize the sense of interior space and light while creating highly functional office, conference, and break areas. Previously developed by John Jacobson, TRAC completed renovations in the summer of 2014.

KITE Architects is proud to announce their certification as a Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) in the State of Rhode Island. A full guide to Rhode Island MBE regulations can be found at http://www.mbe.ri.gov/index.php.

KITE Architects – along with most of Providence – celebrated its latest triumph at the Grand Opening of The Dean Hotel on Fountain Street in Providence on April 4, 2014. Just opened, the hotel is attracting global attention, including Conde Nast Traveler’s 2014 Hot List of the world’s best new hotels in the “bargain” category in its most selective list to date, along with destinations in New York, Los Angeles, Beijing, and Panama City. As part of the recognition, the hotel was featured on CNN and NBC’s Today Show.

KITE Architects was architect for the renovation of the historic building that resulted the unique and stylish hotel envisioned by the developer and the projects’ interior designer ASH NYC, and built by construction manager Pezzuco Construction.

Also see the growing collection of blog posts about splash the hotel is making!

Cool Hunting

Elements of Style

The Number 4

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New York Times – T Magazine

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Designer Previews

Providence Monthly

RI Monthly – Opening night coverage

RI Monthly

…and has even charmed local architecture critic David Brussat!

KITE is proud to have helped TRAC Builders with interior design to retrofit the Eco-office at 28 Wolcott Avenue as their new headquarters.

Developed orginally by John T. Jacobson as a high-performance green building, KITE’s challenge was to preserve the airiness and beauty of the original interiors while accommodating the needs of TRAC’s growing business.

KITE chose a palette that reflected the original building’s black, white, and wood, and placed modular glass walls to define a new conference room used for regular collaborative sessions and private offices within the high-volume space. Ample natural daylight and sense of space prevail.

Additional photographs will be posted soon!