News & Events 2026
● Opus 40, Executive Director Application (Job Post) – Saugerties, NY
● “Vernacular Material Modernism” Book Publication!
● RISD Grad Show 2026, RI Convention Center – May 21-30
● 2026 Silman Award Announced by the Fitch Foundation:
Lara Davis, “Swamp and Stone: The Master Shapers of Foster’s Historic Wetlands”
● 2026 Annual Meeting & Symposium “Bright Ideas: Technology & Transformation in Preservation – March 6
● RISD ‘Wintersession’ study abroad courses search for unconventional classrooms across continents (The Brown Daily Herald)
● RISD Ghana Course “Vernacular Material Modernism: Collaborative Design Research in Ghana” – Kumasi, Ghana – January 2026
● “Vernacular Material Modernism” Book Publication!
● RISD Grad Show 2026, RI Convention Center – May 21-30
● 2026 Silman Award Announced by the Fitch Foundation:
Lara Davis, “Swamp and Stone: The Master Shapers of Foster’s Historic Wetlands”
● 2026 Annual Meeting & Symposium “Bright Ideas: Technology & Transformation in Preservation – March 6
● RISD ‘Wintersession’ study abroad courses search for unconventional classrooms across continents (The Brown Daily Herald)
● RISD Ghana Course “Vernacular Material Modernism: Collaborative Design Research in Ghana” – Kumasi, Ghana – January 2026
2025
● “Clay in Practice: Stories of Permanence and Impermanence”, Ceramics Club @ Kingsborough Community College – NYC – November 19
● APT Annual Conference “Revolution & Innovation: The Power of Water, Craft & Architecture” – Providence RI – November 11-15
● Opus 40 Fall Gala 2025, Opus 40 Sculpture Park & Museum – October 18
● “Local Materials, Local Knowledge”, Think! Architecture + Design – NYC – October 9
● Martin Puryear ‘Nexus’ Opening, Museum of Fine Arts – Boston MA – September 30
● “Skilled” Photography Exhibit Closing Reception – Albany NY – September 20
● Limaçon Design has moved to Rhode Island!
● CRAterre : rapport d’activités 2024 (CRAterre)
● Terra Education IV : changer d’échelle | changing scale | cambiar de escala. Actes | proceedings | actas (CRAterre)
● Summit on Feminist Leadership in Climate Justice, Mount Holyoke College – April 25
● Opus 40 Site Cleanup Campaign – Saugerties NY – March 17-22
● “The Sculptor, The Quarryman & The Builder”, APTNE Annual Symposium – Saratoga Springs NY – February 28
● “Mortared and Dry: Masonry’s Intangible Heritage”, UPenn Stuart Weitzman School of Design, Historic Preservation – February 13
● “Field Missions at Ninmakh Temple”, World Monuments Fund – February 22
● APT Annual Conference “Revolution & Innovation: The Power of Water, Craft & Architecture” – Providence RI – November 11-15
● Opus 40 Fall Gala 2025, Opus 40 Sculpture Park & Museum – October 18
● “Local Materials, Local Knowledge”, Think! Architecture + Design – NYC – October 9
● Martin Puryear ‘Nexus’ Opening, Museum of Fine Arts – Boston MA – September 30
● “Skilled” Photography Exhibit Closing Reception – Albany NY – September 20
● Limaçon Design has moved to Rhode Island!
● CRAterre : rapport d’activités 2024 (CRAterre)
● Terra Education IV : changer d’échelle | changing scale | cambiar de escala. Actes | proceedings | actas (CRAterre)
● Summit on Feminist Leadership in Climate Justice, Mount Holyoke College – April 25
● Opus 40 Site Cleanup Campaign – Saugerties NY – March 17-22
● “The Sculptor, The Quarryman & The Builder”, APTNE Annual Symposium – Saratoga Springs NY – February 28
● “Mortared and Dry: Masonry’s Intangible Heritage”, UPenn Stuart Weitzman School of Design, Historic Preservation – February 13
● “Field Missions at Ninmakh Temple”, World Monuments Fund – February 22
2024
● APT National Trust Joint Conference Montreal 2024 – November 12-17
● “The Elusive Low-Carbon Brick Masonry”, Fay Jones Architecture + Design, University of Arkansas – November 14
● Opus 40 “Insider’s tour” – APT Northeast – October 26
● Opus 40 Gala 2024 – Opus 40 – October 19
● Ninmakh Temple Field Mission 2 – Babylon, Iraq – September 22 – October 5
● DICAAR Conference “The Legacy of Babylon” – September 22-24
● IASS 2024 “Redefining the Art of Structural Design” – August 26-30
● Terre de Bâtisseuses webinar – August 10
● News on Ninmakh Temple Arch Reconstruction (Iraqi Media Network)
● Ninmakh Temple Field Mission 1 – Babylon, Iraq – July 10-23
● TERRA Education IV “Changing Scale” – July 2-4
● RISD “Sustainability Design Lab” Thesis Exhibition – May 24
● “RISD’s Sustainability Design Lab Fosters Low-Impact Design Strategies” (RISD News)
● Martin Puryear 2024 President’s Medal honoree, Architectural League of New York – St. John the Divine, NYC – May 14
● “Martin Puryear: Lookout” film screening, SUNY New Paltz – April 27
● “Constructing Martin Puryear’s Lookout” (Chronogram)
● RISD “Sustainability Design Lab” Course Announced – Spring
● “The Elusive Low-Carbon Brick Masonry”, Fay Jones Architecture + Design, University of Arkansas – November 14
● Opus 40 “Insider’s tour” – APT Northeast – October 26
● Opus 40 Gala 2024 – Opus 40 – October 19
● Ninmakh Temple Field Mission 2 – Babylon, Iraq – September 22 – October 5
● DICAAR Conference “The Legacy of Babylon” – September 22-24
● IASS 2024 “Redefining the Art of Structural Design” – August 26-30
● Terre de Bâtisseuses webinar – August 10
● News on Ninmakh Temple Arch Reconstruction (Iraqi Media Network)
● Ninmakh Temple Field Mission 1 – Babylon, Iraq – July 10-23
● TERRA Education IV “Changing Scale” – July 2-4
● RISD “Sustainability Design Lab” Thesis Exhibition – May 24
● “RISD’s Sustainability Design Lab Fosters Low-Impact Design Strategies” (RISD News)
● Martin Puryear 2024 President’s Medal honoree, Architectural League of New York – St. John the Divine, NYC – May 14
● “Martin Puryear: Lookout” film screening, SUNY New Paltz – April 27
● “Constructing Martin Puryear’s Lookout” (Chronogram)
● RISD “Sustainability Design Lab” Course Announced – Spring
2023
● Checkerboard Film premiere “Martin Puryear: Lookout” – October 23
● Opus 40 Fall Foliage Gala – Opus 40 Sculpture Park & Museum – October 21
● “Martin Puryear: A Study of Lookout” (Upstate Diary)
● Martin Puryear “Lookout” opening – Storm King Art Center – September 23
● “Brick by Brick, a Sculpture at Storm King, by Way of Africa” (New York Times)
● Martin Puryear sculpture construction – Storm King Art Center – April – August
● TERRA FIBRA Exhibition – Caue Rhône Métropole – Lyon, France – July 6 – December 16
● Opus 40 Fall Foliage Gala – Opus 40 Sculpture Park & Museum – October 21
● “Martin Puryear: A Study of Lookout” (Upstate Diary)
● Martin Puryear “Lookout” opening – Storm King Art Center – September 23
● “Brick by Brick, a Sculpture at Storm King, by Way of Africa” (New York Times)
● Martin Puryear sculpture construction – Storm King Art Center – April – August
● TERRA FIBRA Exhibition – Caue Rhône Métropole – Lyon, France – July 6 – December 16
2022
● Martin Puryear sculpture construction – Storm King Art Center – August – November
● TERRA FIBRA Exhibition – Pavillon de l’Arsenal, Paris – February 27
● Opus 40 preservation, NY – Standing Stone VT – June
● Golconde Reception – Nakashima Foundation, PA – June
● New Salem Stone Bridge, MA – Thistle Stone Works – August
● “Portraits de Bâtisseuses” Exhibition – September
● Annual Gala – Storm King Art Center – October
● Catalan Vaulting Workshop – APT Detroit – November
● TERRA FIBRA Exhibition – Pavillon de l’Arsenal, Paris – February 27
● Opus 40 preservation, NY – Standing Stone VT – June
● Golconde Reception – Nakashima Foundation, PA – June
● New Salem Stone Bridge, MA – Thistle Stone Works – August
● “Portraits de Bâtisseuses” Exhibition – September
● Annual Gala – Storm King Art Center – October
● Catalan Vaulting Workshop – APT Detroit – November
2021
● TERRA FIBRA Award 2021
● TERRA FIBRA Exhibition 2021
● “Can Buildings Improve Local Ecologies?”, John Nicholas Brown Center for Public Humanities & Cultural Heritage, Brown University – Providence RI – March 4
● Structural Design Review, Massachusetts Institute of Technology – Cambridge MA – May 24
● Visiting lecture, Matagiri Sri Aurobindo Center – July 15
● TERRA FIBRA Exhibition 2021
● “Can Buildings Improve Local Ecologies?”, John Nicholas Brown Center for Public Humanities & Cultural Heritage, Brown University – Providence RI – March 4
● Structural Design Review, Massachusetts Institute of Technology – Cambridge MA – May 24
● Visiting lecture, Matagiri Sri Aurobindo Center – July 15