Three bidders have submitted plans to convert the former 1890s Asa Messer Elementary School in Providence into housing, and city officials are suggesting that the highest bid, with the least level of detail, be accepted. The three-story brick building at 158 Messer St. in Providence's West End, across the street from a Hell's Angels clubhouse, a few hundred feet away from a park and multiple bodegas, is assessed to have a negative value because of how much work it will take to renovate the prope

Public Talk On Site: Vows Villa, Samui Hosted by ASA Surat-Samui and Samui Architects, this lecture takes place where the work stands. The best way to talk about POAR is to be inside it. Vows Villa is built from over 40-year-old reclaimed timber, joined without nails, each column standing directly on site stone. Above, concrete roofs hold ponds that mirror trees, sky, and storms. Open to wind, sun, and rain, the building rejects protection and adapts through use. The talk will reveal the process