December 2017
DBVW Wins Five Design Awards
We are excited to announce that DBVW Architects won three juried AIAri Design Awards and two AIA People’s Choice Awards for three recently completed projects in Providence, Rhode Island. We’d like to extend our congratulations to the clients, contractors, and consultants that made these exciting projects successful!
Moses Brown Woodman Family Community and Performance Center | Merit Award for Educational / Institutional Design & People's Choice Award
The new 25,000 sf Woodman Center features a highly flexible multi-use performance, worship, and meeting space that can accommodate over 500 people. This state-of-the-art space with a full catwalk system and adjustable room acoustics includes a retractable seating riser as well as 42 scissor-type platforms. The Center also includes teaching space, a student lounge, a cafe, and gallery.
"People are simply blown away by this building...We are deeply grateful" - Ron Dalgliesh, Assistant Head of School for Institutional Affairs, Moses Brown School
Moses Brown Jones Library | Merit Award for Interiors
The renovation and interior fit-out of Moses Brown’s library celebrates the building's historic architecture, while reimagining the space to support modern teaching, collaboration, research, and individual study needs. The new space also provides an inviting venue for the school's social functions after hours.
“... it has become the heart of our campus.” - Anne Krive, Director of Libraries, Moses Brown School
WaterFire Arts Center | Citation for Adaptive Reuse & People's Choice Award
In addition to serving as WaterFire Providence headquarters, this newly restored mill building functions as a social enterprise venture benefiting the larger arts community in Providence, celebrating the best Rhode Island has to offer in visual and performing arts.
“One of the most exciting developments has been the arrival of WaterFire Arts Center to the neighborhood ...’”
– Providence Monthly
