Architectural style: Darkitecture

7 properties

A recent trend (21st-century) in architecture design towards very dark finish materials like stone and manufactured siding — not just the color of a temporary paint job, but a more permanent design through its materials.

  • Parcel 28: A new, dense, trapezoidal residential building with ground-floor retail on the edge of the Jewelry District

    Jewelry District | Built: 2020–2022

  • A contemporary, boxy building for student housing which contributes to the erosion of what was once an intact historic district

    College Hill | Built: 2018-2019

  • The first new residential facility built at RISD in 34 years offers 148 rooms to first-year students

    College Hill | Built: 2019–2021

  • Six new apartments in a trendy-styled contemporary building sited on a once vacant lot overlooking a historically significant part of the city

    College Hill | Built: 2023-2024

  • An old house gets a renovation and a nearby addition for a total of five new “luxury” condominium units

    East Side | Built: circa 1900, 2020–2021

  • A new five-story apartment building set on two adjoined lots on the edge of the Thayer Street shopping district

    College Hill | Built: 2023–2024

  • A new three story, boxy and flat modern apartment building on an important historic East Side corner

    East Side | Built: 2021