Archive for the "Rhode Island" Category

27.Oct.2011 Rhode Island Monthly Design Awards (Stack wins two!)

Rhode Island Monthly magazine announced the annual Design Awards in their October 2011 issue, and we’re thrilled to report that Stack was recognized as a winner of two awards! In the category for best Architecture in a Residential Renovation, Stack won Bronze for the Boiler Room. We have always felt that a key factor that [...]

14.Sep.2011 Box Office on Inhabitat.com

Inhabitat.com posted a great story about the Box Office today. This is a post-occupancy follow up to an article they ran last October in their “Prefab Friday” section. Given Inhabitat’s huge following and focus on all things green, innovative, and cool – which of course are key Stack values -  we’re thrilled that they have [...]

06.Sep.2011 Photos of Boiler Room Residence (Part 2)

This post highlights the second half of an amazing project we completed this spring (and wrote about last month) – a private residence that is part of the renovations to the Boiler Room in the Lebanon Mill complex in Pawtucket, RI. Stack provided the Architecture and Construction for this 2-bed / 2-bath renovation. Kelly Taylor [...]

11.Aug.2011 New Offices for Delin Design (Boiler Room Part 1)

Stack recently completed the new offices for graphic design firm Delin Design. The offices are located in an amazing and unique volume – the former Boiler Room of the Lebanon Mill complex in Pawtucket, RI (now known to most as the Riverfront Lofts). The project was delivered turnkey Design-Build. The scope of work consisted of [...]

23.Apr.2011 Rhode Island Home & Design Cover

Stack’s work was recently featured on the cover of the April 2011 Issue of Rhode Island Home & Design Magazine! This article actually had nothing to do with shipping containers (for once), and instead highlighted Stack’s residential capabilities . The featured project is one we completed late last year – a gut renovation of a [...]

05.Apr.2011 Belgian Magazine “Le Vif” puts Box Office on Cover

I honestly had never heard of Le Vif – or any Belgian magazines for that matter – but it’s pretty cool our project is on the cover. Especially considering that the article features many notable container projects such as Container City, Illy Cafe, Puma City, and Adam Kalkin’s 12 Container House (amongst others). Anyone out [...]

24.Mar.2011 Box Office in Design New England Magazine’s March/April 2011 Issue

  The Box Office was profiled in the current issue of Design New England Magazine. The article featured interviews with Stack Principal Joshua Brandt, developer Peter Gill Case of Truthbox, Architect Joe Haskett of distill studio, and recent Stack-collaborator Kelly Taylor of Kelly Taylor Interior Design. To read the full article click here!

22.Mar.2011 Box Office going Solar

Stack is thrilled to report that onsite renewable energy is coming to the Box Office. Later this Spring, Alteris Renewables will be installing a 7.4 kW photovoltaic system (aka solar panels) that will convert the sun’s energy into electricity. While this will not make the Box Office a net-zero energy building, it is a huge [...]

12.Jan.2011 Blizzard

Thanks to Joe Haskett of distill studio for this picture.

05.Jan.2011 Box Office – Completed Photos

The Box Office was photographed (and discussed) to death throughout the course of construction. And with good reason. When you’re doing something as unique and innovative as putting together a building with upcycled shipping containers, there is naturally going to be plenty of interest and opportunities to document something so uncommon but visually stimulating. That [...]