Ryan McCaffrey

Critic - Architecture
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BARC, Rhode Island School of Design
BFA, Rhode Island School of Design
MARC, China Academy of Art

Ryan McCaffrey is the founding principal of Regional Building Group, a design practice that specializes in integrated residential, landscape and interior architecture. From 2013–19 he was based in Hangzhou, China, where he led cultural and residential architecture projects under Wang Shu at Amateur Architecture Studio. Alongside practice, McCaffrey teaches and writes about regionalism in architecture and its relationship to contemporary industrialized environments. 

Courses

Spring 2025 Courses

ARCH 2102-03 - ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN
Level Undergraduate
Unit Architecture
Subject Architecture
Period Spring 2025
Credits 6
Format Studio
Mode In-Person
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ARCH 2102-03

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN

Level Undergraduate
Unit Architecture
Subject Architecture
Period Spring 2025
Credits 6
Format Studio
Mode In-Person
Start and End 2025-02-13 to 2025-05-23
Times: MTH | 1:10 PM - 6:10 PM Instructor(s): Ryan McCaffrey Location(s): Bayard Ewing Building, Room 302 Enrolled / Capacity: 14 Status: Open

SECTION DESCRIPTION

Design principles presented in the first semester are further developed through a series of projects involving actual sites with their concomitant physical and historic-cultural conditions. Issues of context, methodology, program and construction are explored for their possible interrelated meanings and influences on the making of architectural form.

Estimated Cost of Materials: $50.00 - $200.00

Majors are pre-registered for this course by the department. This course is a requirement for Sophomore Architecture Students.

Major Requirement | BArch: Architecture

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BARC, Rhode Island School of Design
BFA, Rhode Island School of Design
MARC, China Academy of Art