Jon-Paul Couture

In 2004 Jon-Paul started Couture Design Associates, Inc. in Providence after nearly 13 years at a leading architecture firm in Newport, Rhode Island where he was an Associate. His focus has been on new custom residential projects, historic preservation, and renovations in Rhode Island and along the east coast including Hancock Point in Maine, Siasconset in Nantucket, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, New York City and Sarasota Florida. The firm’s current project list includes renovations to existing homes and the design of new homes ranging from 160 square feet to more than 8,000 gross square feet. He received his Bachelor of Architecture degree from Roger Williams University in 1992 and went to work immediately in Newport, a city he was drawn to for its fine examples of American domestic architecture and mix of formal Beaux Arts architecture and simpler coastal cottages.

Over the last 15 years Jon-Paul has been a project designer and manager and has been responsible for over 50 residential projects, as well as several institutional buildings including local private high schools such as St. Andrew’s School, Portsmouth Abbey, and Tabor Academy's award-winning marine science facility. In higher education he completed numerous projects at Newport’s Salve Regina University with construction budgets ranging from $100,000.00 to $15,000,000.00. His long-standing love for residential architecture has informed his designs with sensitivity to the existing fabric of historic structures and the context in which new projects are to be built. Past and present projects show a respect for tradition while providing for today’s needs and constantly changing lifestyles.

Current projects include a new home on the shore of Narragansett Bay in Barrington, renovations to a family compound in Narragansett and major additions, renovations, and conservation to a private Bellevue Avenue Mansion.

Honors and Publications

2009 Newport Villas features JP Couture’s work on a Bellevue Avenue Mansion
2008 Rhode Island Monthly article “Vintage Rooms”
2007 Rhode Island Monthly article “Shelf Life”
2006 New York Times article “The House of Worth"
2005 AIA Honor Award for the Interiors of St. Andrew’s School’s McCulloch
Performing Arts Center Interiors.
2005 AIA Honor Award for the Design of Tabor Academy’s new Marine Science
Facility
2004 Private Newport features two residential projects designed by JP Couture
1999 Segment on “Restore America with Bob Villa” Rockry Hall
1997 Newport Historical Society Honor Award “Fairlawn”
1996 February cover story “Renewal in Newport” in Architectural Digest
1996 Newport Historical Society Honor Award “Rockry Hall”

Affiliations

Vice President of Critical Issues, Providence Preservation Society
Chair of 2009-10 Symposium Committee, Providence Preservation Society
Board of Trustees, Providence Preservation Society
Providence Architectural Review Committee, Providence Preservation Society
Board of Trustees, Providence Revolving Fund
Advisory Committee, Providence City Arts for Youth (former board member having served for 5 years)