Aaron Forrest, AIA

Aaron Forrest is an architect and co-founder of Ultramoderne, an architecture and design firm located in Providence, RI. Led in partnership with Yasmin Vobis, the office is committed to creating architecture and public spaces that are at once modern, playful, and generous. The principals are driven by an experimental approach that leads to conceptually rigorous and well-executed designs. The office has experience working at a wide variety of scales, from single-family residences to urban-scale planning, and its work has been recognized internationally, with recent awards from the Chicago Architecture Biennial, the Architectural League of New York, and AIAri.

Forrest received both his Bachelor’s Degree and Masters in Architecture from Princeton University, and currently serves as Assistant Professor at the Rhode Island School of Design. Prior to RISD, he taught studios at the University of Pennsylvania and Princeton University. Forrest has extensive professional experience, having practiced in New York with Bernheimer Architecture and Guy Nordenson and Associates Structural Engineers, and in Madrid with Ábalos & Herreros Arquitectos. He was also a designer-in-residence at MoMA/PS1 for the Rising Currents exhibition.