Profile

Wes Goforth is the principal of the firm Wes Goforth Architect AIA, with offices in Providence and Pawtuxet Village, Rhode Island. He graduated from the University of Arkansas in 1975 and received his Masters of Architecture degree from Yale University School of Art and Architecture in 1981.

Mr. Goforth has been a visiting studio critic and visiting architect at the State University of New York-Plattsburgh and Trinity College in Hartford and was a visiting critic at Harvard University Graduate School of Design and Parsons School of Design in New York.

His work has been shown in numerous exhibitions including Max Protetch Gallery and Artists Space in New York and the John Slade Ely Gallery in New Haven. He has participated in work published by Architecture Digest, Architectural Record, Progressive Architecture and the New York Times. 

Education

M. ARCH.
1981
Yale University
New Haven, CT.

B. ARCH.
1975
University of Arkansas
Fayetteville, AR.

B. A.
1973
University of Arkansas
Fayetteville, AR.

Experience

Wes Goforth Architect AIA
1986-2019
Principal
Providence, RI.
Greenwich, CT.

Anderson/Schwartz Architects
1982-1986
Architect
New York, NY.

Sapienza & Lessig, Architects
1979-1980
Project Architect
West Haven, CT.

Stanley Tigerman & Associates: Chicago
1975-1979
Architect Apprentice
Chicago, IL.

United States Marine Corps
1969-1972
Combat Illustrator

Registration

State of Rhode Island
Architect
no. 1948

State of Arkansas
Architect
no. 2418

State of Connecticut
Architect
no. 5564

State of Massachusetts (inactive)
Architect
no. 9878 

State of New York (inactive)
Architect
no. 016612-1

State of Illinois (inactive)
Architect
no. 001-009364

Connecticut society of Architects, AIA
Member: since 1980
no. 21409925
NCARB
Certificate: since 1980
no. 29316

Affiliations

American Institute of Architects
1735 New York Avenue
N.W., Washington DC, 20006

Connecticut Institute of Architects
87 Willow St
New Haven, CT 06511

National Trust for Historic Preservation
1785 Massachusetts Ave
N.W., Washington DC, 20006

The Print Consortium
1725 Crescent Dr
St Joseph, MO 64506 

Teaching

Visiting Critic in Design
Harvard University: GSD
Cambridge, MA

Visiting Critic
Parsons School of Design
New York, NY

Drawing Studio, Perspective
Art Department – Trinity College
Hartford, CT

Visiting Critic in Design
Paier School of Art
New Haven, CT

History of Art & Architecture
Silvermine Guild School of Art
New Canaan, CT

Linear Perspective Studio
Art Department – Trinity College
Hartford, CT

Lectures

Renaissance Architecture and the Present
1990
Silvermine Guild School of Art
New Canaan, CT

Modern Issues in Art History and Issues
1987 – 1990
Silvermine Guild School of Art
New Canaan, CT

Representation and Architecture
1989
Silvermine Guild School of Art
New Canaan, CT

Ideas of Modernism in Architecture
1989
Silvermine Guild School of Art
New Canaan, CT

Ideas in Form and Materials
1988
Silvermine Guild School of Art
New Canaan, CT

Architectural History Survey
1988
Silvermine Guild School of Art
New Canaan, CT

Architectural History Survey
1987
Silvermine Guild School of Art
New Canaan, CT

Ideas in Architectural Drawings
1987
SUNY
Plattsburgh, NY

Exhibitions

Architectural Drawings and Modes: 10 Years
1994
Silvermine Guild School of Art
New Canaan, CT

The Lithographic Process
1990
Arkansas State University
State University, AR

Faculty/New Members Exhibition
1990
Silvermine Guild Galleries
New Canaan, CT

The Relief Print
1990
Adrian College
Adrian, MI

Faculty/New Members Exhibition
1989
Silvermine Guild Galleries
New Canaan, CT

Collaborative Drawing/Sculpture with R.M. Fisher
1987
Baskerville & Watson Gallery
New York, NY

Architects & Designers for Social Responsibility
1986
Max Protetch Gallery
New York, NY

North Dakota Print & Drawing Annual
1986
North Dakota Museum of Art
Grand Forks, ND

“Points of View” 3 Architects: Drawings & Furniture
1984
The John Slade Ely Gallery
New Haven, CT

Drawings Into Prints, 17 Artists – 34 Works
1981
Silvermine Guild School of Art Gallery
New Canaan, CT
and
USDAN Gallery
Bennington College
Bennington, VT