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Richard Sammons will be teaching a course at the Institute of Classical Architecture and Art called :  ADVANCED PROPORTION: GEOMETRICAL PROPORTIONING IN PRACTICE AND APPLICATION on 4 evening sessions: THURSDAYS, APRIL 18–MAY 9, 2013; 6:30– 9:00PM Proportion is the most crucial, yet most misunderstood aspect of architectural design. It exists today as the last bastion of objective logic in the realm of aesthetics. Indeed, without an understanding of proportion and the closely related problem of scale, no architectural endeavor can be …

Buildings by Hand: Exhibition at The Prince's Foundation, London

Anne Fairfax & Richard Sammons have been invited to participate in an exhibition at the Prince’s Foundation, 19-22 Charlotte Rd, London. “Buildings by Hand: the Design Process through Drawing” showcases the work of INTBAU College of Tradtional Practitioners, and explores the connection between new traditional buildings and the artisitic skills which help create them. The exhibiton will be open from Jan 28 through Feb 15.

Richard Sammons to Teach Advanced Proportion Course, Spring 2013

Richard Sammons will teach an advanced geometric proportion course at the Institute of Classical Architecture and Art. Proportion is the most crucial, yet most misunderstood aspect of architectural design. It exists today as the last bastion of objective logic in the realm of aesthetics. Indeed, without an understanding of proportion and the closely related problem of scale, no architectural endeavor can be successful in the aesthetic sense. This course will present practical methods of geometrically describing the elements of classical …

Richard Sammons, Lecture at The Art Worker's Guild, London

Richard Sammons, a brother with the Art Worker’s Guild in London, delivered a lecture to his fellow members called “ A Fresh Look at Proportion,” on January 24th, 2013.  Richard deals with this complex and often misunderstood subject in an elegant way, allowing the topic to be accessible to architects, designers, and artists of all persuasions. The lecture was followed by a dinner in his honor.

Fairfax & Sammons Takes Top National Architecture Prize

Fairfax & Sammons Architects P.C have been awarded the 2013 Arthur Ross Award by the Institute of Classical Architecture & Art (ICAA). This annual award recognizes and celebrates lifetime achievement and excellence in the classical tradition of architecture. Past recipients include such notable architects as Robert Stern, Jacquelin Robertson and Quinlan Terry. The official award ceremony will take place on May 6, 2013 at The University Club, New York, NY where Anne Fairfax and Richard Sammons will accept the award on …

Fairfax & Sammons win an Addison Mizner Medal

Fairfax & Sammons Architects have won the first annual Addison Mizner Medal presented by the ICAA Florida chapter in the “Renovation/Addition – Estate Single Family” category, with their Il Palmetto Palm Beach project. 

Fairfax & Sammons receive Hyland Award for Excellence in Design

Richard Sammons & Anne Fairfax were pictured in the Daily News on June 1st 2012 attending an event at Christopher Hyland’s (of Apple iPad’s Hyland Magazine) home, where they received a Hyland Award for Excellence in Design. 

2012 Summer Lecture Series, four Wednesdays in June

Richard Sammons & Richard Dragisic will be contributing to a panel discussion on “Reimaging Maurice Fatio’s Masterpiece, Il Palmetto”, June 27th. The series, Descendants of Daedalus: Masters of Artisanship in the 21st Century, will be celebrating the twentieth anniversary of the Institute of Classical Architecture & Art’s founding and the tenth anniversary of its merger with Classical America as a celebration of excellence in applied arts, the 2012 Summer Lecture Series focuses attention on exemplary masters of wood, plaster, and stone artisanship. The Series’ intent …

Fairfax & Sammons Architect's NYU Village Proposal in West View News, May 2012

Many Villagers have reacted in horror after hearing NYU’s proposal for expansion. The current plan may be monstrous, but as monstrous as leveling the six city blocks that was necessary to make room for the existing NYU Village. The superblock Washington Square Village from the late 50’s and the later Silver Towers from just after replaced six bocks some of which were the most densely populated in the city at one time. This was done to construct two complexes, both …

Fairfax & Sammons Architects with Hyland Magazine

Fairfax & Sammons Architects are priviledged to be invited to a reception in their honor for excellence in Design by Hyland Magazine and Nest Seekers International.  Hyland Magazine is available exclusively on the Apple iPad. 

Fairfax & Sammons is featured in The Vintage House, by Mark Alan Hewitt & Gordon Boc

Fairfax & Sammons Architects were honored to be a part of the new book, The Vintage House, featuring their successful renovation in 2004 to an 18th century cottage in Quogue, New York on Long-Island’s South Shore. A new kitchen and mudroom was the task with the client having the desire to expand without altering the rustic character of the building. The final design was based on formal patterns, with strong lines of the old house remaining in the remodeled one, ...

Anne Fairfax Lectures at 14th Annual US/ICOMOS International Symposium

Anne Fairfax lectured recently  at the 14th annual US / International Council on Monuments and Sites (US/ICOMOS) International Symposium held in Washington D.C. June 2-4, 2011 on the issue of designing and building within historic districts.  She was asked to present a firm project that featured how to handle insertions into these sensitive areas. She chose to highlight an award-winning urban design project that Fairfax & Sammons designed for the country of Andorra for the neighborhood of St. Julia de …

Anne Fairfax Featured Panelist on Colonial Revival Exhibition

Anne Fairfax will be a panelist for the exhibition to benefit The American Style Colonial Revival and the Modern Metropolis on February 3, 2011. Colonial Revival sought to follow the American colonial architecture of the period around the Revolutionary War, usually being two stories in height with the ridge pole running parallel to the street, a symmetrical front facade with an accented doorway and evenly spaced windows on either side of it. An example being a Colonial Revival Townhouse …

Preservation Foundation Palm Beach Lecture - RD Dragisic

Richard Dragisic, Project Manager at Fairfax & Sammons lecture was included in the series Architects on Architects at the Preservation Foundation Palm Beach on December 15, 2010. RD’s lecture featured Marion Syms Wyeth, an American architect who designed numerous mansions in Florida including the Florida’s Governors Mansion in Tallahassee. Shangri-La is pictured to the left.  Dec 15, 2010 2:00 PM Free to Patron level members and above – $10 for below Patron level members – $20 non-members. Subscription fee for whole Architects on …

Durability in Construction Colloquium - Richard Sammons

Richard Sammons was an invited speaker at The University of Notre Dame School of Architecture’s three-day colloquium, “Durability in Construction,” Oct. 26 to 28, 2010 at Bond Hall, South Bend, Indiana. Durability was central to the practice of architecture for millennia; it went without saying that a building should be made to last as long as possible, with materials and construction techniques chosen toward that end. Ephemeral, short-term construction has become the norm today, but the increasing importance of sustainability …

Fairfax & Sammons Architects Wins Two Shutze Awards

Fairfax & Sammons walked away with two 2010 Shutze Awards in February, 2010 – one for an urban design project in Charleston, South Carolina and the other for a new stone house in Cooperstown, New York. The awards are sponsored by the Institute of Classical Architecture and Classical America’s Southeast Chapter, with the award ceremony being held at the Atlanta History Center and hosted by Calder Loth, the eminent architectural historian. In describing the urban project, Mr. Loth said “The …

Fairfax & Sammons Wins Another CNU Award

FAirfax & Sammons won a prestigious CNU Award this year, Best for Small Town modernization – Sant Julià de Lòria, Andorra in the Pyrenees and also in 2008 for A Vision of Marion Square in Charleston, Sout Carolina. The projects are based on the Charter principal: In order to promote the economic and general welfare of the city and of the public generally, and to insure the harmonious, orderly and efficient growth and development of the municipality, it is deemed essential by …

Coudert Institute Round Table on Architecture

Paul Goldberger, Vladimir Kagan, Anne Fairfax, Richard Sammons and John Loring as Moderator. Paul Goldberger, Architecture Critic of The New Yorker, will discuss his two new books: “Why Architecture Matters” and “Building Up and Tearing Down: Reflections on the Age of Architecture,” a collection of his architecture pieces from The New Yorker. He will talk about the role architecture plays in everyone’s life and where he expects architecture to be as we move into the second decade of the twenty-first century… Vladimir Kagan will be …

Richard Sammons Lectures on Architectural Proportion

The Institute of Classical Architecture & Classical America hosted a special lecture with Richard Sammons at the Preservation Foundation in Palm Beach, Florida, February 13, 2010 from 9:00 am to 12:30 pm,  on the “Mechanics of Beauty”. The lecture and workshop taught by architect Richard Sammons covers the understanding and application of proportion in architecture and design.  Richard Sammons is the leading authority on architectural proportion and has lectured on the subject on many occasions… His written foreword for Theory …

Fairfax & Sammons Contenders for New Chelsea Barracks Scheme

Fairfax & Sammons Architects are in the running and being considered for the redesign of Chelsea Barracks, a prime 13-acre property in Chelsea, London. The original plan has been scrapped upon protest from HRH Prince Charles of Wales. The developer, Qatari Diar Real Estate Investment Company, bought it for an estimated £600 million. Chelsea Barracks were used by the Queen’s Guard, the site included administrative offices, armories & housing for approx. 1,300 people. There should be a common understanding of…