Architects and designers, craftsmen and artists, economists, bon-vivants, connoisseurs and raconteurs offer to you pithy, fun and informative essays, articles, hints and comments on the management, on the enjoyment of your beautiful, American home.
Ann Sussman
Ann Sussman is an architect, biometric researcher, speaker, writer, and co-author with Justin B. Hollander of <em><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Cognitive-Architecture-Designing-Respond-Environment-dp-0415724694/dp/0415724694/ref=mt_paperback?_encoding=UTF8&me=&qid=">Cognitive Architecture, Designing for How We Respond to the Built Environment</a>. </em>(Routledge, 2015, <a href="https://www.routledge.com/Cognitive-Architecture-Designing-for-How-We-Respond-to-the-Built-Environment/Sussman-Hollander/p/book/9780367468590">2nd edition</a>, 2021 ) and <em><a href="https://www.routledge.com/Urban-Experience-and-Design-Contemporary-Perspectives-on-Improving-the/Sussman-Hollander/p/book/9780367435554">Urban Experience + Design, Contemporary Perspectives on Improving the Public Realm</a></em> (Routledge, 2021), She currently teaches a course on human perception, Architecture&Cognition, at the Boston Architectural College (BAC). In 2020, she co-founded <a href="https://thehapi.org/">The Human Architecture + Planning Institute, Inc.</a>, (theHapi.org) to improve our understanding of how people function and design better places for them.
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Charlie Dunne
Charlie Dunne is a vintage watch enthusiast based in St. Augustine, Florida. He is a contributor for Rescapment and has written for various publications such as Revolution, WatchTime India, and Collectability. He currently works in digital marketing specializing in advertising for nonprofits, and is also a freelance advertiser and SEO content writer. When he is not reading or writing about vintage watches, he enjoys spending time with his family in Florida and the United Kingdom.
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Danilo Piagessi
Mr. Piaggesi holds a PhD degree in Physics with a specialization in geophysics, <i>cum laude</i>, from the University of Rome. Mr. Piagessi held many senior positions at the Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) in Washington D.C, notably in Technology and Knowledge Economy sectors. Mr. Piaggesi is the Managing Director K4D, Knowledge for Development (formerly FRAmericas), an organization in special consultative status with the United Nations ECOSOC since 2015. This article is a cooperation among Mr. Giuseppe Petochi, Helena Piaggesi and Danilo Piaggesi.
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Eric Wind
Eric Wind owns <a href="https://www.windvintage.com/">Wind Vintage</a>, a company he started in 2017 that is dedicated to offering exceptional watches for sale at all price points and providing advisory services to top vintage watch collectors around the world. Eric previously served as Vice President, Senior Specialist for Christie's where he helped lead the sale of a number of important watches at auction around the world and through private treaty. Eric has been featured and quoted in a number of publications including The New York Times, The New Yorker, The Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, The Chicago Tribune, HODINKEE, GQ, Robb Report, Fortune, Men's Health, and Business of Fashion. Notably, Eric assisted Kevin Kwan with sourcing a vintage Rolex “Paul Newman” Daytona reference 6263 for use in the film <em>Crazy Rich Asians</em>. In June 2020, Robb Report named Eric Wind the Best Vintage Watch Expert for the year. Eric served as a contributor to HODINKEE beginning in 2010 where he wrote on the nuances and histories of watches and their owners. Notable articles he wrote included a comprehensive guide to the watches of United States Presidents, a detailed history of the origin of the Heuer Carrera, and detailed reviews of watch auctions. HODINKEE was named one of the 50 best websites by TIME Magazine in 2013. From 2013 to 2015, Eric worked for Tyton BioEnergy Systems, a renewable fuel company. Prior to that, Eric worked at the Endeavor Group, a consulting firm that represented CEOs and celebrities in their philanthropic and business activities. Eric holds an M.B.A. from the University of Oxford and a B.S. in Foreign Service <em>cum laude </em>in International Politics from Georgetown University. He is fluent in Spanish and conversational in Persian (Farsi). Eric is married to Christine Wind and they live in Palm Beach, Florida with their 3 children.
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Glenn Michaels
Contributor and amateur artist, Glenn S. Michaels, attended the Center for Creative Studies (now the College of Creative Studies) in Detroit between 1979 and 1980. During this time, an enduring friendship developed with Professor of Art Bill Girard. Professionally, Michaels has worked as a copywriter, freelance writer, marketing communications consultant and technical writer. To make the breadth of Girard's artistic accomplishments more accessible, Michaels created the websites, <a href="https://www.GirardsVasari.com" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">www.GirardsVasari.com</a>, <a href="https://www.ArtGab.us" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">www.ArtGab.us</a>, and a blog, <a href="https://GirardsVasari.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://GirardsVasari.blogspot.com/</a>. Images of Michaels' paintings/sculpture can be found at <a href="https://www.gsmichaels.com" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">www.gsmichaels.com</a>. In 2021, WXRW <a href="https://riverwestradio.com" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">riverwestradio.com</a> 104.1fm recorded two Artful Lives podcast interviews with Michaels about the art of Bill Girard (<a href="https://www.riverwestradio.com/episode/artful-lives-0055-bill-girard-motor-city-master-part-1-2/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://www.riverwestradio.com/episode/artful-lives-0055-bill-girard-motor-city-master-part-1-2/</a>).
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M. Curtis
A sculptor, painter, historian, architectural designer, and poet, Michael Curtis has taught and lectured at universities, colleges, and museums, including The Institute of Classical Architecture, The Center for Creative Studies, and The National Gallery of Art; his pictures and statues are housed in over 400 private and public collections, including The Library of Congress, The National Portrait Gallery, and The Supreme Court; he has made statues of presidents, generals, Supreme Court Justices, captains of industry and national heroes, including Davey Crockett, General Eisenhower, and Justice Thurgood Marshall; his relief and medals are especially fine, they include, among others, presidents Truman and Reagan, Justice John Marshall, George Washington, and, his History of Texas, containing over one-hundred figures, is the largest American relief sculpture of the 20th Century; his monuments and memorials, buildings and houses, including The New American Home, 2011, are found coast-to-coast; his plays, essays, verse and translations have been published in over 30 journals (Trinacria, Society of Classical Poets, Expansive Poetry, et cetera), and his most recent nonfiction books are, <strong><a href="https://thestudiobooks.com/books-panel/"><em>Occasional Poetry: How to Write Poems for Any Occasion</em></a></strong> (The Studio Press), and <strong><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Classical-Architecture-Monuments-Washington-D-C/dp/1625859716"><em>The Classical Architecture and Monuments of Washington, D.C.</em></a></strong> (The History Press); his most recent book of verse is, <strong><em><a href="https://www.amazon.com.au/Modern-Art-Exhibition-Michael-Curtis/dp/B09W4FFLF2?msclkid=c232e332c70911eca27498d7879b9df0">Modern Art: An Exhibition of Criticism</a></em> </strong>(National Civic Art Society); Mr. Curtis is the <a href="https://www.commonsensesociety.org/"><strong>Common Sense Society's</strong></a> Artist-in-Residence. Other sites where Mr. Curtis can be found: <strong><a href="https://theclassicalartist.com/">The Classical Artist</a></strong> (art, architecture, and design), <strong><a href="https://thestudiobooks.com/">The Studio Press</a></strong> (essays and books – fiction and exposition, verse and prose).
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Mark Addison
Mark Addison is currently Chairman of <a href="https://rocketscience.com/">Rocket Science</a>, which is a public relations firm representing technology companies, and also Founder of X-Rocket, which is a sell-side advisory firm for M&A. But his first love is architecture. Addison’s architecture credentials include planning work for MGM Studios, Henry Crown & Company, Del Webb Corporation, Santa Lucia Preserve, and Club Méditerranée, as well as economic consulting work for the cities of Newport Beach CA, Palm Springs CA, and Riverside CA. Addison’s most significant contribution to the practice is a methodology for developing economically vibrant “main streets” that honor time-tested urban neighborhoods. His work at Rancho Santa Margarita, a land-mark urban village of 17,000 residents, earned multiple Pacific Coast Builder awards, was featured in a television documentary about new urban lifestyles, and is the subject of several scholarly papers on neo-traditionalism. Addison earned his degree in architecture at the University of California, Berkeley, and his MBA degree from the Anderson Graduate School of Management at UCLA.
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Mary V. Thompson
Mary Thompson has a B.A. in History (with a minor in Folklore) from Samford University, and an M.A. in History from the University of Virginia. Ms. Thompson assisted at two United States Army museums and was as a field researcher of traditional folk crafts. Since 1980, Mary has filled a number of roles at Mount Vernon: Historic Interpreter; Curatorial Assistant; Curatorial Registrar; Research Specialist; and Research Historian. She is now responsible for research in all departments at Mount Vernon, focusing on everyday life on the Mount Vernon Estate, where she lectures on diverse topics. Mary’s curated exhibitions include, <em>Treasures from Mount Vernon: George Washington Revealed</em>, which opened in 1998 and travelled to five cities. She has contributed to book chapters, encyclopedia entries, numerous articles, and she was a major contributor to <em>The Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association: 150 Years of Restoring George Washington’s Home, </em>and to, <em>Dining with the Washingtons: Historic Recipes, Entertaining, and Hospitality from Mount Vernon</em>. Mary’s books include, <em>“In the Hands of a Good Providence”: Religion in the Life of George Washington</em> (received both the 2009 Alexandria History Award and the 2013 George Washington Memorial Award. Recently, for Applewood Books’ young adult market, Mary wrote, <em>A Short Biography of Martha Washington</em>. Her latest book, <em>“The Only Unavoidable Subject of Regret”: George Washington, Slavery, and the Enslaved Community at Mount Vernon, </em>was published by the University of Virginia Press, 2019.
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Maurice Barboza
Maurice Barboza grew up in Connecticut on a street that is 60 meters above sea level. As a small child, he enjoyed listening to the sounds of the neighborhood, riding his tricycle and seeing the neighbors. Being almost entirely flat, the town was perfect for relaxed bicycling on quiet streets with the kids in the neighborhood. He attended local schools and played a lot of baseball during the summers. He enjoyed reading and hearing about local history. He is the fourth generation to live in the town. Decades ago, he discovered <a href="https://libertyfunddc.com/">ancestors who served in the Revolutionary War</a> from elsewhere in New England.
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Milton Grenfell
"round and about the house" is a regular feature by Milton Grenfell, architect. Since 1986, Grenfell has been committed to the practice of traditional, classical architecture. His domestic, liturgical, and civic buildings manifest the “highest and most enduring expressions of an artistic tradition.” Grenfell's <a href="https://www.classicist.org/books/comparative-architectural-details-a-selection-from-pencil-points-1932-1937/">Comparative Architectural Details: A Selection from Pencil Points 1932-1937</a>, is found wherever traditional architects practice. Grenfell Architects selected work is found at <a href="https://www.grenfellarchitecture.com/">Grenfell Architects, PLLC</a>.
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Nir Buras, PhD
A recognized architect and urban design professional, Nir Buras is among a handful of architects and planners that have both classical knowledge and the experience in large, complex projects. Dr. Buras is an architect and planner based in Washington, DC, with over 30 years of specialized experience in large, complex, and sensitive projects, strategic planning, architecture and transportation design, as well as teaching and lecturing. Projects include East Side Access at Grand Central Terminal, New York; International Terminal D, Dallas-Fort-Worth; the Washington DC Dulles Metro line; work on the US Capitol and the Senate and House Office Buildings in Washington. Buras learned his first lesson in urbanism while planning in the Negev Desert in Israel – that modernist planning didn’t work. Mid-career he had the opportunity to study “why things look the way they do,” and while writing a PhD on modernism, he came out a classicist. In 2005 he directed the Anacostia Plan at the open studio of the Washington Mid Atlantic Chapter of the Institute of Classical Architecture and Arts (which he founded). After ten years of applying in practice what he learned, he now presents the urban design and planning method of Classic Planning with the hope of reintroducing beauty to cities.
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Thomas Bloom
Thomas R. Bloom is a certified member of the US Press Association with over 14 years of film experience spanning multiple genres from feature film making, to journalism, to social media content creation. He is an award-winning artist and writer, a producer, director, and director of photography having produced films around the world including Japan, Australia, Germany, and more. His technical background as an aviation electrician and physicist have led him to design custom video production equipment with product lines of commercially available camera equipment. Bloom is a Marine Veteran, having deployed eight times over five of years of active duty. He is a proud Eagle Scout and UC Berkeley alumni with degrees in Math, Physics, and Chemistry. He is the co-founder of the Veterans Resource Center SDCC San Diego and co-owner of the film company <a href="https://www.drakewise.com/">DrakeWise Productions</a>.
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