Anne Fairfax Presents Arthur Ross Awards

Anne Fairfax, chairman of the Institute of Classical Architecture presented the Arthur Ross Awards for Excellence in the Classical Tradition at the University Club in New York, in May, 2008. Close to 400 people attended to recognize the year’s winners and to pay tribute to the ICA&CA’s late and beloved co-founder, Arthur Ross. His leadership, generosity and wise counsel set a guiding standard for the Institute for years to come.Established in 1982 by Classical America chairman of the …

Classical Visionaries: A Jeffersonian Evening

Every year The Soane Museum Foundation holds a gala honoring those who uphold the classical tradition, at the Rainbow Room in New York. In 2009, Anne Fairfax and Foundation board member, Richard Sammons, were on hand to offer the official toast to the honorees, architect and urban designer, Jacquelin Robertson and David Morton, Senior Architectural Editor at Rizzoli International. Sir John Soane’s Museum, the former house and studio of the neo-classical architect, Sir John Soane, is a treasure trove of classical antiquities …

Charleston Office Art Walk

We decided to think outside the box and hold our own Art Walk with renderings of our projects displayed gallery-style throughout our new office. The response was overwhelming and we hosted well over 250 people who came through our doors. Featuring prominently were our watercolour renderings of our “Vision of Marion Square.” The Vision is a conceptual road-map for the future of Marion Square in the heart of Charleston conceived in conjunction with The Committee to Save the City and …

New Palladian Exhibition in London and Holland

Principals, Anne Fairfax & Richard Sammons were two of a compendium of architects to have an exhibit celebrating Celebrating the Year of Palladio 1508 – 2008 to mark the 500th Birthday of Andrea Palladio. The exhibition, sponsored by INTBAU, toured UK, Europe, USA and Australia and included the works by the world’s leading practitioners of contemporary Classicism and Traditional Architecture.  Palladio was an Italian Renaissance architect whose ideas unleashed a passion for classical architecture which reached far beyond the shores of …

Charleston Statue Sparks Debate

Christopher Liberatos, former head of the Fairfax & Sammons Charleston office, designed the new base for the Moultrie statue in White Point Garden at the Battery in Charleston. It was a pro bono project for Christopher and it caused an unintended rallying point in The Charleston Post & Courier when the contractor installed the trigyphs upside down. Classicists everywhere stood behind Christopher who has asked that this be rectified. John Liberatos the brother of Christopher is also a staunch supporter …

NY Junior League House Tour of West 4th St

Anne Fairfax & Richard Sammons lent their houses to the Junior League House tour. This pair of carriage houses on a busy Greenwich Village street has an intriguing past. The smaller of the houses began life in the 1880s as a stable for a Washington Place townhouse. Converted in 1917 to a residence in the Colonial Revival style by architect Fayerwhether, it acquired a mansard roof in 1936.An early celebrated occupant was the landscape architect, Annette Hoyt Flanders. ...

Leaving the Dark Ages - Article by Richard Sammons

Richard Sammons being an authority on proportion and scale was approached byTraditional Building Magazine to write an article about Princeton’s new Whitman College. The project is a beautiful example of Green Architecture as it cost roughly $450 per sqft. The result is an efficient and well appointed project demonstrating good use of Gothic Architecture. Ms Whitman being an advocate of Traditional Building techniques was keen to employ these practices in the architectural design. American architects owe the vision a great… debt …

OpenHouseNewYork Tour of West 4th St

The Fairfax & Sammons House on West 4th Street, New York City participated in the annualOpenHouseNewYork (OHNY) tour in October, 2008. Originally occupied by an Italian sculptor, the designer of the Pierce Arrow hood ornament, it was acquired in the 1920’s by the industrialist and art collector, Armand Hammer, who joined the two buildings together and remodeled them as his New York home. When Anne Fairfax & Richard Sammons bought the property, they embarked on a total renovation that included …

Palm Beach Preservation Lecture & Book Signing Review

It was standing room only when Anne Fairfax, of the New York architectural firm of Fairfax & Sammons, delivered a presentation at the foundation on January 18. The impetus for Ms. Fairfax’s talk was the recent publication of a book regarding the works of her and husband’s company entitled, American Houses: the Architecture of Fairfax & Sammons. The lecture was an engaging exploration of the work of one of America’s preeminent architectural partnerships that specializes in the classical vernacular. In fact, ...