Anne Fairfax Ellett

Anne Fairfax Ellett also known as Anne Fairfax (born March 30, 1954) is an American architect, preservationist, educator, and a catalyst for new traditional architecture and urbanism. She is a founding member of the Institute of Classical Architecture and also later served as chairman.. Anne Fairfax is also a selected member of the INTBAU College of Traditional Practitioners (ICTP)</ref>.
Anne Fairfax was born in Sapporo, Japan. After working for architecture firms in Virginia, Hawaii, and New York, she and Richard Sammons founded Fairfax & Sammons Architects Inc. P.C. in New York City (1991) and later Fairfax, Sammons & Partners LLC in Palm Beach, FL (2004). From 1996 to 2004, the New York City office served as headquarters for the non-profit organization, Classical America, headed by the notable American architecture critic Henry Hope Reed Jr. and Arthur Ross (philanthropist).
Anne Fairfax graduated from high school in 1972 from La Pietra, The Hawaii School for Girls. She attended Goddard College in 1972-73, specializing in design and building and received her Associate's Degree from the Honolulu Community College (1977), where she studied carpentry, architectural drafting, and graphic design. She received her Bachelor of Science in Architecture degree from The University of Virginia (1985), and her Master's Degree in Sustainable Urban Development from Oxford University (2019).
In 1991, Anne fairfax worked for notable architect Juan Pablo Molyneux. Shortly after that, she started a firm with Richard Sammons, which became Fairfax & Sammons Architects, Inc. PC adding Fairfax, Sammons & Partners, LLC in Palm Beach in 2004. 
She taught a graduate-level studio specializing in traditional and classical design as the Harrison Associates Scholar in Historic Preservation (2004) at The Georgia Institute of Technology School of Architecture. She also served as an instructor at The Prince of Wales's Institute of Architecture American Summer Program (1996) and for the inaugural summer program of The Institute for the Study of Classical Architecture (1992).
Anne Fairfax was a co-panelist with Robert Stern for the exhibition, "The American Style, Colonial Revival, and the Modern Metropolis," at the Museum of The City of NY (February 2011). She was also a participant in the Coudert Institute Round Table on Architecture, with Richard Sammons, Paul Goldberger, Vladimir Kagan, and John Loring as a moderator in Palm Beach, Florida (Winter, 2010)
She spearheaded a visioning project for an urban quarter, Marion Square, in Charleston, South Carolina, CNU Charter Award for best Urban Design. The neighborhood regeneration project Sant Julià de Lòria, Andorra in the Pyrenees, was presented at the 14th Annual US/ICOMOS International Symposium, Washington DC (June 2011) and at INTBAU Conference in Vicenza The Stones of Vicenza: Study Tour (May 2017). It also won a 2010 New Urbanism CNU Charter Award for Best of Small Town Modernization. Participation in the Richard H. Driehaus Concurso de Arquitectura for the regeneration of small Spanish towns garnered awards in 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2020.
* Spanish Colonial Revival Restoration ; Traditional Building June 2020
* Decorating Legend François Catroux Breathes New Life Into Crown Princess Marie-Chantal's Manhattan Townhome ; Architectural Digest August 2019
* Inside Liv Tyler's Dreamy West Village Townhouse ; Architectural Digest ; August 2019
* At Hotel Bennett, a Midcentury Library Becomes an Historically Minded Hotel ; Architectural Digest ; January 2019
* A Classic Georgian Home with a Modernist Twist in Palm Beach ; Architectural Digest ; May 2017
* The Reader's Room, Gainsborough Studios; New York Spaces ; April 2012
* Size Effects - Renovation of Carriage Houses in New York City ; House & Garden ; June 2014
* Master Architects ; Palm Beach Society Magazine ; Sept. - Oct. 2009
* Rooms - Stay Awhile ; Palm Beach Illustrated ; Habitat ; March 2009
* Above the Fray by Gregory Cerio ; Elle Decor ; January 2009
* Side-by-Side by Kimberly Goad ; Southern Accents Magazine ; January 2009
* Tradition and Innovation by Erika Alexia Tsoukanelis ; Fairfield County Homes ; January 2009
* A Foundation in the Classics by Richard S. Chang ; The New York Times ; February 3, 2008
* Married Architects Reinterpret Classicism in Palm Beach by Jami Supsic ; Palm Beach Cottages & Gardens ; March 2008
* The Transformers by Mitchell Owens ; Elle Decor; December 2007
* Positively West Fourth Street: Cozy Architect Couple Says Pshaw to Postmodernism by Toni Schlesinger ; New York Observer ; September 25, 2007
* Anne Fairfax & Richard Sammons House Profile ; New York Social Diary ; August 17, 2007
* Even a Master Needs Help Sometimes ; The New York Times ; Real Estate Sketch Pad - Bernards Township, N.J ; August 5, 2007
* Residential Splendor Book Review by Eve M. Kahn ; Period Homes ; March, 2007
* Art Above and Below, With Life in the Middle by Fred A. Bernstein ; The New York Times ; January 4, 2007
* The Anatomy of the Georgian Room by Richard Sammons ; Period Homes ; March 2006
* Mid-18th-Century Modern: The Classicists Strike Back by David Colman ; The New York Times ; February 10, 2005
* Reimagining the Far West Side by Alexander Stoddart, Thomas Gordon Smith, John Simpson, Richard Sammons, Peter Pennoyer, Franck Lohsen McCrery, Robert Adam ; City Journal ; Autumm 2004
* Britain Can Build It ; Country Life ; October 28, 2004
* The Vision for Marion Square by Jack Simmons ; The Charleston City Guardian ; December 2003
* Great American Home Award Winner - Old House Journal; Old House Journal ; December, 2003
* Group Proposes Plan to Change the Look of Marion Square by Robert Behre ; The Charleston Post & Courier ; November 27, 2003
* Lyrical Compositions ; Period Homes ; Volume 4 Number 1 ; Spring 2003
* Perfect Proportions by Nancy Staab ; Southern Accents Magazine ; May 2003
* A Decade of Classical Design ; The Prince's Foundation Alumni Newsletter ; No. 4 ; Summer 2002
* New England's Home of the Brave ; Country Life ; October 11, 2001
* The College of Charleston Library; The Charleston City Guardian ; Volume 3, Issue 2 ; April 2000
* Classic Ideals by Robert J. Hughes ; The Wall Street Journal ; House of the Week ; March 10, 2000
* On The Waterfront by Steven M. I.Aroson ; Architectural Digest; 1998
Year	Award 	Awarded by 	Category
2020	Palladio Award 	Traditional Building and Period Homes 	Restoration and Renovation
2019	Stanford White Award 	The Institute of Classical Architecture and Art 	Residential Architecture - New Construction Over 5,000 SF
2019	Addison Mizner Medal 	The Institute of Classical Architecture and Art Florida	Renovation/Addition
2019	Addison Mizner Medal 	The Institute of Classical Architecture and Art Florida	Renovation/Addition
2018	Polly Earl Award 	Palm Beach Preservation Foundation 	Excellence in the rehabilitation of smaller scale, landmarked properties
2018	Stanford White Award 	The Institute of Classical Architecture and Art 	Residential Architecture – Renovations & Additions
2018	Addison Mizner Medal 	The Institute of Classical Architecture and Art Florida	Renovation/Addition
2018	The Richard H. Driehaus Building Arts Award 	Driehaus International Competition 	Honorable mention for Urban Design
2018	Palladio Award 	Traditional Building and Period Homes 	Residential Multi-Unit
2017	Stanford White Award 	The Institute of Classical Architecture and Art 	Residential Architecture – New Construction Under 5,000 SF
2017	The Richard H. Driehaus Building Arts Award 	Driehaus International Competition 	Honorable mention for Urban Design
2017	Palladio Award 	Traditional Building and Period Homes 	New Design & Construction, more than 5,000 SF
2017	Addison Mizner Medal 	The Institute of Classical Architecture and Art Florida	Interior Architecture
2016	Palladio Award 	Traditional Building and Period Homes 	New Design & Construction, less than 5,000 SF
2016	Addison Mizner Medal 	The Institute of Classical Architecture and Art Florida	Residential
2015	Addison Mizner Medal 	The Institute of Classical Architecture and Art Florida	Architecture Interiors
2015	Stanford White Award 	The Institute of Classical Architecture and Art 	Multi-family
2013	The Arthur Ross Award, for Lifetime Achievement in Architecture	The Institute of Classical Architecture and Art 	Excellence in preserving and advancing the Classical tradition
2010	Philip Trammell Shutze Award 	The Institute of Classical Architecture and Art 	Residential Over 10,000 SF
2010	Philip Trammell Shutze Award 	The Institute of Classical Architecture and Art 	Urban Design
2010	CNU Charter Award 	Congress for the New Urbanism 	Block, Street, and Building
[American Houses - The Architecture of Fairfax & Sammons ; Mary Miers (Author) ; Adele Chatfield-Taylor (Introduction) ; Rizzoli International Publications (November 2006); 
* Hawaiian Design: Strategies for Energy Efficient Architecture ; Kent Royle (Author), Cliff Terry (Author) ; Diane Pub Co (June 1, 1990) ; 
* Hawaii Goes to War: Life in Hawaii from Pearl Harbor to Peace ; Desoto Brown (Author) ; Editions Ltd; First Edition (October 1, 1989) ; 
* Hawaii Recalls ; Desoto Brown (Author) ; Kegan Paul International (1986) ; 
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