Face to Face with Rob Brennan, AIA
Rob Brennan, AIA, principal of Brennan + Company Architects in Catonsville, Maryland has been a practicing architect for almost 30 years on residential, educational, and community projects in the...
View ArticleFace to Face with Mike Baldwin
For Mike Baldwin, president of Baldwin Homes in Arnold, Maryland, going green isn’t just a trendy catchphrase, it’s a way of life. For more than 20 years, Baldwin has been in the business of building...
View ArticleFace to Face with Kristin Peake
A self-described Energizer Bunny, Kristin Peake, principal of Kristin Peake Interiors in Rockville, Maryland, never stops. Whether it’s in her role as a wife, mother of two young girls or a business...
View ArticleFace to Face with Architect Jeff Penza
Jeff Penza, principal of Penza Bailey Architects, is passionate about design. The mantra “design matters” is proudly displayed on the back wall of the Baltimore firm’s office. It’s a philosophy Penza...
View ArticleFace to Face with Mark White
There are many sides to Mark White, owner of Kitchen Encounters in Annapolis, that are not immediately apparent. When he is not busy designing award-winning kitchens, White is educating the next...
View ArticleFace to Face with Gina Fitzsimmons
It all began with a walk down the street. When Gina Fitzsimmons, ASID was a preteen growing up in Laurel, Maryland, she would often gaze into her neighbors’ apartments while walking home after her...
View ArticleFace to Face with Peter W. Ratcliffe
Growing up, Peter W. Ratcliffe’s father, renowned architect Donald B. Ratcliffe, told his son not to pursue architecture. “My father loved what he did, but he thought architecture was a tough...
View ArticleFace to Face with Erin Paige Pitts
Famed interior designer Victoria Hagan once said, “I like to hear the ocean, not the decorating.” It is a quote that Erin Paige Pitts, an interior designer based in Gibson Island, Maryland, has taken...
View ArticleFace to Face with Miles Barnard
Growing up in the White Mountains of New Hampshire on Lake Winnipesaukee, D. Miles Barnard, principal and owner of South Fork Studio Landscape Architecture in Chestertown, Maryland, developed a love...
View ArticleSt. Michaels Chef Mark Chew’s nod to his past
In 1969, when Mark Chew was just 7 years old and living in Saigon, Vietnam, a bomb wiped out his entire family, and Chew was shuttled off to a Catholic orphanage. When he and some other kids were...
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