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FEATURES Horse Heaven

A Severna Park couple gallops into a new venture: building a home on a horse farm loved for generations.

On the Corner: The Naval Academy: Baroque & Beaux Arts Architectural Neighbors Architect Chip Bohl explores Annapolis’ surprising mixture of architectural styles in the first of a two-part series.

Powering Up for St. Michaels Annual Concours d’Élégance Check out some of the East Coast’s most famous cars at this year’s competition.

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Fine Design: Cult of the Chair

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Secrets of the Shell

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In the Kitchen: Colonial Chicken Curry

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Three By Design Three of the region’s most talented designers share their projects.

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Editor Kymberly B. Taylor Creative Director Ryan Gladhill Senior Designer Samantha Gladhill Contributing Photographers Geoffrey Hodgdon Christine Fillat Derek Jones

Publishers’ Letter

Architectural Columnist Chip Bohl

"When you're building a room, you're building character, and character is the strength and wisdom of a home."

Contributing Writers Christine Fillat Isabella Haywood Monica Resa

- Rose Tarlow, Interior Designer

We have titled this issue “Design Matters” because design shapes our private and public spaces. Design affects the way we think, feel, and act., as well as our psychology and physiology so good design really does matter.

Copyeditor Katie Pierce Marketing Consultants Taryn Chase Jessica White

Through Annapolis Home Magazine, we promote good design by identifying and writing about the top professionals in our area. This is our primarily purpose— to encourage you to recognize, appreciate, and even perhaps hire trained and experienced professionals who devote their lives to shaping the environment in which we live.

Interior Design involves choosing the style and fabric for a chair, yes, but it is far more than that. Interior design at its highest level requires that the designer choreograph an entire space, altering the way we experience a space and, in turn, the way we live and communicate with our own souls and with each other. This is why interior design demands so much knowledge about every facet of visual language—color, composition, texture, lighting and so forth.

We also promote good design, as well as the construction and technique required to bring design to fruition, through the Annapolis Home Magazine Builder and Fine Design Awards. This year’s judges have selected projects that are truly exceptional and that exemplify the very meaning of “fine design.” Please join us on Thursday, October 24th at the Gibson Island Club as we announce and celebrate the winners.

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Publishers Kymberly B. Taylor Robert E. Haywood

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Annapolis Home Magazine P.O. Box 6560, Annapolis, MD 21401 Annapolis Home is published bimonthly by Taylor Haywood Media LLC. No part of this magazine may be reproduced in any form without express written consent of the publishers. Publishers disclaim any and all responsibility for omissions and errors. Publishers disclaim any and all responsibility for an advertiser’s products, services, or claims. The views expressed in this magazine are solely those of the writer.

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The Annapolis Home Builder and Fine Design Awards will be announced at a dinner at the Gibson Island Club on October 24, 2013, at 6:30 p.m. The distinguished panel of judges has selected extraordinary projects as the winners this year.

This elegant and exciting event, which is also a chance to meet top home industry professionals, is not to be missed. For more information, go to www.annapolishomemag.com.

Here is something different for you to experience—an exhibition of handcrafted rugs rich in color, texture, and design. The show, hosted by the Anne Arundel Rug Hooking Guild, will be held at the West County Library, 1325 Annapolis Rd., Odenton, MD, on Monday October 28, 2013, from 10 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. A preview show will take place on Sunday October 27, from 3:30 to 5 p.m. Guild members will be present to explain and demonstrate the art of rug hooking.

To learn more about the Guild, contact Janet Lennon, jmlennonrugs@verizon.net.

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The Annapolis Home and Remodeling Show will take place September 28–29, 2013, at the National Guard Armory.

In addition to meeting local professionals for your building or remodeling projects, you can also attend celebrity guest educational seminars. Christine Di Meo will offer a workshop on Feng Shui. We are excited to hear DIY Network’s James Cameron from Man Caves and Desperate Landscapes. For details, visit www.midatlanticexpos.com.

Now in its 43rd year, the Waterfowl Festival is a popular Eastern Shore event that promotes waterfowl habitat conservation throughout the Chesapeake Bay watershed.

Attractions include the Dock Dogs Competition and Retriever Demonstrations, as well as wildlife art and decoy exhibitions.

This unique festival takes place on November 8, 9, and 10, 2013.

For a schedule of events, including the premier night party on November 7, go to www.waterfowlfestival.org.

For anyone who appreciates the art of the car, you will want to attend the Seventh Annual St. Michaels Concours d’Élégance on Sunday, September 29, 2013. While there, stop by the Annapolis Home tent and say hello. For tickets, go to www.smcde.org.

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We hope our story on oyster recovery will inspire you to support the Oyster Recovery Project in Annapolis. You can do so by attending the annual Mermaid Kiss Oyster Fest fundraiser on October 1, 2013, from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m., at the Baltimore National Aquarium. Order your tickets at www. oysterrecovery.org.

Robert Haywood, Ph.D., studied art and architectural history at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. He has taught at MIT and Johns Hopkins University and has been a residential fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts and the Getty Center in Los Angeles.

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By Kymberly Taylor Photography by Geoffrey Hodgdon

Eight horses graze peacefully upon rolling grounds once inhabited by mastiffs, peacocks, goats, chickens, and, allegedly, a tiger. The land, once called Rocky Hill Farm, belonged to a craftsman who kept a menagerie of wild pets and ran a horse boarding and riding facility. One horse in particular, a thoroughbred named Hollywood, “Woody” for short, still calls the farm home.

Therese and Jim Roberts, who have lived in the Severna Park area for more than thirty years, purchased the land in 2006 after years of searching for a place where they could build a home and retire. Along the way they viewed and rejected many properties and waterfront lots, which are especially prized in the Chesapeake region. “When Jim suggested we build on the farm instead of waterfront, I said ‘Are you out of your mind?’” says Therese. After all, the couple does not ride and had never owned horses.

However, when Rocky Hill Farm was up for sale, they bought the whole package that included two pre-existing houses, three horses, a rickety barn, and riding arena. They sensed tranquility in the lush fields and seized the chance to preserve local history before developers could colonize the area. “What was most important to us was to preserve a farm that has been around for generations. Most kids here are dropped off by parents who took their first riding lesson at this farm,” says Jim.

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They refurbished the stables, injecting fresh life into the riding program with a new craftsman-style barn by an Amish custom barn builder, B & D Builders.

For ideas, the Roberts visited barns throughout Maryland and Pennsylvania. The Roberts own three horses and board five. Now, Woody and seven friends dine in style inside handcrafted wood-stained stalls, with engraved nameplates overhead.

For their home, the couple envisioned an oldfashioned country manor, with oversized hallways, doors, and windows, a place surrounded by cottage gardens and embraced by the land. To design their home, they turned to Arnold-based architect Stephen T. Terhune, who conceived the residence with Maryland farmsteads and Churchill Downs in mind. “If I have to be pinned down to a style, let’s call it today’s casual Shingle Style meets Churchill Downs. It is unique, and I try to make all of my projects one of a kind, but with images that are familiar. The architectural equivalent of comfort food with a twist.”

He points out that the post and beam gable decoration is a “gentle nod” to the Victorian traditions of rural homes, many built from Sears Roebuck kits at the turn of the nineteenth century.

The Roberts selected John Riley, president of Riley Custom Homes and Renovations, based in Annapolis, to execute Terhune’s concept. The job, which began in 2011, was supervised by Chuck Russell and took about eighteen months. Riley has perfected his craft for over thirty-five years. After he receives the architect’s plans, there are still hundreds of decisions to make, he says. He is glad he has a reliable team. They came together to handle what may have been one of the biggest surprises on the job: the earthquake that hit Maryland in 2011.

“It struck right in the middle of the work day, just after the house was framed,” Riley says, “this was a good thing.” “I walked outside of the club room and saw two workers hugging two trusses,” recalls Jim. Luckily, the home withstood the ultimate test of any builder’s talents.

Riley notes that, out of the hundreds of custom homes he has built, he still finds the Roberts’ wrap around porches special, with its Douglas fir beams and tongue and groove ceiling construction. The porch is extra wide and topped with a copper roof; an octagonal tower recalls a lookout. Also unusual is the barrel ceiling in the living room and the cherry wall panels and built-ins for the office and clubroom, which required specialized millwork. Fanciful mullions adorn the windows.

The kitchen, designed by Joni Zimmerman, CKD, CBD, president and artistic director of Design Solutions in Annapolis, is sophisticated, earthy, and huge, able to accommodate extended family and lots of friends. There is a fireplace, a square refrigerator recalling an old-fashioned icebox, and few visible appliances.

However, don’t let the lack of contraptions fool you. Zimmerman choreographed each workspace for efficiency. “I think about a kitchen as if I am using it, I understand what happens when groups of people come in. There is theory and practice, understanding the difference between the two really influences my design,” says Zimmerman.

Zimmerman believes the best design, the very best rooms, encourage people to relax and communicate. There is no formula for this. “I think the beauty of the space should not distract people from each other, from connecting, it should not overpower the interaction. If it’s overdone, the room is too stimulating, there is too much too look at. And, people feel bored if the room is under done,” she says.

To achieve this delicate balance, Zimmerman used color sparingly, varied the wood finishes, and tucked in surprises. For example, she placed a separate beverage bar near the stairs, far from the commotion of the kitchen and accessible to children. A mixture of antiques forms mini tableaux upon a tabletop; gems outline the cabinet doors flanking the range. “These details are consistent with the level of architectural detail throughout the house,” says Zimmerman. A line of sparkling gems in a genteel country kitchen seems like a contradiction. However, in this space they work beautifully. The home is almost an object in its own right, one you want to hold in your hands and examine again and again.

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The presence as well as the absence of detail was important to the designers at Interior Concepts, in Annapolis, whose challenge was to conceive a design palette and furnishings that were substantial, yet deferred to the architecture. Furnishings are purposeful; there is little to distract, senior residential designer Andrea Blamphin notes. “You have to give in to the architecture, you can’t compete with it.” The Interior Concepts designers, like the other professionals working in the home, took time to understand and study the architecture and to design with proportion and perspective in mind.

This, perhaps, gives the home its unusual clarity.

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With everything in its proper place, the Roberts relax on their wrap around porch and contemplate their pasture, their garden, and their achievements. Therese says she likes builder John Riley so much that she actually misses him. And, they have learned much from their adventure.

If you’re planning to build, Jim advises the following: expect to spend more time working with the builders and to have the job take longer than you planned; have a good solid marriage; have Happy Hour when you need it and, importantly, “don’t get tired of it all and then leave decisions to other people.”

Because the couple was involved in every decision, their home, renamed Kilmarnock Farm, is certainly one of a kind, in more ways than one. “The house has a mind of its own,” observes Therese. “It told us it needed the barrel ceiling and we pushed Steve to do it. Now it’s saying to us that it needs a playroom for our grandchildren. It’s been like that all along. It tells us what to build.”

It seems that the horses, too, have minds of their own. One day, they all escaped and trotted up the road, she says. Another day, Jim looked up from his office window to see Woody streaking by. It doesn’t matter.

The manor’s extra-wide doors welcome all— family, friends, riders, and the occasional equestrian disruption.

Resources: Riley Custom Homes & Renovations, www.rileycustom.com Stephen T. Terhune, Architect, LLC, www.steveterhune.com B & D Builders: Custom Barn Builders, Horse Barns, Equestrian Barns, www.custombarnbuilding.com

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“Your work proves itself,” shares Erin Olexia,

Interior Designer and Co-owner, along with Kim Mohr, of Dream House Studios in Annapolis’ Design District. Having previously worked together at another firm, Olexia and Mohr decided to combine their talents in 2005 and create Dream House Studios. Olexia and Mohr believe that artistry, discipline, and a great relationship with their clients are seminal components to creating a client’s true “dream space.” “I encourage people to interview designers,” shares Olexia. “You’re looking for talent but the relationship has to be a good fit as well. Many of our clients become good friends.” With residential and commercial clients reaching from Delaware, Maryland, and Washington, D.C., to many parts of Virginia, the trust each client instills in them makes their job truly enjoyable. One such client, Robbie and Chrissy McWilliams of Easton, gave Dream House full control of the complete design of their new 10,000 square foot home built by Ron Mooney of Easton.

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What did the homeowner ask you to do with this space?

Dream House:

Robbie and Chrissy are a young couple with two small children who were custom-building a new home across the street from

Chrissy’s mom. Robbie said to us, “You’re job is to make my wife love this house,” and so that’s what we set out to do.

Annapolis Home:

What were the challenges? Were you wrestling with anything in particular?

Dream House:

The original kitchen design and layout weren’t working overall but the primary problem was a massive kitchen island, in the shape of a “J,” which overwhelmed the space. The client was also very fond of a Carrara marble for her countertops, but because marble easily stains this wasn’t a practical option with young children in the house. So we had to come up with an alternative.

Annapolis Home:

How did you resolve this?

Dream House:

In the kitchen, we replaced the massive island with two parallel islands that immediately corrected the flow and improved the function. One of the islands has a bar and the other has a sink, a small refrigerator for the kids to access, and other handy appliances. The dark java cabinetry of the islands and the hardwood floors enhance the Cambria countertops, a manufactured, kid-friendly product that highly resembles

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marble. These darker hues offset the classic white cabinetry and oven hood. The chrome accents and glass and stone backsplash add contemporary elements.

Why did you choose the colors and furnishings that you did? Any particular reason?

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The dark royal blue is carried over to the chenille and velvet upholstery while the citron yellow is reflected in the drapery, accent pillows, and artwork. The colors, furnishings, and contemporary two-story wood fireplace make this space feel like something you’d see in Southern California.

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In other rooms of the house, we were asked to balance tradition with glamour and choose a décor that would reflect the personalities of these two vibrant, well-traveled individuals and their young family. The color palette is a green/citrusy yellow and royal blue set against the white and java tones. In the dining room, we used a beaded, yellow wallpaper with original artwork by Christopher Marley, featuring bugs, butterflies, and other South American creatures in striking color. The family room is

How would you describe the final effect? What look did you achieve?

Dream House:

Modern glamour. The bones of this home are classically simple and will last for many years. The colors, textures, artwork, lighting and other accessories reflect this delightful family’s youth and enthusiasm, giving this Easton home a definite “wow” factor.

Resources: Dream House Studios 1811 McGuckian Street Annapolis, MD 21401 410.224.7588 | www.dreamhousestudios.net

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By Monica Resa

With almost a decade of experience under her belt, Julie Bass works alongside her clients to create more functional, beautiful, and inviting homes. Bass likes to solve problems and wants to achieve the best look for her clients without sacrificing quality or value. “Most of my clients have an idea of what they like, but need assistance in finding furnishings and putting it all together so that it works, is beautiful and is within their budget. That’s my job.” For Severna Park homeowners, Bass uses her design toolkit to update and recreate almost the entire first floor of their spacious brick home.

Julie Bass:

Annapolis Home:

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What did the homeowner ask you to do with this space?

The homeowners, Jane and John Holt, wanted my help in updating the space with a new color scheme, more current furnishings, and a floor plan that flowed from room to room.

Jane wanted a transitional, updated feel that would include some of her traditional furnishings without sacrificing comfort.

Annapolis Home:

What were the challenges? Were you wrestling with anything in particular?

In the family room, the biggest challenge was finding a sofa that

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would fit into the space and be comfortable for both Jane and John, who is tall. Comfortable furnishings for TV viewing and entertaining were also key. In the dining room, it was finding an area rug that would complement the new custom hostess chairs and silk plaid seat cushions while still fitting into a narrower space.

Annapolis Home:

How did you resolve this?

Julie Bass:

We ended up creating a completely custom sofa and loveseat so that the height, width, depth, and back angle worked for the client. Swivel upholstered chairs are great for TV viewing. In the dining room, we narrowed the width of the area rug by cutting off the side border and re-binding.

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and beautiful. Along with the newly painted walls in the dining room, we covered the chairs in a silk fabric and added the two hostess chairs. The scalloped nail head design on the chairs immediately transformed the whole room. In the living room we switched from gold and iron accents to nickel and silver and added mercury glass for a lighter effect. The custom decorative tape in seaglass ties the drapery and sofa together, as do the silk accent pillows.

Annapolis Home:

How would you describe the final effect? What look did you achieve?

Julie Bass:

The overall look is fresh and updated while still feeling traditional. It’s very classic and lovely, while still being inviting and comfortable. It’s a great space for entertaining and living.

Why did you choose the colors and furnishings that you did? Any particular reason?

Julie Bass:

Jane wanted a change from the previous red and beige color scheme and blue and cream is her favorite color combination. The walls in the dining and living rooms are painted in a soft cream and the kitchen blue. It’s a very current palette that’s also soothing

Resources: Julie Bass Interiors, LLC 410.975.9917 | www.juliebassinteriors.com

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URBAN RETREAT

By Kymberly Taylor

Ernesto Santalla was born in Cuba and received a degree in Architecture from Cornell University in 1984. He moved to Washington, D.C., and became a registered architect, working on projects and designing interiors in the United States, Puerto Rico, and Europe. He believes that good design is functional, beautiful, and rational, as well as socially conscious. His environments are visually striking and offer the occupant multiple points of view. The spa retreat he conceived for a Washington, D.C., home is mindful, uses sustainable materials such as cardboard for a coffee table. It is a place where one can be truly free from information overload.

Annapolis Home:

What did the homeowner ask you to do with this space?

Ernesto Santalla:

We call the space the Retreat. It’s a room designed primarily with relaxation in mind.

In fact, access to it requires leaving the main house to enter this wing, which also contains a home office. Studio Santalla reworked the original plan, realizing the potential of a double height space that is both expansive and intimate.

Annapolis Home:

What were the challanges? Were you wrestling with anything in particular?

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Ernesto Santalla:

The challenge in all our projects is achieving maximum results, which sometimes goes beyond the original stated scope of the project. The space as originally presented to us was meant to be a gym, spa, and additional storage. Rather than take it as a given, we looked at the space and what would achieve the best result. Â

Annapolis Home:

How did you resolve this challenge?

Ernesto Santalla:

If a spa is to tranquility what a gym is to activity, these functions were incompatible within the amount of space available. Therefore, we suggested the focus be on the spa only and that the gym by relocated.

After that, the pieces fell in to place.

Annapolis Home:

Why did you choose the color combinations, materials, and furnishings that you did?

Ernesto Santalla:

The home was at the time the first carbon-neutral home on the East Coast. While specific sustainability guidelines and regulations are not in place for residential interiors, we were tasked to create a sustainable space. During that time I became a LEED accredited professional and used this knowledge to select materials, furnishings, and artwork that embrace the primary tenets of sustainability: reuse, recycle, repurpose.

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Annapolis Home:

What overall look did you achieve for this project?

Ernesto Santalla:

The space is calm and comfortable, a look achieved by balancing all the design elements, including materials, lighting, furniture, colors, and art.

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It can even stand in for an entire movement, just as Mies van der Rohe’s Barcelona chair or the Breuer chair distilled the essence of modernism and all of its formal and ideological content. We share with you a few works by designers obsessed with expressing the 21st century chair in a new visual language.

1. CP Lounge Chair The late Charles Pollock, an industrial designer whose vision of “a simple line in space” led him to develop sleek, functional chairs that became a hallmark of executive suites in the latter 20th century, conceived a new chair for Bernhardt Design. The chair is more tactile and craft-oriented than Pollock’s past conceptions. The piece, released in May, exudes the polish of a luxury car, with an aerodynamic profile and richly textured material detail. www.bernhardtdesign.com

2. The Ro Easy Chair “Ro” means tranquility in Danish. The name was chosen because it captures the point of the chair in just two letters, thus reflecting the Nordic approach and concept of beauty.

The chair­—designed by Jaime Hayon for the Republic of Fritz Hansen—with its generous, over-sized seat, was launched recently at Salone del Mobile 2013 in Milan. www.fritzhansen.com

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3. Parabola Chair Carlo Aiello is a LA-based architect and designer, whose “Parabola Chair” just won the prestigious 2013 International Company Furniture Fair (ICFF) Studio Award. Aiello confesses that he has “always wanted to design a good chair inspired by mid-century simplicity but radically new, something that we have never seen before.” www.carloaiello.com

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The Naval Academy & Annapolis:

Baroque and Beaux Arts Architectural Neighbors

By Chip Bohl Photography by Derek Jones

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Part 1

On the

The original Naval Chapel dome (left) was finished in 1908 with a multi colored glazed terracotta roof that featured decorative naval insignia. The 1708 Royal Chapel at the hospital for injured soldiers in Paris (right) was the inspiration for architect Ernest Flagg.

The Beaux Arts design of the Naval Academy is the aesthetic polar opposite of the Baroque urban plan of Annapolis. The Academy has monumental axial symmetry, rigidly composed buildings presenting uniformity of purpose and institutional clarity. The town has charming irregularity, picturesque idiosyncrasy and the messy vitality of over 300 years of human occupancy. The fact that these two contrasting built environments share the same peninsula of land surrounded by waters of the Chesapeake Bay is just one more example of the architectural richness of Annapolis. Sir Francis Nicholson designed the street plan of Annapolis in 1694. He placed the State House Circle and the Church Circle on natural high ground and worked with the existing topography to create the radiating streets in a fluid Baroque composition.

Architect Earnest Flagg took an entirely different approach to designing the all new campus plan for the Academy in 1902. Flagg used design principles of the French Beaux Arts

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found in the Les Invalides military complex in Paris. Buildings are arranged in precise axial symmetry, and organized in the hierarchy of importance. Topography is graded to eliminate natural irregularities and is shaped to reinforce organizational rank. Flagg was given a clean slate for the new Academy campus plan and he designed all of the primary buildings in it.

Flagg’s design is composed with axial precision and monumental clarity around the central quadrangle. The dormitory Bancroft Hall with its heroic entrance stair is axially opposite the classroom Mahan Hall. Perpendicular to this axis and also centered in the quadrangle is the axis established by the Chapel and a grand boat basin. These five physical features embody the educational program: camaraderie at the dormitory; spirituality at the Chapel; intellectuality at the classroom; naval skills at the boat basin; and unity of purpose at the quadrangle. The Chapel is given primary status in the campus; it is the tallest structure, placed on the highest ground. All land is shaped to

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The 1902 campus master plan by Ernest Flagg featured a large park like quadrangle, the four edges defined by Bancroft Hall, Mahan Hall, the Chapel, and the ceremonial boat basin.

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slope uniformly away from it. The scale, texture and monumentality of Flagg’s master plan can still be experienced today. The quadrangle with its mature trees and collection of naval monuments cements an extraordinary architectural ensemble.

Unfortunately a significant part of Flagg’s design has been lost. The boat basin was large enough to be used for training and grand enough for ceremonial presentations. The twin beacons at the mouth of the basin would have created a dramatic naval entrance opposite the Chapel dome. The view from the sloping quadrangle to the basin and beyond to the Severn River would have been a constant reminder that schooling on the land was only a preamble to Naval duty. Tragically the boat basin has been demolished. The removal of the horizontal reflecting water plane reduces the vertical spiritual dome of the Chapel. And, the quadrangle has lost contact with the high seas. The basin was filled in and replaced with mediocre 1960s classroom buildings and a sports field.

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While the Beaux Arts design of the Academy contrasts with the Baroque plan of Annapolis, architect Ernest Flagg sensitively and deliberately connected the two. The major streets defining the campus quadrangle align with Nicholson’s Annapolis streets. The main gate to the campus is at Maryland Avenue, a primary street radiating from the important State Circle. Gate 2 aligns with Martin Street. Both of these Academy gates offer iconic views back to Annapolis: the majestic State House Dome of 1779; and the tall chimneys of the James Brice House built in 1773. These views back to town are picturesque and romantic.

The Brice house is a most lovely oblique silhouette. The State The State House Dome is slightly off center with the axis of Maryland Avenue. These irregularities and idiosyncrasies define the town’s charm. Flagg thoughtfully captured their views back into the walled confines of his campus.

There are the two great traditions in architecture: one embraces the natural, sublime and picturesque; the other embraces the order and mores of the classical. Both traditions are exuberantly expressed here.

The first is found in the town of Annapolis.

The second is in the Naval Academy. In part 2 of this series we will explore the Beaux Arts classical tradition of the Academy architecture.

Chip Bohl is an architect, practicing in Annapolis for 33 years. Visit www.BohlArchitects.com

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racing era from 1948–1963 and a class of wood bodied cars up to 1953.

Strolling the fairway at the Hyatt, you may see Margie and Joseph Cassini III, of West Orange, New Jersey. Keep an eye on this power couple. The Cassinis’ 1934 Packard 1108 Twelve Dietrich Convertible Victoria just won Best of Show at the prestigious Pebble Beach Concours d’Élégance in California last month. Pebble Beach Concours is a kind of Olympics for automobile collectors. Winning a “Gold” is no small feat.

Above: A 1927 Rolls-Royce Ascot Phaeton from the North Collection. Pictured left to right are George M. Walish, Jr., Chairman and Founder, St. Michaels Concours d’Élégance, W. W. “Buck” Duncan, President, Mid-Shore Community Foundation, and David J. North, Co-chair of the 2013 event.

Opposite page: David J. North drives recently restored 1936 SS 100 Jaguar at 2013 Pebble Beach Concours d’Élégance.

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Left: 927 Isotta Fraschini Roadster

The Cassinis won Best of Show at Pebble Beach in 2004 for their 1938 Horch and also won Best of Show in 2010 at the St. Michaels Concours, which has a fast-growing following. They displayed a rare 1927 Isotta Fraschini Roadster, custom built for Rudolph Valentino. “To the untrained eye, this car may not look so unusual, but it is actually very special, a real beauty,” says George M. Walish, Jr., St. Michaels Concours chairman and founder. Walish points out copper brake discs, and rare Rumble Seat step, while noting that its inline eight-cylinder engine was the first of its kind in the world. There is something else. “This car has an American body and Italian heart,” says Walish. The car harbors the Italian-designed engine. However, the Italians could not execute the specialized coachwork. Only Fleetwood Metal Body Company, in Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, could handle the job. Sadly, Valentino never drove this car. He died in a tragic accident before the car could be delivered.

Get to the Hyatt early. You’ll want to take your time discovering automobiles with similar fascinating provenances. One in particular is a 1936 SS 100 Jaguar from the North Collection, owned by the retired Judge John C. North II and David J. North.

The Jaguar, making its debut after a ten-year restoration in Easton, also won an award at Pebble Beach last month.

Annapolis Home Magazine will have a tent at the event this year and will continue our reporting on the automobile as art. So, be sure to drop by, say hello, and share your favorite cars and your observations with us. If you’re feeling brave, cast your bet on the winner. You could win big. After all, this is the Concours.

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Shell

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By Isabella Haywood

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The aged oyster shell is put into stainless steel cages that will then be submerged into setting tanks where the spat can attach to the shell.

Opposite page: Spat once they have attached to an old oyster shell. Each oyster shell can grow up to ten other oysters.

While most of us appreciate the great taste of oysters, fewer are aware of their powerful role in preserving the Chesapeake Bay. Our native oyster, Crassostrea virginica, is responsible not only for filtering silt and nitrates from the water but also for creating complex ecosystems within the bay, ecosystems whose combined power is greater than the oyster’s alone. These ecosystems are literally built upon the backs of the oyster, whose mature shell, dead or alive, is a rich, fertile ground.

During the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries when America was being colonized, there were so many oyster reefs that ships had difficulty navigating through the bay. Now, however, the oyster population is in trouble and has been for quite some time. In fact, their decline has been so enormous that Dr. Paulette Levantine, a developmental invertebrate biologist, had to import oysters from Washington State in order to conduct her research on their metamorphosis.

Contributing to this decline is the lack of hard substrate covering the bottom of the bay. This substrate, such as rock or shell, is crucial for oyster larvae attachment. Over the past century, the overfishing of oysters, poor water quality, silt, and sediment have diminished the oyster population. The fewer oysters that are growing and reproducing,

the less shell produced. Restoration thus starts from the ground up through the introduction of hard substrate onto the floor of the bay.

This is the great work that must be accomplished, says Stephan Abel, the executive director of Oyster Recovery Partnership (ORP) in Annapolis. “While oyster larvae will attach to pretty much anything from marl and concrete to granite, we have found that they prefer oyster and clam shell. At this point, oyster shell, while limited in supply, is still the most cost effective.�

Since shells are a limited resource, the people at ORP work hard to obtain them. This involves recycling shell from restaurants throughout Maryland and Washington, D.C. The oyster recovery process begins with truckloads full of empty oyster shells, still speckled with bits of cocktail sauce and sometimes even a drop of horseradish. These shells are gathered from restaurants in Annapolis, Baltimore, and D.C. that participate in the Shell Recycling Alliance, which is run by the Oyster Recovery Partnership.

The shells will later be used as a hard substrate for spat, which are baby oysters, to attach to as they grow and develop shells of their own.

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After they are picked up and the truck carefully backs out of the last crowded restaurant parking lot, the smelly shells head off to the hatchery at Horn Point in Cambridge, Maryland. They are then tumbled, sprayed with water, and left to age in order to remove all organic matter. Later, the shells are put into stainless steel cages and then into large, setting tanks outdoors. These tanks are filled with water containing larvae and left to sit for three days. During this period, the larvae attach themselves to the old shells.

After the larvae attach, valves in the setting tanks are opened so that water from the Choptank River can flow into the tanks and supply the settled spat with fresh algae for food. When the spat begin to grow and harden they are loaded onto a boat and taken to a predetermined site where they are washed off into the water.

The oysters are usually taken to Harris Creek and the Little Choptank River. Currently, the Oyster Recovery Partnership is concentrating its efforts in Harris Creek. “It is our hope,” states Abel, “that restoring the 377 acres of once viable oyster habitat with high density oyster reefs will have a lasting impact on the tributary as well as become a source of wild produced larvae that will augment the oyster populations in the Choptank River, Broad Creek, and beyond.” The Harris Creek project is the largest attempt to restore oyster populations on the East Coast and will hopefully jump start the oyster population and spread its benefits from creek to creek. So, the next time you slurp an oyster, don’t just toss the shell. Take a moment to hold these precious gems in the palm of your hand and to admire, marvel, and recycle them.

Interested in having a permeable and authentic shell driveway that helps restore the oysters to the Chesapeake Bay? The Oyster Recovery Partnership has oyster shell fragments for sale to create that perfect oyster shell driveway and pathways. Your tax free donation will enable ORP to plant more oysters and recycle more shell. Shells cost $75 per cubic yard plus delivery.

To order, call 410.990.4970.

For more information: Oyster Recovery Partnership, www.oysterrecovery.org Horn Point Oyster Hatchery, hatchery.hpl.umces.edu Isabella Haywood is a senior at The Key School and a summer volunteer for the Oyster Recovery Project in Annapolis.

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Top Photo: Once the spat are ready to settle onto a hard substrate, they are put into large, outdoor setting tanks that are filled with old oyster shells.

Bottom Photo: The algae used to feed the spat is first cultured in 20 litre tanks, as shown here, and then transferred to mass algae tanks. There is a complex valve system that automatically feeds the spat.

Group Photo: Bryan Gomes, Isabella Haywood and Sarah Walker gather in front of the Oyster Recovery Boat; this boat disperses new spat to locations in Harris Creek and the Little Choptank River.

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Colonial Chicken Curry

Reading a good book is always a pleasure. A good book will transport you to another time and place and if it’s really good, you will sense the environment of the setting, and find a connection with present times.

In 1860, some Marylanders enjoyed chicken curry with all of its accompaniments. You can recreate the same recipe today, thanks to the historic Hammond-Harwood House’s 50th anniversary edition of Maryland’s Way Cookbook. It’s fascinating reading and can be purchased at the Hammond-Harwood House.

From left to right: Allison Titman, Nan Farmer, staff and friends of Hammond-Harwood House

This cookbook is the collective diary of how folks in the tide water region passed the time and created their food. It is an essential historical account and relevant modern cooking manual.

Consider the modern movement of preparing food that is locally grown. Cooks from long ago had to use whatever ingredients were readily available and in season.

CHICKEN CURRY:

Ingredients

• One 5 pound fowl • 1/2 cup butter • 1 medium onion (chopped) • 1 clove of garlic (minced) • 1 stalk of celery • 1 small bay leaf • 1/4 teaspoon dry mustard • 1 green apple • 1/2 pound raw chopped ham • 2 tablespoon flour • 1/2 teaspoon powdered mace • 2 teaspoon curry powder • 2 cups chicken broth • 1/2 cup cocoanut [sic] milk • 1 cup cream

Instructions Cook fowl in a savory broth until tender; cut in pieces as you wish to serve them, with or without bones. Place in saucepan.

Prepare curry as follows: Melt butter in a heavy skillet, and in it cook the chopped onion, minced garlic and diced celery, the bayleaf,

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mustard, apple and ham for about 8 minutes, turning carefully. Add the flour, mace and curry powder and cook 4 minutes more. Add chicken broth, made stronger by reducing stock in which chicken was cooked.

Add cocoanut milk (a good substitute may be made by pouring a cup of boiling water over 1 cup freshly grated cocoanut). Bring to a boil and let simmer very slowly for about an hour. Strain; carefully stir in cream, and test for sesasoning.

Pour over chicken pieces in saucepan and let cook for 10 minutes or until thoroughly hot.

Serve with rice. Curry should be accompanied by these condiments: Chutney, grated cocoanut, chopped hard-boiled eggs, crisply fried chopped bacon, chopped almonds or peanuts, finely chopped spring onions.

Adapted from Mrs. McBlair’s receipt Maria T. Allison’s Book, 1860.

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Retirement Plan If you have recently reviewed your retirement portfolio, you are, apparently, in the minority. Leading financial planners worry that their clients are focusing most of their time on building their wealth back, especially if they were affected by recent setbacks in the economy, overlooking risks to family, health, and retirement.

Mike Steranka, CEO of Retirement Planning Services, in Millersville notes that only 17 percent of Americans have a written financial plan that is updated regularly. “Retiring without a financial plan is an enormous risk; retiring with a financial plan that hasn’t been reviewed in several years in also chancy.”

He points to statistics released by the Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards that reveal that of those Americans with financial plans, less than half of them have reviewed it in light of changing times.

Account for Changing Real Estate Values

Steranka’s concerns are supported by a study conducted by U.S. Trust, Bank of America, a private bank specializing in managing the assets of high-net worth and ultra-high-net worth individuals.

The report states that 62 percent of high net worth households, including 52 percent of those still working, are very confident they will have sufficient income in retirement, in contrast to the rest of the U.S. population. Yet, despite this confidence, a large number have not adequately accounted for inflation, taxes on their investment income, life expectancy, the cost of long-term care, or any financial support that might be needed by their children or parents.

And, surprisingly, three-quarters of respondents have not adequately factored into their retirement planning any increase or decrease in real estate values. Yet, 23 percent of retirees and 52 percent of non-retirees (including 39 percent of baby boomers) say primary residential real estate is important to funding their retirement.

Review Your Tax Assumptions

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assumptions must be assessed to determine whether they need to be adjusted. “For example, if you expect your income tax rate to be lower in retirement than it is currently, you might want to consider maximizing your tax-deferred savings now,” he suggests.

On the other hand, if you expect income tax rates to increase for your tax bracket by the time you’re ready to retire, you might consider paying the taxes now by converting to a Roth IRA2 for the tax-free income in retirement.

Re-assess Your Retirement Date

It is important in your review to re-assess your retirement date.

The radical change caused by the recession may have reduced your base, but the retirement date need not be extended unless you lost your initial principal, according to Mark Germain, CFP, MBA, founder and Chief Executive Officer of Beacon Wealth Management.

“It is relatively easy to make a few small, incremental changes now that can lead to larger payoffs in the future,” he notes. “You can offset and reduce today’s expenses through a variety of measures, such as refinancing your home and any other existing mortgages; relocating to a more favorable tax state; reallocate and reinvest a larger percentage of your net pay; and transfer low return investments into higher performing ones.”

There are positive things to keep in mind, reminds Sweeney. “We have had lower inflation and hence a slower increase in the cost of living. The good news is that the initial pool of money you thought you needed may actually be lower,” he says.

There are many ways, including those mentioned here, to protect your wealth and ensure that your “golden years” remain untarnished. A thorough review is a good place to begin, especially if you haven’t seen your financial planner in a while.

Resources: Retirement Planning Services, www.RPS123.com U.S. Trust, ustrust.com Fidelity, www.fidelity.com Beacon Wealth Management, www.beaconwealthmanagement.com

MOVERS & SHAKERS Annapolis Home Magazine is please to announce the distinquished judges of the Annapolis Home Magazine Builder and Fine Design Awards: Kelley Proxmire, interior designer and owner of Kelley Interior Designs; Tom Mannion, landscape architect and owner of Tom Mannion Landscape Design; and Scott Knudson, architect, Vice President at Wiencek + Associates Architects, and President of the AIA Potomac Valley.

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Dream House Studios, owned by Kim Mohr and Erin Olexia, has relocated to the Annapolis Design District. They have also expanded their interior design firm to include a retail store and interior design library for other designers.

The Annapolis Design District welcomes the following new members: David Hartcorn Photography, the Student Chapter of the NKBA, Aid Our Veterans, Relysh Catering, Regal Paint Centers, and Blackketter Craftsmen, Inc. The Annapolis Design District is hosting a "Remodeling and New Construction" seminar and tour on Saturday, October 19 beginning at 9:00 a.m. Among the speakers are John Riley of Riley Custom Home and Renovations, Lisa Publicover of Lisa Publicover Interiors, Mark White of Kitchen Encounters, Alexandria Liff of Maryland Paint and Decorating, and Mike McGurk of Bay Country Painters. For more information, visit annapolisdesigndistrict.com

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Design Around the World We close out our Interior Design Issue with a flight of the imagination, the extraordinary Astor Grill, in Qatar. Astor Grill, the St. Regis Doha’s signature restaurant, has been named one of ten most beautiful restaurants in the world by Architectural Digest. Rockwell Group Europe created a striking five-meter-high curving bronze sculpture resembling smoke frozen in space and inspired by British artist Tony Cragg. The space is a tribute to John Jacob Astor IV, who founded the first St. Regis Hotel in New York City over a century ago. A dimensional landscape of pine wood pieces hangs from the ceiling, providing a visual contrast between the organic barrel vault and raised geometric leather dining enclosure. A red lacquer portal frame at the back of the main dining room leads guests to a raised area with views of an open grill kitchen—a theatrical backdrop that allows guests to watch all of the action.

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ARE YOU SAVING ENOUGH FOR RETIREMENT? You may be diligently saving for retirement, but have you ever wondered what your income will actually be when the time comes? Will your retirement income pay the bills, or should you make adjustments now to improve your future circumstances?

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