Meet our 2023 Palladio Panel

Founder of Ann Beha Architects, Ann’s national and international practice is best known for championing preservation and adaptive use in dialogue with contemporary design. Ann’s work invites us to renew and reconsider our existing buildings and resources, expanding the impact and identity of civic, educational, and cultural settings. Her 40-year practice delivered planning and design projects at MIT, Harvard, Yale, the US Embassies in Paris and Athens, the Smithsonian Institution, and numerous community-based organizations.

ABA, now annum architects, has been honored by the American Institute of Architects and its chapters, and Ann has received the Boston Society of Architects’ Honor Award, and the Women in Design Award of Excellence, and the inaugural Award of Honor from the US Department of State, Overseas Building Operations. Ann is Senior Collaborating Architect at annum, and is establishing a new platform: www. architect-citizen.com, to explore a future vision for design approach, process, and impact.

Ann’s Master of Architecture degree is from MIT; she holds a BA from Wellesley College and was a Loeb Fellow at Harvard’s Graduate School of Design. Ann serves on Harvard’s Campus Design Advisory Council, has been Distinguished Visiting Professor of Design at City College of New York and is currently the Robert A M Stern Visiting Professor of Architecture at Yale University.

Through her writings, teaching, practice, and advocacy she celebrates the essential role of existing buildings and heritage in creating a vibrant, resilient, and equitable world. She has been responsible for projects ranging from single buildings to whole campus master plans, leading the restoration of over a dozen National Historic Landmarks and working on campuses such as Harvard, Yale, and the University of Virginia. Her book “Sustainable Preservation: Greening Existing Buildings” was published by Wiley in 2010.

Jean became a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects in 2008 recognized for her significant contribution in linking historic preservation and sustainability. In 2014, she was named a LEED Fellow by the US Green Building Council, one of only 30 people in the world to receive both honors. Appointed to the National Register of Peer Professionals by the Commissioner of the United States Public Building Services, she has participated in the Design Excellence Program of the General Services Administration since 2008.

The son of an architect, Ferguson & Shamamian Architects partner Stephen Chrisman spent much of his Oregon childhood drawing and visiting construction sites and historic buildings. He received his Bachelor of Architecture from the Oregon School of Design and after graduation, accepted a scholarship to study traditional and civic buildings in Europe as part of the Prince of Wales’s Institute of Architecture summer program. Following working for Allan Greenberg in Washington DC, he received his Master of Architecture from the University of Notre Dame and joined Ferguson & Shamamian in 1995. Since then, Stephen had led the teams for three of the firm’s Stanford White Awards, three Palladio Prizes, and a Mizner Award, among other recognitions. Stephen is a long-standing Fellow and Instructor at of the Institute of Classical Architecture and Art, where he regularly teaches and lectures about classical architecture, the study of design precedent, and measured and analytical drawing. He also serves on the Institute’s National Education Committee. Stephen and his wife live in Maplewood, New Jersey, where they raised their two sons, one of whom is following in the family footsteps as an architect.

Jeffrey Dungan is a national-award-winning architect with projects throughout the United States, Canada, Central America, the Caribbean, and the United Kingdom. His work has appeared in Architectural Digest, Milieu, Veranda, The Wall Street Journal, House Beautiful, Luxe, California Home + Design, Mountain Living, The Robb Report, and many other publications. Dungan’s book, The Nature of Home, was published by Rizzoli and remains on the best-seller list. He has over 120,000 Instagram followers, and remains engaged with his audience both via social media and panels throughout the country

Anne is an American architect with offices in New York and Palm Beach. Her practice centers around the luxury residential market and neighborhood regeneration. Her firm is sought after by an international clientele and, as has been said, spans the spectrum from “bohemians to billionaires.” The firm has received over 40 awards for its residential design, preservation, and urban design work. Their monograph, “American Houses, the Architecture of Fairfax & Sammons,” was published by Rizzoli.

Elizabeth Graziolo is the award-winning founder and principal of Yellow House Architects in New York City, a collaborative-minded practice specializing in residential and commercial work. Prior, she was a partner at Peter Pennoyer Architects, where she directed projects ranging from private homes to developments in the United States and abroad. Recent work includes townhouses and a mixed-use condominium on New York City’s Upper East Side, private estates in the Midwest and Palm Beach, model units in world-renowned One Wall Street, and a house renovation in Turks and Caicos.

Elizabeth is a trustee of The Institute of Classical Architecture & Art, The Museum of the City of New York, and The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science & Art and serves on the Delano & Aldrich/Emerson Fellowship Committee of the American Institute of Architects. She has spoken at international conferences for distinguished institutions such as L’ARDEPA, The American Academy in Rome, and the ICAA. In 2019, Elizabeth presented at Architectural Record’s “Women Entering the Profession of Architecture” forum, helping inspire the next generation of women architects. TB