Moving Sam Maloof by Ann Kovara, AIA, LEED AP, hardbound Featured recreating the concrete and stone

recreating the concrete and stone walls that Sam had created in the old location and then adding the new residence and recreating the structures which were not qualified to move

Ann was the Maloof Relocation Project construction manager

how he came to make the furniture he is so rightly admired for

experimental and finely crafted

together with insights from Sam and respected critics

Moving Sam Maloof by Ann Kovara, AIA, LEED AP, hardbound Featured recreating the concrete and stoneAnn was the Maloof Relocation Project construction manager. She was personally selected by Sam after hed rejected the first ten applicants sent to him for his approval. At 82, Sam was losing the warm, enclosing sanctuary that he and Alfreda had created over almost 50 years. Then, early in the project, Alfreda died, leaving Sam without the pillar that had supported and inspired him from the first days of their marriage. It was an important part of Anns