Millennium Magazine_4th Ed

18 Millennium - A Marquis Who’s Who Magazine G rowing up in New York, John Kenyon Kinnear was exposed to the great City of New York, which led him to pursue architecture. Moving to Ridgefield, Connecticut, Mr. Kinnear also developed a great appreciation for traditional architecture. A graduate of the Pratt Institute, he earned a Bachelor of Architecture in 1972 before commencing his career with Janko Rasic. He is a registered architect in New York and Connecticut and a member of the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards. Mr. Kinnear is the president of the American Friends of the Georgian Group and is on the boards of the Val-Kill Partnership and The American- Scottish Foundation. He serves as the chairman of the Architectural Advisory Committee for the town of Ridgefield. Some of his projects include the Queen Elizabeth II September 11th Garden at Hanover Square in Manhattan and the restoration of National Register of Historic Places – in Eastport, Maine; Leipsic, Delaware; Tuxedo Park, New York; Hyde Park, New York; and Litchfield, Connecticut. Mr. Kinnear was the recipient of the “DOC” award for Credit Suisse and received a bronze medal for an installation at the Chelsea Flower Show in London in 2005, previewing the Queen Elizabeth Garden in New York. ARCHITECT New York, NY F ounded in New York in 1979, Peter W. Charapko Architect has served New York and the surrounding region, licensed in New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts and Pennsylvania. Working in close relationships with engineers and clients, the Office has completed over 200 projects, studies and reports in institutional, residential, commercial and governmental fields. Peter W. Charapko graduated from Pennsbury High School, then earned an AB in sociology and M.Arch from Princeton University. There, he precepted for Michael Graves and Robert L. Geddes, Dean. He received the Gordon McCormick Award and is an oil painter stemming from those same years. Mr. Charapko was employed by Mitchell Giurgola, I.M. Pei and Poor Swanke Hayden and Connell prior to his Madison Avenue office, andwas a lecturer at New York University for 10 years. He renovated West End and Fort Washington Collegiate Churches, Third Street Music School Settlement, the former Playhouse 91, two Christian Science Churches and landscaping for a Long Island Reconstructionist synagogue. A complex programme was prescribed for the Penthouse and Greenhouse at the former Hotel Dover. His painting is exhibited in the Hudson Valley. PRINCIPAL, OWNER Peter W. Charapko Architect Rhinebeck, NY JOHN KENYON KINNEAR PETER W. CHARAPKO ARCHITECTURE, CONSTRUCTION AND REAL ESTATE