Name: Holly Grosvenor, AIA
Title: Associate
Company: Newport Collaborative Architects, Inc.
Location: Newport, R.I.
Birthplace and year: Newport, 1957
Family: Husband, and 2 children
College: BA, Brown University; master architecture, Harvard University Graduate School of Design
First job outside of real estate: Sign painter
First job in real estate or allied field: I have been working as a registered architect for both commercial and institutional projects for 20 years.
What do you do now and what are you planning for the future?: I plan to continue to contribute worthy additions to the built environment with an emphasis on sustainable building practices and the restoration/re-tooling of older buildings.
Hobbies: I enjoy painting landscapes in watercolor and oils.
Favorite book: "The Big House" by George Colt
Favorite movie: "Wings of Desire" by Win Wenders
Person you admire most (outside of family): Painter Georgia O'Keefe
Key to success: History teaches us that you should always be open to new ideas.
If you had to choose another vocation what would it be?: A painter