B i b l i o g r a p h y


Born in Ohio, Mr. Buccalo became
      acquainted with professional practices at an early age. His father,
      founder of Buccalo Catering Inc., taught him the many aspects
      of a professional service firm over an eleven year span. This
      initial knowledge allowed him to secure other chef positions
      at several restaurants during his years at The Ohio State University,
      where he holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Architecture and
      a minor in Art History. Mr. Buccalo also received his Master's
      degree in Architecture from Harvard University. During his years
      at Harvard, he lectured on architectural history, theory and
      drawing; he was also appointed history faculty research assistant,
      acted as proctor and has been invited as a guest critic at several
      universities including Columbia
      University, Tufts University,
      Massachusetts Bay Community
      College and Harvard
      University.
 
After his architectural apprenticeship
      and licensing in 1988, he went to work for Studio Einauldi in
      Rome. There, he was project manager for the Shamasan Citadel
      restoration and renovation (Abha, Saudi Arabia). After this enriching
      experience Mr. Buccalo returned to the United States to work
      for John Burgee/Philip Johnson Architects in New York City.
Winner of the 1983 Washington
      Street competition at Harvard University and, finalist of the
      Hayworth Furniture 'Pantheon' competition and the Chicago Tribune
      Cabrini Green Housing competition, he has been successful on
      several other competitions. His work has been published in Columbus
      Citizen-Journal, Corporate Design, Architecture, Progressive
      Architecture, A+U Magazine, Harvard GSD News, Archaeology and,
      was featured on The McNeil-Leher Newshour. 1985-86 recipient
      of the Graham Foundation Fellowship, his thesis explored the
      fundamental principles of perception in what would become known
      as 'virtual reality'.
 
Since 1993, Mr. Buccalo has devoted
      full time as principal of The Drawing Studio and NJBArchitects.
      It is here that he hopes to fulfill a life long dream of providing
      beautiful humanistic renderings to architects and developers
      throughout the country and around the world. As a foundation
      to those goals, The Drawing Studio has completed illustrations
      for projects inBeijing, Manila; Kuala Lumpur; Singapore; Yokohama;
      Moscow; Prague; Italy; Saudia Arabia and Shanghai, as well as
      most of the states nationally. In 2002, he was elected President
      of the New York Society of Renderers,
      Inc.