Monica A. Rivera 916 Evarts St.

NE Washington DC 20018 Washington, October 11, 2005

Mr. Hugh Newell Jacobsen HUGH NEWEL JACOBSON, FAIA AND SIMON JACOBSEN, PLLC 2529 P Street NW Washington DC 20007 Dear Mr. Jacobsen: My Name is Monica Rivera, Im a graduate student of Architecture at Virginia Tech University. As part of the course of Professional Practice, weve been requested to do a brief research about how do the architectural firms operate on the Washington DC area. From the books that have been published about your work, and from your firms web page I can realize the high quality of your work as well as your clear understanding of the architectonic project. Such a long standing prosperous career is a real example not only of how it is possible to maintain a high level on each project, but also of how to successfully run the Architecture business. I think your experience would be highly inspiring for people that are just on the beginning on this endless path of questions that the architecture formulate us at each step. Ill be contacting you on the next few days to concert an interview, to hold a conversation in more detail about your practice. Yours sincerely,

Monica A. Rivera