Mr. Hermes Mallea is an architect and partner in the New York City based firm M(Group). Mr. Mallea studied at the University of Miami’s School of Architecture and Columbia University’s graduate school of Historic Preservation and is a member of the American Institute of Architects (AIA). His work has been featured in such publications as The New York Times, Architectural Digest, House & Garden, Town and Country, Arte e Decoracao (Brazil) and World of Interiors (Great Britain). He and his business partner, Carey Maloney, have lectured on interior design and historic architecture in New York, Houston, Mexico City, Istanbul and aboard the Queen Mary 2. He is the author of "Great Houses of Havana" (2011) and "Escape: The Heyday of Caribbean Glamour" (2014). A longtime collector of vintage Cuban photographs, Mr. Mallea has travelled to Cuba frequently to do research for his books and to lecture on historic preservation.