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'''Vanessa Hirschowitz''' (born [[1968]] in [[Birmingham]]) is a jewelry designer, goldsmith and former architect.
'''Vanessa Hirschowitz''' (born [[1968]] in [[Birmingham]]) is an architect and jewelry designer.


Hirschowitz is the daughter of gastroenterologist [[Basil Hirschowitz]] and his wife, [[Barbara Hirschowitz|Barbara]]. She graduated from [[Indian Springs School]] in [[1986]] and then studied architecture and art history at Barnard College in New York, New York. She went on to complete a master's in architecture at Columbia University's Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation.  
Hirschowitz is the daughter of gastroenterologist [[Basil Hirschowitz]] and his wife, [[Barbara Hirschowitz|Barbara]]. She graduated from [[Indian Springs School]] in [[1986]] and then studied architecture and art history at Barnard College in New York, New York. She went on to complete a master's in architecture at Columbia University's Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation.  


Hirschowitz interned with Birmingham architect [[William Barrett]] in [[1993]]. After graduating, she worked for Perkins Eastman; Buttrick, White & Burtis; and then for Italian architect Aldo Rossi, serving as project manager for the Scholastic Building in New York. She opened her own firm, with studios in Chicago, Illinois and London, England, in [[1999]].
Hirschowitz interned with Birmingham architect [[William Barrett]] in [[1993]]. After graduating, she worked for Perkins Eastman; Buttrick, White & Burtis; and then in the New York office of Italian architect Aldo Rossi, serving as project manager for the Scholastic Building in New York. She opened her own firm, with studios in Chicago, Illinois and London, England, in [[1999]].


Hirschowitz also studied jewelry design and metalworking with Giovanni Corvaja, Tamiko Ferguson, Lisa Spiros and Cecilia Bauer. She closed her firm in early [[2000]] to focus on jewelry making.
Hirschowitz also studied jewelry design and metalworking with Giovanni Corvaja, Tamiko Ferguson, Lisa Spiros and Cecilia Bauer. She closed her firm in early [[2000]] to focus on jewelry making.


In [[2015]] Hirschowitz was charged in two separate incidents with assaulting police officers. On [[August 23]] she allegedly struck an officer after being asked to leave a store on North Ashland Avenue in Lexington, Kentucky. On [[September 8]] she allegedly attacked a [[Mountain Brook Police Department]] officer with a bayonet while he was investigating a suspected elder abuse case involving Vanessa's mother. A family attorney said that she had "wrongfully left" the psychiatric ward at [[UAB Hospital]] shortly before the incident occurred. As of January [[2017]], she was no longer required to be in a mental health facility after completing treatment in Texas. She was indicted in the Mountain Brook attack in July 2017.
Hirschowitz has been charged in two separate incidents of allegedly assaulting police officers in Lexington, Kentucky and in [[Mountain Brook]] in August and September 2015. She is married to physician [[Nick Kouchoukos]].
 
Hirschowitz is married to physician [[Nick Kouchoukos]].


==References==
==References==
* Gray, Jeremy (September 9, 2015) "Mountain Brook woman charged with attacking police officer with bayonet." {{BN}}
* "[https://obits.al.com/us/obituaries/birmingham/name/basil-hirschowitz-obituary?id=8870464 Basil Isaac Hirschowitz]" obituary (January 22, 2013) {{BN}}
* Robinson, Carol (July 7, 2017) 'Woman indicted in 2015 bayonet attack on Mountain Brook police officer." {{BN}}
* Gray, Jeremy (September 9, 2015) "[https://www.al.com/news/birmingham/2015/09/mountain_brook_woman_charged_w_1.html Mountain Brook woman charged with attacking police officer with bayonet]." {{BN}}
* Robinson, Carol (July 7, 2017) "[https://www.al.com/news/birmingham/2017/07/woman_indicted_2_years_after_b.html Woman indicted in 2015 bayonet attack on Mountain Brook police officer]." {{BN}}
* "[https://www.vh-aid.com/my-story My Story]" (n.d.) at vh-aid.com - accessed September 10, 2023


==External links==
==External links==
* [http://vline-design.com/ V-Line Design] website
* [https://www.vh-aid.com/ VH-AD] website


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Latest revision as of 12:13, 10 September 2023

Vanessa Hirschowitz (born 1968 in Birmingham) is a jewelry designer, goldsmith and former architect.

Hirschowitz is the daughter of gastroenterologist Basil Hirschowitz and his wife, Barbara. She graduated from Indian Springs School in 1986 and then studied architecture and art history at Barnard College in New York, New York. She went on to complete a master's in architecture at Columbia University's Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation.

Hirschowitz interned with Birmingham architect William Barrett in 1993. After graduating, she worked for Perkins Eastman; Buttrick, White & Burtis; and then in the New York office of Italian architect Aldo Rossi, serving as project manager for the Scholastic Building in New York. She opened her own firm, with studios in Chicago, Illinois and London, England, in 1999.

Hirschowitz also studied jewelry design and metalworking with Giovanni Corvaja, Tamiko Ferguson, Lisa Spiros and Cecilia Bauer. She closed her firm in early 2000 to focus on jewelry making.

Hirschowitz has been charged in two separate incidents of allegedly assaulting police officers in Lexington, Kentucky and in Mountain Brook in August and September 2015. She is married to physician Nick Kouchoukos.

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