April 20, 2022
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ARTICLES & VIDEOS: NEW THIS ISSUE
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Architect and author Steve Bass presents the first part of his Constructive Geometry course, originally taught in-person at the ICAA but made available here in digital format for the first time.
Constructive geometry is an ancient science, dating to the origins of civilization itself, and its logic establishes the basis of geometrical architecture. In this hands-on course, viewers are encouraged to physically draw the geometric constructions to see these mathematical relationships for themselves, and to understand what Plato meant when he wrote that the study of geometry “compels us to contemplate reality rather than the realm of change.”
The ICAA would like to thank our Lead Sponsor for Continuing Education courses, Uberto Construction.
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On Monday, October 4th, 2021, after a hiatus of nearly two years, ICAA was proud to welcome guests back to the in-person 40th Annual Arthur Ross Awards. Now the ceremony is available to watch online in its entirety.
Architects, designers, artisans, builders, academics, and many more gathered together, occupying two full rooms in a private club in New York City to pay tribute to our 2020 honorees: Skurman Architects (Architecture), Hyde Park Mouldings (Artisanship & Craftsmanship), Bob Christian Decorative Art (Fine Arts), Hollander Design Landscape Architects (Landscape), Charles Miers and Rizzoli New York (Publishing), John F. W. Rogers (Patronage), and Michael Lykoudis, FAIA (Board of Directors Honor).
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The Architecture of Place, a collaborative series hosted by the ICAA, INTBAU, and the Prince’s Foundation, addresses issues of design and sustainability, and investigates the impacts these disciplines have on the health of individuals, communities, and the planet.
As part of the series, Julia Watson, designer and author of Lo—TEK, Design by Radical Indigenism, discussed her research into thousands of years of human wisdom and ingenuity from places like Peru, the Philippines, Tanzania, Kenya, Iran, Iraq, India, and Indonesia. She spoke on how we can rediscover an ancient mythology in a contemporary context, radicalizing the spirit of human nature.
Designers understand the urgency of reducing humanity’s negative environmental impact, yet perpetuate the same mythology of technology that relies on exploiting nature. Responding to climate change by building hard infrastructures and favoring high-tech homogenous design, we are ignoring millennia old knowledge of how to live in symbiosis with nature. Without implementing soft systems that use biodiversity as a building block, designs remains inherently unsustainable.
Lo—TEK, derived from Traditional Ecological Knowledge, is a cumulative body of multigenerational knowledge, practices, and beliefs, countering the idea that indigenous innovation is primitive and exists isolated from technology. It is sophisticated and designed to sustainably work with complex ecosystems.
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ARTICLES & VIDEOS: PREVIOUS ISSUE
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Chief Designer of Hearst Castle and architect on over 700 projects throughout the West, Julia Morgan is one of the most prolific and important architects in the United States. A woman of many firsts, Morgan was the first woman admitted to the architecture program at l’École des Beaux-Arts in 1898, the first woman in California to be granted an architect’s license, and recently she was the first woman to earn the AIA Gold Medal for her pioneering achievements.
On March 22, 2022, Julia Morgan’s sesquicentennial year, the ICAA welcomed Victoria Kastner, who was the longtime official historian at Hearst Castle, for a talk centered around her new book, Julia Morgan: An Intimate Biography of the Trailblazing Architect, published by Chronicle Books. Drawing on Morgan’s unpublished letters and recently discovered diaries, Kastner provides the first comprehensive portrait of this architect’s inspiring career and private life.
Lead Annual Public Programs Sponsor: RINCK
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This lecture, delivered by John Phibbs, principal and founder of Debois Landscape Survey Group, looks at Humphry Repton, one of the last great landscape designers of the 18th century, and investigates why and how he designed as he did, and, more importantly, at the architects that he collaborated with (James Wyatt, William Wilkins, John Soane, John Nash, John Carr and his two sons, G.S. and J.A. Repton, among others) teasing out the relationship between landscape gardener, architect, and client.
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AWARDS & PRIZES: BUNNY MELLON GARDEN DESIGN PRIZE
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The Institute of Classical Architecture & Art (ICAA) is now accepting submissions for the 2022 Bunny Mellon Garden Design Prize, which recognizes the excellence and creativity of projects from emerging landscape or architectural design professionals whose work is inspired by classical or traditional design, holistically considers the symbiosis between outdoor environments and physical structures, and interweaves garden and architectural elements within their design. This Prize is presented annually as part of the ICAA’s Bunny Mellon Landscape Curricula.
Entries for the 2022 Bunny Mellon Garden Design Prize are due on June 15th, 2022. If you would like to submit a nomination please do so by May 15th, 2022.
Special thanks to the Bunny Mellon Garden Design Prize Co-Sponsor, Harrison Design
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NATIONAL CALENDAR: MULTI-DAY PROGRAMS
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October 15th-22nd
Scholarships are available
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NATIONAL CALENDAR: CONTINUING EDUCATION
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Sunday, May 15th
1.5 AIA CES Learning Units|Elective and 1.5 credits towards the Certificate in Classical Architecture (Elective)
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June 24th & 25th
5 credits towards the Certificate in Classical Architecture (Analytical Drawing)
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July 23rd & 30th
5 credits towards the Certificate in Classical Architecture (Doric Order) for each part
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NATIONAL CALENDAR: PUBLIC PROGRAMS & LECTURES
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Lead Annual Public Programs Sponsor: RINCK
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Wednesday, April 27th
In-Person, Open to the Public
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Tuesday, May 3rd
Inside Out - Relating House to Garden
Virtual, Members Only
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Wednesday, May 18th
Virtual, Open to the Public
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Wednesday, June 15th
In-Person, Open to the Public
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DUE TO RENEW YOUR MEMBERSHIP?
If your membership is due for renewal, or if you would like to join and support the ICAA, you can do so on our website.
By renewing today, you will remain connected to the ICAA’s diverse programming, publications, and community, while also supporting our educational programs and courses, lectures, workshops, scholarships, and more.
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NATIONAL CALENDAR: ICAA TRAVEL PROGRAMS
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July 12th-15th
The tour will cover three centuries of some of the region’s finest architecture. Both sides of the river have a rich legacy of styles, given the valley’s proximity to New York City, it had been the recipient of wealth spent on the construction of great architecture.
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September 8th-12th
This tour, co-hosted by luxury travel planning company Indagare in partnership with the Institute of Classical Architecture & Art, will offer special insight into the foundations—and innovations—of this ever-evolving, ever-inspiring city.
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October 1st-8th
Covering two adjoining centers of stunning classical and neoclassical architecture built during the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, this exclusive tour is a firsthand opportunity to experience glorious Rococo architecture and interiors, among other highlights.
LEARN MORE
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NATIONAL CALENDAR: ICAA CHAPTER ONLINE EVENTS
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Apr 28, 2022
May 11, 2022
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