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November 26, 2024
The ICAA is a nonprofit educational organization committed to promoting and preserving the practice, understanding, and appreciation of traditional design.
This edition of World of Classicism is sponsored by L. Lumpkins Architect, Inc.
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ARTICLES & VIDEOS: NEW THIS ISSUE
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The Classicist is an annual journal dedicated to the classical tradition in architecture and the allied arts. Focused on Northern California, the Classicist No. 21 explores the region’s rich architectural history; contemporary examples of classical design through professional and student portfolios; and academic articles authored by leaders within the field.
Discover the rich history of classical and traditional architecture and design Northern California, including articles highlighting the works of architects Albert Pissis, Julia Morgan, and Arthur Brown Jr. In-depth articles also chronicle the 1915 Panama-Pacific International Exposition and reveal the beautiful illustrations contained in the Environmental Design Archives at the University of California, Berkeley.
Contributing authors include Daniel Gregory, architectural historian and editor; Laura Ackley, author of San Francisco’s Jewel City: The Panama-Pacific International Exposition of 1915; Lucia Howard, Partner at Ace Architects and Piraneseum; Therese Poletti, author of Art Deco San Francisco: The Architecture of Timothy Pflueger and journalist at MarketWatch; and Andrew Shanken, Professor of Architecture at UC Berkeley College of Environmental Design.
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Author and environmental historian Jennifer Ott speaks about the work of the Olmsted Brothers landscape architecture firm in Seattle and the life of the park system they created.
Amid galloping growth at the turn of the 20th century, Seattle's city leaders seized on the confluence of a roaring economy with the City Beautiful movement to hire the Olmsted Brothers landscape architecture firm to design a park and parkway system. Their 1903 plan led to a supplemental plan, a playground plan, numerous park and boulevard designs, changes to park system management, and a ripple effect, as the Olmsted Brothers were hired to design public and private landscapes throughout the region. The park system shaped Seattle's character and continues to play a key role in the city's livability today.
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Presented as part of the Bunny Mellon Curricula at the Institute of Classical Architecture & Art. The ICAA is very grateful to the Gerard B. Lambert Foundation for its generous support of this program, along with the Bunny Mellon Curricula Sponsors: Lead Sponsor, Hollander Design Landscape Architects, Continuing Education and Public Programs Sponsor, Charlotte Moss, and Film Series Sponsor, Janice Parker Landscape Architects.
Lead Annual Public Programs Sponsor: RINCK
Seasonal Public Programs Sponsor: Dell Mitchell Architects
Seasonal Public Programs Sponsor: Hyde Park Mouldings
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Following the success of the first round of INTBAU's (International Network for Traditional Building, Architecture, and Urbanism) Grassroots Grant Program, the second edition is now being launched, which will offer grants of up to £5,000 to support innovative, localized solutions to today’s pressing built environment challenges.
All craftspeople, organizations, researchers, designers, architects, entrepreneurs and more are invited to submit an Expression of Interest by January 19th, 2025.
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Each student’s journey at the Institute of Classical Architecture & Art (ICAA) is unique, shaped by the knowledge they gain, the connections they make, and the inspiration they draw from the classical tradition.
In the spirit of celebrating this tradition and its lasting significance that spans generations, we hope you will consider making a gift to the ICAA’s End of Year Campaign. Thanks to the generosity of our Board of Directors, every donation will be matched dollar-for-dollar, effectively doubling its impact. To maximize this opportunity and ensure your gift counts toward the match, we encourage you to make your contribution by December 20th.
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On April 10, 2024, the Institute of Classical Architecture & Art (ICAA) was proud to present The Third Annual Lykoudis Lecture: The Shared Building Traditions of the World, featuring Nancy S. Steinhardt, Professor of East Asian Art and Curator of Chinese Art at the University of Pennsylvania.
In her lecture, How Chinese Architecture Became Modern: The Role of the Beaux-Arts, Professor Steinhardt discusses Chinese architecture, which is a unique building system whose fundamental features—timber framing, ceramic tile roofs, and courtyards, for example—span millennia. This lecture explores the dramatic and human forces that made it possible for Chinese architecture to transform into a modern system, with Beaux-Arts construction as the most important force. The story involves France, the United States, the Soviet Union, Taiwan, and Japan against the backdrop of war-torn China of the 1930s and 1940s, Soviet advisors of the 1950s, and the Cultural Revolution of 1966-1976.
Named in recognition of Michael Lykoudis’ incredible contributions as the former Dean of the University of Notre Dame’s School of Architecture, this series shines a light on the vernacular architecture intrinsic to locales around the world, and how they incorporate classical principles.
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Lead Annual Public Programs Sponsor: RINCK
Seasonal Public Programs Sponsor: Dell Mitchell Architects
Seasonal Public Programs Sponsor: Hyde Park Mouldings
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The Institute of Classical Architecture & Art (ICAA) is proud to announce the release of the next installment in the Classical America Series in Architecture. Henry Hobson Richardson: Drawings from the Collection of Houghton Library, published by the Monacelli Press, is the first in-depth publication of drawings that reveal the creative genius of the nineteenth century American architect H. H. Richardson. The trove of 4,000 drawings, preserved since Richardson’s death, have been largely unpublished, until now.
This new book encompasses masterpieces such as Trinity Church in Boston, MA— voted the “most beautiful building in America” in 1885— the Allegheny County Courthouse and Jail in Pittsburgh, PA; the Ames Gate Lodge in Easton, MA; the Glessner House and the Marshall Field Wholesale Store in Chicago, IL; and many more, and makes a major contribution to Richardson scholarship through its presentation of unpublished sketches, renderings, and plans of more than 50 projects, including city and country houses, churches, libraries, railroad stations, and municipal buildings.
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