Special thanks to Hyde Park Mouldings

No matter where you are, the Institute of Classical Architecture & Art (ICAA) offers courses, lectures, articles, and more, available at any time at classicist.org.

Classicism at Home offers a weekly opportunity to turn your thoughts to things both historic and contemporary, academic and entertaining, and aesthetic and rigorous through the ICAA's ongoing online content.

Join Sarah Magness, of Sarah Magness Design, as she welcomes viewers to her town of Piermont, a riverside village a few miles north of Manhattan in Rockland County, New York.

From its Industrial Age period as the terminus of the Erie Railroad, to its crucial role in the Second World War as "Last Stop USA" for half a million departing troops, to its contemporary status as a weekend destination for Manhattanite daytrippers and cyclists, discover the elements of design in Piermont that inspired Sarah to make her home here.

We welcome additional entries, and want to hear from you! If you are interested in proposing a location, please contact marketing@classicist.org.

Lead Sponsor of the In Your Neighborhood series: AE Greyson General Contractors

The ICAA's ongoing series, What We're Watching, features members of our community sharing their lists of recommended at-home viewing, with special interest given to films that appeal to lovers of architecture and design.

This week we are happy to welcome Mark Weaver, designer and principal at the Los Angeles-based ICAA member firm Mark Weaver & Associates. Join Mark on a journey from 16th Century Venice, through wartime Morocco, with a brief stop in Midtown Manhattan, and finishing with a Halloween-appropriate conclusion.

On October 15th, 2020, the ICAA hosted renowned garden designer Arne Maynard for an online lecture, which featured a special introduction by Bunny Williams.

Arne Maynard is known for his love of plants and uses them to create year-round structure in his garden designs. Pleached fruit creates a wonderful boundary feature, topiary adds drama and geometry and sculpted earthworks provide texture and layers that can be clipped or left to meadow, depending on the season. In this online lecture, which was delivered live by Arne from Allt y bela, his home in Wales, UK, explains how he creates planted structure, talking us through some of his signature plants and explaining how he uses them in his designs. Using photographs and short films from his own garden and some private gardens he has designed that are rarely seen by the public, this lecture gives viewers a personal insight into Arne’s love of plants.

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 Curricula's Lead Co-Sponsor Edmund D. Hollander Landscape Architecture Design, Curricula Film Series Co-Sponsor Janice Parker Landscape Architects, and Continuing Education and Public Programs Co-Sponsor Charlotte Moss.

2020 Stanford White Award Winners Recognized in AD Pro

The ICAA is pleased to announce that the the winners of the 2020 Stanford White Awards have been recognized in AD Pro, published by Architectural Digest. Read the full article to hear from ICAA President Peter Lyden along with ICAA Board Member and member of the Stanford White Awards jury, Lyn Muse, on what makes this year's awards so special.

This year, the Awards will take place during a special streaming presentation on December 2nd, hosted Mitchell Owens, decorative arts editor at Architectural Digest. Learn more and register for the event, which will be available free of charge on classicist.org.

The ICAA, INTBAU, and the Prince’s Foundation are pleased to announce a collaborative series of high-level online talks on ‘The Architecture of Place’.

Perhaps now more than ever before, we are all aware of the built environment that surrounds us, and of the impacts it has on the health of individuals, communities, and the planet. The Architecture of Place series brings together the established and emerging voices working to create a better built future. You can find more information on the full series here.

Additional thanks to INTBAU's supporters for this series, Fairfax & Sammons, ADAM Architecture, and Size Group.

The first event in the 'Architecture of Place' series was held on October 19, 2020, and featured a lecture from Scott Merrill, principal at Merrill, Pastor & Colgan Architects.

This lecture focuses on local forces that influence design, like climate, or the skills of the labor force, or the proximity of materials, or local culture; and larger forces—regional, national, and global—that are in constant tension with local forces. The goal of the talk is to help architects find a good balance between all these competing considerations, but it also addresses a question many of us face, which is whether we have the right--or the professional standing--to work in far-flung places that we don’t know as well as we know our own backyards.

It is difficult to find a country in the world not currently facing a housing crisis. The scale, scope, and nature of the challenge varies from place to place. There is, however, one fundamental reality across the globe: we need to provide more homes; and we need to find the ways to do this that benefit communities without harming the environment.

This talk will outline the concept of ‘missing middle housing’ and how traditional methods of design can create better places to live, for everyone.

Housing policy and the design of our cities intersect all aspects of our lives from the fabric of our society to the strength of our economy. When segmented groups are excluded from participating in the full economy all of society loses. Ironically, the methods and policies employed to discriminate against minority communities have ended up failing both the suburban and rural communities they were intended to privilege. The outcome is not only ongoing racial injustice, but also an affordable housing crisis and crumbling infrastructure in nearly every community across the country.

This course will look at the history and lasting legacy of housing segregation in America, intended and unintended. Beyond the past and present, we will discuss potential ideas for addressing these inequities, specifically the nationwide affordable housing crisis, so we might build a stronger future for all communities.

Wednesday, October 28

6:00 PM - 7:30 PM EDT

1 AIA CES Learning Unit|HSW | 1 credit towards the Certificate in Classical Architecture (Building Craft)

What are the challenges in building with solid load-bearing masonry today? Can a traditionally designed and constructed building achieve not just a net-zero but a net-positive sustainability rating? Is this type of project financially feasible in today’s market, especially in a mid-market city like Tulsa, OK? And finally, what role can a project like this play in building local strength and community vibrancy in a historic urban neighborhood, one that has experienced decades of disinvestment?

These questions are at the heart of The Joinery, a regenerative infill project located in The Heights, a historic urban neighborhood just north of downtown Tulsa and adjacent to the location of the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921. The 3,180-square-foot, two-story live-work is the first project in Oklahoma to seek a Living Building Challenge certification from the International Living Future Institute, one of the world’s most rigorous sustainability certifications. In doing so, it has employed principles of traditional architecture as well as traditional load-bearing masonry construction as key components of the project.

In this session of the Case Studies series, Nathan Pickard (owner and visionary) and Austin Tunnell (mason and contractor) will present this incredibly ambitious yet humble project and discuss both the challenges and successes that have come from the inspiring process of its fruition.

The ICAA Florida Chapter is pleased to announce that online submissions have been extended for the 9th Annual Addison Mizner Awards. The awards program is intended to celebrate individuals and design firms who excel in the advancement and promotion of the ideals of classicism and traditional design in architecture, urbanism and the allied arts.

Please join Alexa Hampton and Markham Roberts for The 2nd Annual Mark Hampton Lecture on Thursday, November 5, at 6:30PM. Alexa and Markham will discuss in depth their experiences working for Alexa's legendary father, and what that experience taught them about their own style, and points of view and methods of working.

Markham will discuss his relationship with Mark Hampton and the deep value of having a mentor in someone as knowledgeable, interesting and generous as he was. Alexa and Markham will also speak about their own friendship, formed years ago at university and the bond they created while working together in Mark's office afterward. Their friendship continues to grow today with support for each other in the spirt of Alexa's father.

Most importantly, the two will share some amusing tales of what it was like working in its heyday at one of the greatest design firms in NY.

Born in Indianapolis, Markham Roberts graduated from Brown University and moved to New York to work with the late Mark Hampton, before opening his eponymous firm in 1997. Called “a master of timeless American style” by Vogue, Markham has earned the reputation as one of the top decorators of his generation.

Many thanks to the Mark Hampton Lecture's Founding Sponsor:

Please join the Institute of Classical Architecture & Art (ICAA) at 6pm EST on November 10th for a panel discussion on how the integration of technology in architecture, design and construction is changing traditional workflow. This panel features Reis Contracting’s Chief Technology Officer Shaun Frazier, Colin Slaten of Peter Pennoyer Architects, Adam Lowenthal of Robert A.M. Stern Architects and Lindsey DuBosar of Hart Howerton.

Terms such as Building Information Modeling and Integrated Project Delivery have been around for years. Despite their advantages, we often find ourselves working in isolation with linear workflows in communication throughout design and construction. This is in part due to legacy workflows, contractual liabilities, intellectual property practices, awareness of the alternatives, or simply the challenge of technological implementation.

Whether using CAD, ArchiCAD or Revit, the opportunity is ever more present to take full advantage of the “I” in Building Information Modeling and foster a more integrated and efficient partnership between architects, consultants and builders. Cloud based modeling software with point cloud technology, virtual coordination review and clash resolution are especially useful as COVID mandates continue for remote working and onsite distancing.

This panel of technologists, based in classical architecture and construction for high-end residential design, will gather to discuss design coordination and collaboration tools that can be utilized to better leverage a more efficient communication workflow and collaboration.

Our special thanks to Reis Contracting for their support as our Innovation in Technology Sponsor.

Please join ICAA for an intimate look into one of New York City's great milestone achievements as NYC Committee Chair, Adrian Taylor, converses with Kriss Roebling, great-great grandson of Washington and Emily Roebling, the builders of the Brooklyn Bridge. With his unique familial relationship to the Bridge, Kriss conveys a very interesting perspective and a treasure-trove of stories, anecdotes and artifacts related to this great monument of design innovation and human ingenuity.

Kriss Roebling is a lifelong New Yorker and the great-great grandson of Washington and Emily Roebling, the builders of the Brooklyn Bridge. He has spent his entire life steeped in family lore and history, and therefore has a unique perspective on the amazing story of his family and the bridge that they built. He loves to share his passion for bringing this story to life and conveys it with a unique immediacy as he shares previously untold family tales, insights, and artifacts which help elucidate our vital connection to this chapter of New York's history. Kriss has a long history of sharing his stories, and has spoken publicly at numerous colleges, architectural organizations, cultural societies, consulates, and schools and has been featured in the New York Times, BBC Radio, The History Channel, and many other media outlets.

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.

9^th Annual Addison Mizner Awards – March 6, 2021

The 15^th Annual Philip Trammell Shutze Awards will consider work, regardless of location, completed by members of the Southeast and North Carolina Chapters of ICAA. National and International ICAA members are eligible to submit projects built in Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee. Projects must have been completed within the past ten years.

15^th Annual Philip Trammell Shutze Awards – September 18, 2021

The Merchandise Mart (images)

Send a jpg to info@classicistchicago.org by Sunday evening for it to be posted to the ICAA Chicago-Midwest Instagram account on Monday afternoon. Be sure to include your Instagram handle in the email!

Denison Memorial Building (images)

Post an image of your sketch to Instagram by next Monday afternoon. Include a brief description along with following tags: @icaa_socal and #sketchtogetherathome.

The Ashbel Smith Building at the University of Texas Medical Department in Galveston (additional images on the Texas Chapter's Instagram account)

To share your sketches, post to Instagram and be sure to tag @icaatexas and use the hashtag #sketchingandscones.

You may also send images of your sketch directly to michele@icaatexas.org.

There is so much more available online at classicist.org: filmed lectures and public programs, panel discussions, and numerous online articles provide an opportunity to stay connected with the ICAA.