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The Institute of Classical Architecture & Art (ICAA) presents The World of Classicism, a new biweekly newsletter presenting new original videos, articles, lectures, and courses, as well as selected offerings from the ICAA's rich online catalog. The ICAA is a nonprofit educational organization committed to promoting and preserving the practice, understanding, and appreciation of classical design.

ARTICLES & VIDEOS: NEW THIS ISSUE

For more than thirty years, Ferguson & Shamamian Architects has been one of the country’s leading residential architecture firms. As illustrated in their new book COLLABORATIONS: Architecture Interiors Landscapes—which features an extensive body of work across the country—Ferguson & Shamamian’s approach to architectural design seamlessly harmonizes timeless, understated classical character, proportion and detail with a keen understanding of their clients’ tastes, desires, and necessities for modern life.

For the firm's first event in honor of their new book, firm partners Damian Samora and Scott Sottile, and principal Andrew Oyen, spoke with design journalist Margaret Russell to discuss their unique process of collaboration and how their creative approach allows them to design truly one-of-a-kind residences that reflect the lives and personalities of their clients.

Our special thanks to the Presenting Sponsor of the ICAA Book Club:

Lead Annual Public Programs Sponsor: RINCK

Seasonal Public Programs Sponsor: Dell Mitchell Architects

Seasonal Public Programs Sponsor: Hyde Park Mouldings

On June 11, 2021, the ICAA welcomed Foster Lyons for the Continuing Education course "Efflorescence: Causes and Prevention", presented as part of the Spring 2021 Health, Safety, and Welfare in Traditional Design Day.

This course is a primer in the causes and prevention of efflorescence on masonry and enables participants to identify the four conditions necessary for efflorescence to occur, dentify the primary cause of efflorescence in those unfortunate times when it does occur on a masonry assembly, properly specify masonry materials so as to reduce the risk of experiencing efflorescence, and properly detail masonry assemblies so as to reduce the risk of experiencing efflorescence.

The ICAA is now pleased to present the full lecture for online viewing.

The ICAA would like to thank our Lead Sponsor for Continuing Education courses, Uberto Construction.

ARTICLES & VIDEOS: PREVIOUS ISSUE

This lecture is presented as part of The Françoise and Andrew Skurman Lecture Series on Classical French Architecture.

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, introduced by Bunny Williams and delivered by Arne from Allt y bela, his home in Wales, he 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 Hollander Design Landscape Architects, Film Series Co-Sponsor Janice Parker Landscape Architects, Landscape Prize Co-Sponsor Harrison Design, Continuing Education and Public Programs Co-Sponsor Charlotte Moss, and Garden Symposium Co-Sponsor Kathryn M. and Ronald J. Herman Charitable Foundation.

NATIONAL CALENDAR: CONTINUING EDUCATION

Lead Sponsor for Continuing Education: Uberto Construction

NATIONAL CALENDAR: PUBLIC PROGRAMS & LECTURES

Lead Annual Public Programs Sponsor: RINCK

Seasonal Public Programs Sponsor: Dell Mitchell Architects

Seasonal Public Programs Sponsor: Hyde Park Mouldings

NATIONAL CALENDAR: AWARDS & PRIZES

The ICAA is now accepting submissions for the annual Arthur Ross Awards, which celebrate excellence in the classical tradition. The Arthur Ross Awards honor lifetime achievement, a career, or a body of work. The deadline to make a submission for the 41st annual Arthur Ross Awards is Monday, January 31st, 2022.

NATIONAL CALENDAR: MULTI-DAY PROGRAMS

Scholarship application deadline: Monday, March 14th

Scholarship application deadline: Friday, March 4th

Summer Studio in Classical Architecture

Scholarship application deadline: Monday, March 21st

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.

NATIONAL CALENDAR: ICAA TRAVEL PROGRAMS

This exciting tour of Copenhagen, Denmark and beyond will open doors to some of the area's most outstanding examples of classical design, allowing participants to tour beautiful private residences and other architectural sites.

NATIONAL CALENDAR: ICAA CHAPTERS