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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

On December 14th, 2021, the ICAA welcomed acclaimed interior designers Juan Montoya and Alexa Hampton for the 3rd Annual Mark Hampton Lecture, where they discussed the intersection of modernism and classicism in Juan's celebrated designs.

The Annual Mark Hampton Lecture honors the legacy of renowned designer Mark Hampton and celebrates the highest caliber of interior design in the classical tradition.

Juan Montoya is one of the most acclaimed and prolific interior designers in the world today. His firm specializes in residential and contract interior design, with projects located throughout the United States and Internationally. Since Alexa Hampton took the reins of Mark Hampton, her father’s iconic firm, as owner and president in 1998, she has advanced its legacy of elegant, practical, classically based interiors for modern living,

Many thanks to the Mark Hampton Lecture's Founding Sponsor: S. Donadic Inc. Construction Management

Interior designer Lauren Hill welcomes listeners to her home in Ravenswood, a suburb of Chicago. Lauren shares the design choices she implemented to make her home comfortable and welcoming to guests, and discusses why she chose to create a series of separate spaces in her home, instead of using what she calls the "old-school" open floor plan that seems to dominate American suburbs. Homeowners and renters do not always have the means to completely overhaul their spaces, she says, so don't be afraid to mix and match different styles of furniture and artwork: "Eclectic is definitely just my style because of the pieces I've inherited and liked, and how my style has evolved over time."

Our mini-series "At Home" is a vicarious look at today's creatives. These are their stories of what it's like to live as a designer. Classicism in Conversation features discussions by architects, urbanists, city planners, designers, and craftspeople about the relevance of the classical tradition in today's modern world. See all episodes of Classicism in Conversation.

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ARTICLES & VIDEOS: PREVIOUS ISSUE

Lead Annual Public Programs Sponsor: RINCK

Seasonal Public Programs Sponsor: Dell Mitchell Architects

Seasonal Public Programs Sponsor: Hyde Park Mouldings

Julian Abele was chief designer for Horace Trumbauer and the contributing designer of over 250 buildings including the Philadelphia Museum of Art and Philadelphia's Free Library. Working decades before Civil Rights legislation, he overcame innumerable obstacles in a country gripped by segregation. Trained in the classical tradition at the University of Pennsylvania, Abele contributed to the design of Gilded Age mansions in Newport and New York, the Widener Memorial Library at Harvard, and much of the Duke University campus. Despite his incredible and prolific contributions, Abele was rarely publicly acknowledged for his work.

Hosted by designer and ICAA board member Barbara Eberlein, this new production features David Brownlee, architectural historian at the University of Pennsylvania, and Amy Cohen, great-grand niece of Abele’s longtime friend and collaborator Louis Magaziner, in a conversation that centralizes Abele in the history of classical tradition, a recognition long overdue.

In the new book, ROWDY MEADOW: House – Land – Art, Peter Pennoyer presents a visionary house designed and decorated by Peter Pennoyer Architects in Hunting Valley, Ohio, that will ultimately be bequeathed to the Cleveland Museum of Art. Inspired by Czech Cubism – an ephemeral early twentieth century movement notable for its exploration of prismatic forms – it is a house of tremendous complexity ruled by a calm mastery of the language of this style.

In this installment of ICAA Book Club, Pennoyer offers an in-depth look at making of this ambitious house and property as he explores the complex relationships between its architecture, interior design, furnishings, and collections of decorative and contemporary art.

ICAA Book Club Presenting Sponsor: Foster Reeve Architectural & Ornamental Plaster

NATIONAL CALENDAR: MULTI-DAY PROGRAMS

Scholarship application deadline: Monday, March 14th

Christopher H. Browne Edinburgh Drawing Tour

Summer Studio in Classical Architecture

Scholarship application deadline: Monday, March 21st

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

TOMORROW Thursday, March 10th

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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 CHAPTER ONLINE EVENTS

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