Special thanks to: Appleton Partners LLP Architects

The Institute of Classical Architecture & Art (ICAA) is a nonprofit membership organization committed to promoting and preserving the practice, understanding, and appreciation of classical design. Learn more at classicist.org.

Commonwealth Avenue bisects the historic Boston neighborhood of Back Bay, and connects the Boston Common and Public Garden to the rest of the "Emerald Necklace" network of public spaces. As architect Patrick Ahearn, FAIA describes it in the latest edition of In Your Neighborhood, the Avenue presents a journey of architectural styles that celebrates the best of urban living in a walkable city.

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

On May 19th, 2021, the Institute of Classical Architecture & Art (ICAA) was pleased to welcome interior designer Mark D. Sikes for a tour through his latest book, More Beautiful: All-American Decoration, ​as part of a collaborative lecture co-hosted by the National Office and the Southern California Chapter.

In this presentation, available to watch in full, Mark reveals his sources of long-time inspiration and shows a glimpse into his creative process. He shares his favorite rooms — all of which are light-filled and crisply patterned, chic yet comfortable, and just the way people want to live today. Finally, he offers a peek at what is new and upcoming from this esteemed design firm.

On June 14, the ICAA will welcome students from across the country to the seventh annual Summer Studio in Classical Architecture (SSCA). The four-week program, which takes place at the ICAA’s headquarters and at iconic landmarks throughout New York City, introduces students pursuing careers in architecture and its allied fields to classical architecture as a living language.

Additional thanks to Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices New York Properties and David M. Schwarz Architects for their sponsorship of this year’s program.

Lead Annual Public Programs Sponsor: RINCK

Seasonal Public Programs Sponsor: Dell Mitchell Architects

Seasonal Public Programs Sponsor: Hyde Park Mouldings

One of the largest private collections of architectural drawings and related artifacts was quietly assembled over thirty years by American investor and philanthropist Peter May, a client of ICAA board members Bunny Williams and Mark Ferguson. The collection has now been published in a stunning two-volume catalogue with innovative texts by leading authorities.

Please join the ICAA on Tuesday, June 8 for a virtual conversation with Peter W. May, architecture buff and collector, and Maureen Cassidy-Geiger, curator of the New-York Historical Society exhibition, The Art of Architecture: Beaux-Arts Drawings from the Peter May Collection, and co-author of Living with Architecture as Art: The Peter W. May Collection Architectural Drawings, Models and Artefacts (2021). This lecture will be moderated by Mark Ferguson, founding partner, Ferguson & Shamamian Architects and Dean of the School of Architecture, Catholic University.

Landscape architect Thomas L. Woltz has forged a body of work that integrates the beauty and function of built forms with an understanding of cultural context and ecological processes. Please join the ICAA in collaboration with Classical American Homes Preservation Trust (CAHPT) for a virtual program on Wednesday, June 23, in which Thomas will discuss how a research-based design process can reveal and connect contemporary audiences to the underlying stories of the land in a lecture filmed at CAHPT’s Edgewater site in Barrytown, New York.

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.

Please join architectural historian Oliver Gerrish and CEO of Wentworth Woodhouse Preservation Trust Sarah McLeod for the first installment of the ICAA Summer Travel Series on Monday, June 28th. Oliver and Sarah will present a specially made video of the state rooms of Wentworth Woodhouse with an introduction to this enormous Palladian mansion and its history, as well as the current restoration and renaissance.

Special Thanks to our Summer Travel Series Sponsors Bill Brockschmidt, Kathryn Herman Design, Kris Hermance, James F. Carter, Inc., Architect, and Myrna Kaplan

Lead Sponsor for Continuing Education courses: Uberto Construction.

The ICAA's online Continuing Education courses are presented by Douglas C. Wright Architects.

1 AIA CES Learning Unit|HSW and 1 credit towards the Certificate in Classical Architecture for each individual course session

Participants may enroll in any number of the courses; there is a discount for signing up for all three programs together.

Scholarship applications are due for the ICAA Intensive in Classical Architecture: Houston

Scholarship applications are due for the 2021 Christopher H. Browne Savannah Drawing Tour

Scholarship applications are due for the 2022 ICAA Intensive in Classical Architecture: New York

The ICAA is pleased to announce the resumption of in-person travel programs in 2021, once again opening access to a world of design and architectural discovery and inspiration, and offering the opportunity to share unforgettable experiences with fellow classicists.

The first tour of 2021 to the Hudson River Valley is sold out, but the calendar is rapidly filling up with new dates and journeys. Visit classicist.org or contact development@classicist.org to learn more.

Great Country Houses of the Hudson River Valley SOLD OUT

This tour, arranged in conjunction with Classical Excursions, will cover three centuries of some of the region’s finest architecture. Both sides of the Hudson River have a rich design legacy, and given the valley’s proximity to New York City, it had been the recipient of substantial investment in the construction of stunning architectural treasures.

Immerse yourself in the art, architecture, riads, and romance of Marrakech on this special journey crafted and co-hosted by luxury travel planning company Indagare in partnership with the Institute of Classical Architecture & Art.

Join this tour arranged in collaboration with Classical Excursions to the Berkshires in Western Massachusetts, where idyllic villages like Stockbridge and Lenox are located near bucolic lakes and rolling hills, vied with Newport and Bar Harbor as a resort colony for the wealthy and socially prominent.

The ICAA is pleased to partner with Classical Excursions to present this exciting tour of Copenhagen, Denmark and beyond. This tour 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.

The ICAA Florida Chapter is pleased to announce the Call for Submissions for Contemporary Classical: Architecture, Urbanism and Craft in Florida and the Greater Caribbean, Volume I of the Chapter’s new print publication series Classical Florida.

Contemporary Classical: Architecture, Urbanism and Craft in Florida and the Greater Caribbean will document and celebrate Florida’s and the Caribbean’s most accomplished classically-oriented work in architecture, urban planning, interior design, landscape architecture, craftsmanship and related arts and disciplines. The publication will be an attractive, large-format, rigorously documented and widely distributed overview that includes photography, plans, drawings and texts related to each featured project, and will also include a critical appraisal and an historical overview of classical work in Florida and the Greater Caribbean.

Participation in Contemporary Classical: Architecture, Urbanism and Craft in Florida and the Greater Caribbean is open to all ICAA members who have completed projects in Florida and the Greater Caribbean (individuals and firms may join the Florida Chapter of the ICAA at any time by visiting https://www.classicist.org/membership).

The deadline for submissions is June 15, 2021.

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.

The intent to enter deadline is June 25, 2021, and the final submission deadline is July 20, 2021.

The deadline for all entries and submission fees for the 2021 John Staub Awards is August 14, 2021.

The regular submission deadline for the 2021 Philip Trammell Shutze Awards is June 18, 2021 and the late submission deadline at a higher entry fee is June 25, 2021.

The student/emerging professional deadline is June 25, 2021.

Chicago-Midwest Chapter

Master Architects of Southern California 1920–1940: Paul R. Williams

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.