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ARTICLES & VIDEOS: NEW THIS ISSUE

On May 31, 2023, the ICAA celebrated the release of the first volume of the ICAA's republication of the acclaimed Lutyens Memorial Volumes with a lecture delivered by David Frazer Lewis, Associate Professor of Architectural History at the University of Oxford. His talk explores the seldom-told story of the genesis of the Memorial Volumes, amidst the austerity, rationing, and ascendant modernism of postwar Britain. The presentation, held in partnership with Lutyens Trust America, traces the Volumes' influence in Britain and the United States through the course of the twentieth century, and the way that their reprinting in the 1980s and now in the 2020s, has allowed Lutyens to remain an inspiration to many architects today.

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The first volume of the series, The Architecture of Sir Edwin Lutyens: The Country Houses is currenly available for purchase on the ICAA website.

The Institute of Classical Architecture & Art is pleased to thank the following sponsors of the Lutyens Memorial Series:

Russell Windham, Mark Ferguson, Peter Pennoyer, Anne Fairfax, and Gil Schafer III

Anthony “Ankie” Barnes, Curtis & Windham Architects, Matthew Enquist, Ferguson & Shamamian Architects, Jared D. Goss, Kirk Henckels, Kligerman Architecture & Design, Karen and Liam Krehbiel, Anne Kriken Mann, John P. Margolis, AIA, Mark Hampton LLC, Oliver Cope Architect, LLC, Robert A.M. Stern Architects, LLP

Suzanne R. Santry, Stuart Cohen & Julie Hacker Architects LLC, Seth J. Weine, Bunny Williams, and Paul Brant Williger

Lead Annual Public Programs Sponsor: RINCK

Seasonal Public Programs Sponsor: Dell Mitchell Architects

Seasonal Public Programs Sponsor: Hyde Park Mouldings

The ICAA holds two drawing tours each year, one international and one in the US. This year’s domestic program took place in Newport, Rhode Island, May 18-21. The program was led by Stephen Chrisman, Partner at Ferguson & Shamamian Architects, and ICAA Fellow, and Tommy Vince, Project Designer at David M. Schwartz Architects. Newport was selected this year as an ideal location to study a sophisticated range of American architecture, with outstanding examples of late seventeenth through eighteenth century colonial architecture; the American Shingle Style of the late nineteenth century; and the so-called “cottages”—large stone country houses based on European Renaissance villas and palazzo—all within short walking distances.

The Christopher H. Browne Drawing Tours honor the generosity, leadership, and legacy of the Institute of Classical Architecture & Art’s late Trustee, Mr. Christopher H. Browne.

PRESS: ADDITIONAL READING FOR CLASSICISTS

In case you missed it, Architectural Digest recently published useful guides to Greek, Roman, and Neoclassical Architecture (the latter including work from ICAA Member Firms). You can find each guide below:

In 2021, the ICAA was proud to present the miniseries, ICAA Influencers, a five-part series of interviews with top contemporary architects on the topic of legacy and how they were inspired and influenced by past design. Each episode reveals a remarkable variety of design inspirations that shaped one of the leading minds of classical architecture: Patrick Ahearn of Patrick Ahearn Architect, Tom Kligerman of Ike Kligerman Barkley, Peter Pennoyer of Peter Pennoyer Architects, Bobby McAlpine of McAlpine House, and Jim Strickland of Historical Concepts.

ARTICLES & VIDEOS: PREVIOUS ISSUE

The Institute of Classical Architecture & Art (ICAA) is proud to present Bunny Williams - Not a House but a Home. In this film the legendary designer, permanently named to Architectural Digest’s AD100 Hall of Fame, takes viewers inside her Manhattan apartment, Connecticut home and gardens, and various projects, offering insights into her process and her inspirations and sharing the practical lessons and advice that inform her projects. Along the way she recounts the story of her career, accompanied by exclusive photographs and newly filmed scenes of beautiful homes and gardens ranging from grand estates to modest clapboard houses.

Design in Mind is an original documentary series by the ICAA that profiles the careers of architects, artists, and designers. Bunny Williams - Not a House but a Home is the third installment in the series, following Robert A.M. Stern: Always a Student (2018) and On Location with James Ivory (2019).

Additional support for Bunny Williams - Not a House but a Home comes from LaPolla Designs

On April 26, 2023, the ICAA was pleased to welcome the award-winning landscape architect and author Janice Parker for a talk on garden rooms. From peristyle gardens and rose parterres to Hidcote Manor and beyond, her presentation explores the relationship between garden rooms, the landscape, and the architecture they surround. Garden designers discussed in this lecture include icons of the field such as Gertrude Jekyll, Ellen Biddle Shipman, Lawrence Johnston, Annette Hoyt Flanders, and Janice's mentor, John Brookes.

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 Continuing Education and Public Programs Sponsor Charlotte Moss, and the Curricula's Lead Sponsor Hollander Design Landscape Architects.

NATIONAL CALENDAR: MULTI-DAY PROGRAMS

NATIONAL CALENDAR: CONTINUING EDUCATION

NATIONAL CALENDAR: EXHIBITIONS

The ICAA will hold a three-day architecture and design conference for up to 200 attendees in Charleston, South Carolina on November 3-5, 2023. Complete with a diverse offering of talks, panel discussions, working sessions, and tours, Enduring Places: ICAA National Conference will focus on three themes that are at the heart of classical design: craftsmanship, preservation, and sustainability. Ticket sales to be announced.

Sponsorships for the Conference are available. Contact lhoglund@classicist.org for more information.

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

Saturday, July 29th, 2023 - SOLD OUT

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

In partnership with Classical Excursions, this tour of the hidden gems of Naples and the Amalfi Coast will bring participants to grand palaces, stunning churches, and private houses and gardens of Positano and Capri, along an abundance of museums, workshops, and more.

October 2nd-9th, 2023 - SOLD OUT

This special tour of Yorkshire, led by architectural historian Oliver Gerrish, begins and ends in London, and includes exclusive curatorial tours of stately homes throughout the region. Participants will have the unique opportunity to enjoy private dinners and luncheons at some of the area's greatest houses, while meeting architects along the way.

November 9th-12th, 2023 - SOLD OUT

Participants in this exclusive tour of Washington D.C.'s architectural treasures will stay at the Hay-Adams Hotel and visit private clubs, historic homes, monumental civic structures, and grand estates including Dumbarton Oaks, Tudor Place, and the Hillwood Estate, among others.

Enjoy visits to private estates in Palm Beach where participants will gain an insiders view of rarely-seen architectural and design masterieces, alongside a thorough exploration of the city's legendary civic architecture.

NATIONAL CALENDAR: ICAA CHAPTER ONLINE EVENTS