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2011 Winterim a Success
On January 4, 2011, The assignment served to anchor and guide the Institute welcomed thir- the students over the course of the Intensive, teen exceptionally talented complemented and informed by our core and dedicated students from six curriculum: The Elements of Classical Architecture, It is with great joy and states for the Winterim 2011 Professional Architectural Rendering in Wash, Observational optimism that we report a Intensive. Among them were students from the Drawing, Linear Perspective, Theory of Propor- Northern California Chapter, Rocky Mountain tion, and The Literature and Theory of Classical highly successful, ground- Chapter, the Florida Chapter, as well as the Architecture, which were taught by ICA&CA breaking experience for President of the Philadelphia Chapter, Barbara instructors Marty Brandwein, Andy Taylor, Eberlein. An architecture student from Hampton Patrick Connors, Steve Bass, and Marvin Clawson all involved with the University in Virginia, James Ford III, was the respectively. recent Winterim program, winner of the 2010 Hampton University Schol- In order to grasp the historical significance the ICA&CA Professional arship, which, through the generosity of the of the project, as well as to get a sense of the Marilyn and Ray Gindroz Foundation, sends a actual place, the first studio session was a walking Intensive that took place fourth-year architecture student to the Winterim tour led by Instructors Richard Cameron and in January. Speaking for Professional Intensive each year. Also in Michael Djordjevtich of Lower Manhattan, attendance were two practicing architects from which ended in Federal Hall. Once there, the stu- the staff, we enjoyed so the Southern California Chapter, Domiane Forte dents sketched the rotunda, made measurements, much the intellectual ac- and Carolina Chacon Allen, both winners of and gathered inspiration for the work ahead. the I-Grace and ICA&CA Southern California For the next nine days, the students were tivity brought to bear by Chapter Scholarship. sitting at their desks, hard at work on their projects the students and our Happily, we were able to host the students utilizing the skills from all their courses. The insightful instructors. in our newly renovated classroom for a total of work they produced was impressive, especially ten days, as opposed to the seven-day Intensive under such time constraints. January 15 marked as previously offered. The extended period of the end of a successful Winterim Intensive with a —Paul Gunther, President the Intensive, along with the developments jury of invited guests awarding three prizes and of the curriculum, served to inspire the students two honorable mentions for student designs. to create ambitious designs, and produce some For information about ongoing CE truly remarkable work. Education, Intensives, the Rome Drawing Tour, This year the curriculum included a Design and the new full-time program in classical archi- Studio taught by Richard Cameron and Michael tecture, please visit www.classicist.org or email Djordjevtich, which focused on a sketch problem [email protected]. to create a hypothetical shrine for the stone upon which George Washington stood when sworn —Nora Reilly, Education Programs Coordinator in as the first President of the United States. Currently, the stone stands upright, cordoned off by some rope, in a corner of Federal Hall in Lower Manhattan. This was the assignment that met the stu- dents on their first evening here at Orientation: A Shrine For the Threshold of the President of the United States Program: At the entrance to the rotunda in Federal Hall in Lower Manhattan is proposed a design for an aedicular shrine in the form of a baldachin to house the paving stone upon which George Washington took the Oath of office as the first President of the United States on the morning of
Presentation of work by 2011 Winterim student Domiane Forte during the final critique. Photo Nora Reilly. Thursday, April 30, 1789. 2 ica&ca interview spring 11 3
PG: It sounds like an ICA&CA member tour of York, PG: What other educational pursuits are you involved ICA&CA Interview with Ray Gindroz PA is called for soon! with today? RG: Indeed and when you go, take stock of one RG: A key part of my training was time spent of our most dramatic uses of traditional vocabu- in Europe, especially France and Italy. In the laries with the remodeling of barracks-like early 1960s I conducted research on how people buildings in a distressed Public Housing Project. perceive their environments by surveying a small By providing porches and windows that reflected town east of Rome. This first-hand experience the Colonial Revival style of adjacent neighbor- was life-changing and shaped my work and the hoods, it was transformed into a neighborhood lessons I seek to impart. It was, for example, with a profoundly positive impact on the lives of the basis of my urban design teaching at Yale’s ICA&CA President Paul Gunther residents. This led to our designing many of the Graduate School of Architecture between 1968 sat down recently with globetrotting trustee, HOPE VI programs around the country—in and 1988. It also led to my founding of the Seaside Ray Gindroz, to ask him about his visionary part with the practice of traditional architectural Pienza Institute as a regular offering of the career as planner at the firm he co-founded in vocabularies—that transformed inner city low Seaside Institute, where I am now board chair. Pittsburgh, Urban Design Associates (UDA), income projects into mixed income neighborhoods. To assure such experiences for the next and his service on the Institute board since 2004. Despite what was then a radical rediscovery of generation of architects, my pianist wife and past lessons, the new design standards were I have established the Marilyn and Ray Gindroz Paul Gunther: When did you first learn about the working. UDA’s projects across the country Foundation. Every year, we support study ICA&CA and what were your early impressions? include those in all manner of scale and purpose, abroad for a student of architecture or urbanism but a fundamental civic impulse continues to at Carnegie Mellon University, and a student Ray Gindroz: In the late 1990s, UDA completed guide the firm’s work. It’s why we are linked at Hampton University’s School of Architecture. the Celebration Pattern Book. Andrés Duany was en- closely with the New Urbanism, for whose At Hampton, with the heroic efforts of faculty thusiastic about its potential as a textbook and Congress I have served as board chairman. A members Shannon Chance and Mason Andrews, suggested that I present it to the ICA. In his comprehensive planning kit from UDA called and the support of Robert Easer, Chair of the introduction, he called the Celebration Pattern Book Louisiana Speaks followed Katrina’s devastation. Department, the selected third year student the best thing since Vitruvius, which of course spends three weeks drawing and collecting infor- made me very anxious before a group dedicated PG: Once you were on board with the Institute, remind our mation for a design assignment back home the to teaching and sustaining the classical tradition. readers of how you hit the ground running. following semester. Additionally, in 2010, the The warm reception impressed me greatly. Dis- Foundation began collaborating with the cussions among architects are often constrained RG: My first effort was thePattern Book for Neigh- ICA&CA to provide lodging and tuition for a by unspoken differences, but with the ICA I borly Houses published by the Institute in Hampton student to be enrolled in the ICA&CA found a respectful consensus. collaboration with Habitat for Humanity and intensive Winterim program. On the student’s produced by UDA. Habitat had a problem con- return from the Intensive, he or she is required to Ray Gindroz sketching in parma during the 2009 vincing some affiliated communities to allow hold seminars with their classmates to share PG: What spawned this catalytic pattern book, which led so Hampton University study program in Italy. Photo by auspiciously to your governance role here? Dave Chance Photography. construction of affordable houses. Tom Jones, what they have learned. (See page 7 for more about the then the director of Habitat’s Washington DC 2011 Winterim Hampton scholar.) RG: The use of traditional architectural and more stable community. The challenge was to office said it best, “We know that 87% of Americans We support these programs directly through planning vocabularies as an essential part of an find ways of applying such traditions to new are comfortable with people who can only afford the charitable sale of my drawings and sketch- urbanism focused on social issues defines my construction at a time of isolated towers and a Habitat house living in their neighborhood, books. Our Web site explains it along with details career. We established UDA in 1964 at a time bland pastiche disconnected from the surround- but only if the house fits in. And that is where we of recent activity. Marilynandraygindrozfoundation.org of many broad social crossroads: Historic Pres- ing context and climate. sometimes fail.” The goal was therefore to pro- is the site address and I hope readers will visit soon. ervation, Civil Rights, and the Environment. vide tools for building correctly designed houses David Lewis, the co-founder of UDA, was ex- PG: How did UDA next sustain the discoveries of this in the styles most often found in American neigh- PG: When you think generally about the link of our mission iled from South Africa because of anti-apartheid first path-breaking commission? borhoods. There continues to be enthusiasm for with your career’s fruitful trajectory how could you sum- activities and brought with him a keen interest in the results of this Pattern Book. Besides Habitat, it marize it? the ways the built environment enhance people’s RG: We had an assignment from the National has been formally adopted by several cities to lives and livelihoods. UDA’s first commission Trust to prepare historic guidelines for a large guide residential construction. RG: Ironically, and simply, I think the more was a grant from the Ford Foundation studying neighborhood in York, Pennsylvania. We were I am thrilled to see this process carried on radical urbanism seems to the public, the more the role that school location and neighborhood astonished by the richness of the architecture, by ICA&CA’s Southern California and Texas essential it is to use traditional architecture and design could play in racial integration. Applied the correct use of style and proportion, and the Chapters, along with regional Habitat affiliates. draw from the fundamental humanism and sites included many of the nation’s most balance between consistency and variety. The Since then, my service on several juries including contextual regard of the classical tradition. distressed neighborhoods. streets of these neighborhoods, lined with porches, the 2010 Rieger Graham Affiliated Fellowship We found it essential to engage citizens in are among the most beautiful urban spaces in the at the American Academy in Rome has proved Ray Gindroz is co-founder and Principal Emeritus and the design process and learned that resident world. Surprisingly, much of the neighborhood a highlight. Senior Consultant of Urban Design Associates. stakeholders had affection for the traditional was built by speculative developers who used architecture and urban patterns remaining in Pattern Books that were prepared by architects. their communities or found nearby. We also This revelation caused us, in the early 1970s to observed that when these traditional patterns revive the tradition of using Pattern Books for were preserved and extended, the result was a building new neighborhoods and in so doing combined traditional forms with contemporary methods and materials. 4 ink on paper spring 11 5
Maurice Fatio: As he started his practice in Palm Beach, Ink on Paper Palm Beach Architect Fatio worked in a mostly hybrid Italian style that by Kim I. Mockler took into consideration the short social season Book Reviews Acanthus Press, New York, 2010 with its need for fantasy architecture and its acanthuspress.com intensely social focus on parties; the balmy Florida environment, which allowed for the Houses in Palm Beach are a unique breed, and blending of inside and outside; and more than reflect a special confluence of exoticism, climate, any other architect the use of quarry key stone and social ranking. In a relatively short amount (many of his early residences, including his own, of time a long history was fabricated, driven by a were fabricated entirely from that material). His small group of architects, whose work would vocabulary of details was taken from the great Architecture On The Edge forever shape the character of Florida’s built turn-of-the-century-folios like Northern Italian Of Postmodernism: Collected environment with what would, for the most part, Details or Details of The Architecture of Tuscany, along Essays 1964-1988 become an idealized version of a Mediterranean with others, allowing his work to rapidly acquire by Robert A. M. Stern holiday. Beginning in Saint Augustine, with the a patina of age, especially when fabricated from Yale University Press, New Haven, 2009 first commission of New York’s great Beaux- the instantly-antique-looking key stone. yalepress.yale.edu/yupbooks/home.asp Arts firm of Carrère and Hastings in 1884, a Fatio’s arrival in Palm Beach came at the blueprint was formed for the use of a blended set same time as several of the great architects that James Brown was called “the hardest-working of styles cribbed from the Iberian Peninsula. would produce the iconic designs of Palm Beach. man in show business.” Who could deny that Some decades later this was followed by the But even by that early time, cracks were appearing a matching sobriquet could be conferred on construction of the great in the Hispano-Moorish de- Robert A. M. Stern? The hardest-working man house and gardens that became sign fabric, which Mizner had in architecture captains a large eponymous firm, Vizcaya in Coral Gables, to woven. In fact, Fatio’s own heads Yale’s School of Architecture, and is the be quickly followed with the 1928 design for his mother- lead author of numerous important works of work of Addison Mizner in in–law’s house was modeled history. He’s omni-present as a speaker, juror, Palm Beach starting in 1917. on a French Norman design, and the media’s go-to guy for lightning strike With a minimal amount of the first of its type in Palm quotes on all things urbanistique (my word not training as a designer, and a Beach. Others, including the his). Most of all, he has taken on a self-imposed good amount of inspiration recently transplanted Howard task of Herculean scale. He’s trying, in every from his adolescence in Gua- Major, argued that British co- possible mode, to do about the hardest thing: to temala, Mizner became an lonial architecture was a more change the direction of our building culture. If overnight sensation after de- appropriate expression of an he succeeds even a little (and I think he’s already signing the Everglades Club American experience, and one done much more than that), we’ll all have a great of Post-Modernism had not yet died-out then, —the center of social life in that many clients would take deal to thank him for. No one is neutral about some distance had been gained from its hot the very social Town of Palm to heart. Bob Stern—a point, I’d wager, that delights the hey-day. With this perspective, Stern offers a Beach. This was the start of subject. But with all the focus on that unique penetrating analysis of its origins and tasks. the Palm Beach we all know Mockler’s careful incorpora- persona, career, and oeuvre, I propose there’s one Post-Modernism certainly incarnated the with its nexus of new money, old money, shady tion of the plans of each of the area he’s not received enough attention or credit end of certainties for the Modernist paradigm. money, and everything that you can show for residences reveal Fatio’s resolution of functional for: as a serious thinker. Rather than seeing it as a sunset, as many judged having it. issues, and his most modern approach to the The publication of this collection of two- at the time, Stern says it was really a new dawn It was into this milieu that the young Swiss separation of served and service functions, which dozen years’ worth of his essays may remedy that acknowledged and embodied the complexity architect Maurice Fatio (1897-1943) arrived in reached its apex with Il Palmetto. There, the that, for we can see in them an intellect that and multi-valence of society. Just so, in his final 1923. European, elegant, and polished, he so mansion was divided into two halves, placing all is not just vividly excited about architecture and essay, “The Continuity of Post-Modernism,” he well integrated into the social scene that after a of the servant spaces in their own building. The urbanism, but who is also deeply engaged in ends on a positive upswing, saying that to practice short season filled with parties he returned to author’s thoughtful chronological arrangement looking at historical and cultural causes and this way is to embrace the rich realities of life itself. New York with multiple commissions and the of Fatio’s projects, with a wealth of photo docu- principles. The good news is that like the author In my view, Stern’s essays are particularly promise of more. Kim Mockler’s new book on mentation spanning decades, provides insight on himself, these investigations are lively, sharp, and relevant now: Post-Modernism is due for a Fatio treads on well-worn ground, but succeeds the coming tide that was Modernism. Even leavened with wit. Further, this volume contains re-visit, and to have access to the thinking of by incorporating a narrative that provides new in his early projects, Modernism could be essays of almost legendary status, which are one of its original voices (as well as having insight into the clients, interior designers, and discerned: first in interior design, such as Curtis otherwise hard to access. I’m thinking of his his longer-term perspective) is a key to examining the intentions of the architect. This analysis is of Moffett’s avant garde interiors at the 1929 Villa early, gimlet-eyed take on the New York Five the meaning of Post-Modernism’s wide-ranging special importance in Palm Beach, where the Oheka, and then later brought in by the clients (“Stompin’ at the Savoye”) and his perceptive dance. intricacies of the designs were derived from the themselves (many of whom were reacting to the analytics of the work of Rudolph and Johnson. All to say how fitting it is that Robert A. M. very specific environment for which they were perceived novelty and clarity of the new modern The readers of this newsletter might be Stern is the recipient of the 2011 Richard H. created. The book begins with a quick overview designs). This gave rise to stylistically hybrid most interested to read his views of the game- Driehaus Prize for Classical Architecture. Now of young Fatio’s European background and his work that was transitional, and in many ways the changing 1977 MoMA Beaux-Arts exhibit, and his in its ninth year, the prize is presented eventual arrival in New York, including his most original of Fatio’s work. thoughts on classicism in subsequent pieces. Not annually under the aegis of the University of partnership with William A. Treanor—a part- to be missed is “Notes on Post-Modernism,” Notre Dame. —SJW nership that gave the pair representation in New sourced from late 70s seminars, and presented in ...... York and eventually Palm Beach. Their two an engaging Q&A format. Although the fires offices served them well before the effects of the depression finally took hold. 6 ink on paper spring 11 7
Fatio’s life came to a sad and early end, just ousness (as in a prominently sited Piccadilly when he was at his prime. It has been said that he office building), to a light and witty touch (i.e. Of Note completed over 400 projects (of which over 100 Adam’s Solar House, with the shining metal have already been torn down). Even in the mostly leaves of its neo-Tower of the Winds capitals). protected environs of Palm Beach, important Or consider the firm’s range of residential work houses are demolished every year, including this from their brick-dressed houses (whose masonry year when one of the oldest shingle style houses has a “knitted” quality which the English seem was taken down to be replaced with a parking to like), to a variety of villas finished in stucco or lot. Books like Mockler’s help make the architec- planar stone (with the mastery and panache of ture of the recent past more accessible, breathing John Nash). new life into a time that is in danger of being With such breadth of approach, is there forgotten—and remind all of us who work in anything that’s collectively characteristic of their the classical tradition of why we do what we do. portfolio? I’d say it is their readiness to take on —RD fascinating and hardly-easy problems, like the ...... organization and enhancement of Oxford’s Sackler Library (also well explored in The Classicist Robert Adam and the Search No. 2), or seeking the appropriate expression for for a Modern Classicism energy efficient building, or bringing dignity to by Richard John the design of speculative housing. In each case, Images Publishing, 2010 you can see a combination of logical investiga- imagespublishing.com tion informed by a lively sense of appropriate form and often an adventurous palette. A fine If Bob Stern is trying to alter the course of building example would be their library at Bordon: they culture on this side of the Atlantic, who is working gave wonderful character to a structure that is at corresponding challenges on the other side of not much more than a box—their solution made the pond? It is UK’s Robert Adam, who’s taken this public building inviting and legible. More- up arms against archi- over, it has an inherent sustainability: the building tectural aridity, inept- could easily be recycled to be a market hall, small ness, and the ideologi- manufactory, or high-tech office. cally obtuse. Although The volume, like many offered by Images, I would be delighted is a fine production with an abundance of illus- to laud him as an or- trations (over 600!). A grace note is that the ganizer and advocate plans have north-arrows (rarely seen in most for design sanity this monographs, but increasingly important to review focuses on the include as issues of energy-related orientation James Ford III preparing his presentation drawing during the 2011 Winterim Intensive. James was book at hand, which presents the oeuvre of the come to the fore). My only argument with this Hampton University’s second annual recipient of the Marilyn and Ray Gindroz Foundation Scholarship. firm he founded 25 years ago. Functioning out commendable book is the paucity of architec- Photo by Nora Reilly. of two locations (London and Winchester), the tural construction drawings, the very currency of work is not only the responsibility of Mr. Adam, building. Drawings are the way architects think, Hampton University Scholar Congratulations to but also of his energetic and creative partners: and allow us to see how our fellow practitioners completes 2011 Winterim the winners of the 2011 Hugh Petter, Nigel Anderson, George Saumarez approached solving problems. They speak to the James Ford III was the second annual recipient Winterim Intensive Smith, and Paul Hanvey. oft-thought query: How did they do that? of the Marilyn and Ray Gindroz Foundation Coburn Everdell, AIA, First Place Any new monograph begs the question: —SJW scholarship, which allows for a fourth year San Francisco, CA Hampton University architecture student to Domiane Forte, Second Place How many architecture books do any of us read? ...... Not just look at the pictures, but actually attend the ICA&CA Winterim. Upon completion Los Angeles, CA read? No takers? I thought so, and for good —Richard Dragisic is a senior project manager at of the program James noted, “Mr. Gindroz and Robert Sweetnam, Third Place reason as the quality of architectural writing is Fairfax & Sammons, and has had charge of the renova- the Foundation have been a tremendous blessing New York, NY generally appalling. Since the late Summerson, tion and expansion of one of Fatio’s most extensive works to me. They have helped me further my educa- Banham, and Worsley, there’ve been few stylists in Palm Beach. His extensive knowledge of the fine tion in architecture by showing me how I might Honorable Mentions went to: who make the act of reading about architecture residences of that golden period of residential design makes articulate myself through this field. Studying Joseph Tralongo West Palm Beach, FL pleasurable—or even tolerable. Now the good him eminently qualified to review books on the masters architecture has taught me numerous life lessons Tom Matthews Denver, CO news: as a cicerone to the Adam firm’s work, the of that era. and instilled an even greater desire to learn more. reader is fortunate to have Dr. Richard John. One of the most important things Ray has Congratulations to ALL the Winterim students Here’s a man who’s not only a scholar of depth, —Seth Joseph Weine, a founding Fellow of the ICA&CA, emphasized is to sketch and to sketch all the who took time away from their busy lives to but a wordsmith who carries you along on the has been doing architecture and getting things built for a time. His sketches are a great example of how immerse themselves in this unique educational crest of clear thinking and expression. We saw long time. For more of Seth’s singular book reviews, please your pen or pencil can take the mind on a walk experience and become an integral part in fur- this in the text of his fine monograph on Thomas visit the ICA&CA blog at http://blog.classicist.org. Seth around buildings and space to tell a story and to thering the classical tradition. They inspire us all. Gordon Smith, and in this new book the lan- is available at [email protected] solve problems. My experience as a participant Please see roster and photo on page 8. guage is exceptionally literate and illuminating. of the 2011 Winterim was unforgettable.” The work of Bob Adam’s firm is notable for ...... it’s diversity of style: from Chamberesque seri- 8 of note spring 11 9
The 2011 Winterim Students with instructors Richard Cameron and Michael Djordjevitch in front of Federal Hall in lower Manhattan. Photo by Thomas P. Matthews.
2011 Winterim Students: Architect and ICA&CA instructor for India Ink full-time program Carolina Chacon Allen Los Angeles, CA Wash Rendering, both became Fellows of the Barbara Eberlein Philadelphia, PA Institute due to their ongoing involvement and in classical architecture Coburn Everdell, AIA San Francisco, CA contributions to the organization. Beaux-arts atelieR ~ the inaugural year James Ford III Hampton, VA ...... Meghan Ford West Palm Beach, FL september 2011 – june 2012 Domiane Forte Los Angeles, CA Announcing a Full Time M. Jane Gaillard New York, NY Program in Classical Thomas P. Matthews Denver, CO Architecture R. Samuel Roche Miami, FL The ICA&CA is poised to offer a full-time Scholarships and Financial Aid available from: Nina Roefaro Jersey City, NJ non-accredited program, which will begin imme- The Richard H. Driehaus Scholars Fund Robert Sweetnam New York, NY diately after Labor Day. The course is called the Eduardo Tenenbaum New York, NY Beaux-Arts Atelier and is a one-year intensive Joseph Tralongo West Palm Beach, FL program in the study of architectural design applications due may 15, 2011 ...... following in the method of the École des Beaux- For complete information on this and other ICA&CA programs, please visit us at: Arts. Students receive in-depth instruction in WWW.CLASSICIST.ORG New Staff for the ICA&CA an atelier setting while also pursuing coursework National Office in observational drawing, architectural drafting, The ICA&CA Staff welcomes two new staff systematic design methodology, the classical members: Kelly Price joined the office in orders, geometry and proportion, traditional November 2010 as the Membership & Marketing methods of architectural wash rendering and Associate and as such serves as the office liaison drawing, the history and theory of classical to all fourteen of the ICA&CA Chapters. She architecture, modeling and sculpting, anatomy, works closely with Sara Durkacs, Membership & and cast and figure drawing. Students also conduct Marketing Director, and David Ludwig, who detailed studies of New York City’s architec- became the full-time Membership & Public tural masterpieces through on-site observation Programs Associate last fall. and field drawing. In addition, field trips to leading Also new to the office isAnne Wolff Lawson architectural, decorating, and crafts studios occur who joined us as Registrar in February to help during each term. develop student recruitment and services per- Of special note is the Richard H. Driehaus taining to the forthcoming Beaux-Arts Atelier, Scholars program, details of which shall soon the full-time program in Classical Architecture be available. slated to begin in September. The school year runs from September ...... to June, and is divided into five 6-week terms and a 2-week travel term in Rome. For more Two New ICA&CA information including application and scholar- Fellows Named ships, visit www.classicist.org or contact Registrar Briana Miller, formerly the ICA&CA Education Anne Wolff Lawson at (212) 730-9646, ext. 108 Programs Coordinator (2002-2006), and cur- or email [email protected]. rently the Senior Marketing Coordinator at the structural engineering firm of Robert Silman Associates, and Andy Taylor, principal of AJ.T 1 0 arthur ross awards spring 11 11
ICA&CA Chapter News
CHARLESTON The Charleston Chapter kicked off 2011 with a The Chapter began its 2011 programming Chapter meeting on January 31. The Chapter is by co-sponsoring the 10th Annual New Partners also pleased to report on a special program that for Smart Growth conference, held February 3-5, took place on March 2, 2011. Sarah and Ozey 2011 in Charlotte. This national conference on Horton were hosts for the Charleston Chapter’s building safe, healthy, and livable communities On Monday, May 2, 2011, the University inaugural membership event, which also served brought together prominent speakers from Club in New York City will once again be the venue to honor the 2011 Arthur to introduce the Chapter’s board. across the country. Ross Award laureates. This year marks the 30th anniversary of the Awards, As 2011 progresses, the Chapter is busy The Charlotte Chapter is planning other created by Arthur Ross and Henry Hope Reed to recognize Excellence in the planning events and lectures for the spring and programs for spring and summer including an Classical Tradition. In 1982, Atlanta architect Philip Trammell Shutze, whose summer. A Web site is planned to develop “Architecture and Film” series as well as joint work is revered as one of the twentieth century’s most devoted classicists, was public awareness about the role of classicism ventures with other area organizations. The honored as the first awardee in the category of Architecture. For a full listing in both new construction and restoration in Chapter encourages its members to become of those recognized by Classical America from 1982 to 2002, and by the the low country. For further information involved in planning the programs for 2011. ICA&CA since 2003, please visit WWW.CLASSICIST.ORG. about the Charleston Chapter, please contact For more information, please contact Chapter Coordinator, Bill Richardson at [email protected] or call (704) 602-4894. Every year since 2004, the Arthur Ross Jury selects five recipients for awards [email protected]. from among 11 categories and since 2007, have recommended to the ICA&CA CHICAGO-MIDWEST Board of Directors to honor someone who has made significant contributions CHARLOTTE The fall was a convivial season for the Chicago- across many of the categories during his or her career. The 2011 winners On November 9, 2010 the Charlotte Chapter Midwest Chapter, with members rubbing follow below. co-sponsored a presentation by noted architect, shoulders at a social at Riva Restaurant during educator, and town planner, Dhiru A. Thadani. the Traditional Building Exhibition & Conference ARCHITECTURE Speaking at Charlotte’s Civic by Design Forum, in October, and again at another social hosted Franck & Lohsen Architects, Washington, DC Mr. Thadani presented highlights from his by Terrell Goeke and Woodland Cabinetry at book, The Language of Towns & Cities. At the con- the Merchandise Mart in December. ARTISANSHIP clusion of his remarks, Mr. Thadani took questions In other news, the Chicago-Midwest Chapter EverGreene Architectural Arts, New York, NY from the audience at the Levine Museum of the is pleased to announce two committee formations: New South. It was an outstanding evening that The Education Committee, chaired by Elizabeth FINE ART brought together many people from diverse McNicholas with co-founders Chris Derrick, Andrew Zega and Bernd H. Dams, Paris, FRANCE backgrounds to be part of a discussion on tradi- Andrew Von Maur, and Neil Hoyt; and the tional town planning. Membership and Development Committee, PATRONAGE In early December, the Charlotte Chapter’s chaired by Danny Gonzales with co-founders Ralph Lauren, New York, NY final program of 2010 was “Designing the Aimee Sunny and Danielle Potts. Classical Interior,” a class taught by architects Planned events for the first half of 2011 STEWARDSHIP James S. Collins and Mitchell Campbell. Similar include illustrated lectures by ICA&CA Chair, The New York Botanical Garden, The Bronx, NY to classes last offered by the Chapter in 2006, Peter Pennoyer, and architectural scholar, Elizabeth this version featured an interactive component in Meredith Dowling, Ph.D. The Chapter’s first BOARD OF DIRECTORS HONOR which participants designed a classical interior seminar: “An Introduction to the Orders,” will Clem Labine, Brooklyn, NY with the help of large screen, computer generated be presented along with numerous other presen- drawings. In the class, design and building tations and tours. For more information and ...... professionals were joined by a group of interior updates visit www.classicistchicago.org or contact design students from Queens University of Chapter President, Chris Derrick at (847) Charlotte. The students were sponsored with 606-6460. For more information and to purchase tickets, visit the gracious support of local interior design WWW.CLASSICIST.ORG showroom, A. Hoke Ltd. 1 2 chapter news spring 11 13
FLORIDA by April 15, 2011. For more information and design talent. The Chapter envisions renewed In 2010, the Florida Chapter created a partnership updates visit www.classicist-washington.org or contact focus as the region’s premier organization with the University of Miami, College of Archi- Chapter Coordinator, Abbi Huntzinger at promoting the study of the classical tradition. tecture and looks forward to a long collaborative [email protected]. For more information on the New England relationship. Chapter lectures and tours included Chapter’s upcoming activities, contact Chapter a seminar with Leon Krier; “Attack of the Crown NEW ENGLAND President, John Margolis at (978) 922-4440 Mould” with David Case; “History and Design Despite a precarious economy, the New England or visit www.classicist-ne.org. of the Classical Garden;” A walking tour of Chapter celebrated its 5th year with nearly Windsor Florida; and “Leading Your Firm to 33% growth to its membership. A full roster of NORTHERN CALIFORNIA Profitability While Balancing Your Life.” events included seminars, lectures, book signings, The Northern California Chapter had a busy The main social event was the fall Social architectural and walking tours, as well as technical New England Chapter participants on the New 2010 fall schedule, highlighted by a private Membership Appreciation & Membership drive demonstrations. An array of these offerings will Haven Architectural Tour November 2010. lunch at the world-renowned San Francisco Fall at the historic St. Joseph’s Church in downtown continue through 2011. Antique Show. Honored at this lunch were On December 1, Eric Inman Daum led a Jacksonville, Florida. The Chapter also reports Nationally acclaimed furniture maker, Philip Bunny Williams and Adam Lewis, who both salon for the Shawsheen Initiative. Shortly there- the creation of a scholarship fund for students to C. Lowe, lectured about his work on October 20, lectured at the Antique Show. This gala event is after on December 16, Curt DiCamillo, Executive attend the Professional Intensives held at the 2010 at the College Club. In 2005, Mr. Lowe the start of the San Francisco Fall Social Season, Director of the National Trust for Scotland National office in New York City. received the Cartouche Award—the highest and was sold out within days of the announce- Foundation dazzled the audience with his lecture In February the Chapter began its Plein Air honor bestowed by the Society of the American ment. Over 100 guests enjoyed lunch by on: Jewels of Scandal and Desire: British Jewelry Collections Studio, which is an informal sketching and Period Furniture Makers—for his exceptional McCall’s catering in the private “Room with a and Country Houses. instructional tour at different locations throughout contributions to woodworking. On November View” overlooking the San Francisco Bay. Adam As 2011 progresses, the Chapter plans to the state. Also planned is a Spring Social with 3, 2010, the Chapter launched its first Bulfinch Lewis, author of The offer activities to attract a broader audience; support from Fairfax & Sammons Architects Awards at the Grand Staircase of the Massachusetts Great Lady Decorators, expand membership; and ensure that a balance Palm Beach office. The goal is to increase aware- State House. It was a resounding success and introduced Ms. Wil- of activities such as lectures and sketch tours ness of ICA&CA in the South Florida area. promises to become the Chapter’s annual holiday liams, as distingui- are offered free of charge. The presentation of Working closely with the National office, other event, to be held early in December each year. shed guest. After the a documentary double feature on Sir John Soane Chapter goals are to bring instructors to Florida Ten days following the success of the Bulfinch luncheon, all pro- and Benjamin Henry Latrobe was successfully to teach core classes relating to the orders and Awards, New England board member Michael ceeded to Ms. Wil- presented free to members on February 23 at proportion. The Florida Chapter is also com- Tyrrell, with the assistance of Patrick Pinnell, liams’ lecture. Boston’s College Club. To help make program- mitted to building support for a tour to Cuba. offered a well-attended architectural Tour of ming affordable to members and participants, Stay tuned for updates on this exciting initiative. New Haven. In November, local the Chapter is actively nurturing sponsorships Lastly, the Chapter thanks Teofilo Victoria antique gallery, Arad- for the Bulfinch Awards and all other educa- and Gerald Buxbaum for their time, effort, and er, featured ICA&CA tional events. commitment to advancing Florida Chapter’s goals. National Board Chair- The Chapter also plans to foster greater For more information visit www.flclassicist.org or man, Peter Pennoyer, representation from colleagues in all six New contact Chapter Coordinator Lane Manis at Dhiru Thadani at his book who spoke about his England States and will offer programs for design signing and lecture in San (904) 655-0013 or [email protected]. latest book. The event professionals needing to earn AIA learning units. Fransisco in December 2010. was the Chapter’s For example, the schedule will include seminars sponsor appreciation night, honoring the gener- MID-ATLANTIC on sustainability, structural design, and historic ous sponsors for 2010. To a standing-room- The Mid-Atlantic Chapter experienced a suc- preservation. only audience, Mr. Pennoyer showed plans and cessful season of fall programming, including a The Chapter also celebrates the first year of images of his dream houses, including fascinating tour of the exhibition, Palladio and His Legacy: the groundbreaking on-line Certificate program stories behind each one. These were images of A Transatlantic Journey at the National Building at the Boston Architectural College. Further on projects that inspired his work, and then his Museum in Washington, DC. ICA&CA Advisory the education and advocacy front, the Chapter own projects that referenced them. Of particular Council Member, Calder Loth led the exhibition will expand visibility in the design community interest was a project done in collaboration with tour, which offered participants the rare oppor- and in local neighborhoods through design board members Paul Wiseman (interiors) and tunity to view some of the most important drawings charrettes. The Shawsheen Initiative in Andover, Suzman & Cole (landscaping). in the world of architecture. Massachusetts is one ongoing example. Collabo- The last event of the year was an illustrated Programming for 2011 is well underway ration with Restore Media’s Traditional Building lecture by walkable community expert Dhiru and the Chapter just hosted an exciting lecture Conference in mid-July is also planned. Partnering Thadani, who spoke on his latest book, The on March 1 with Emily Evans Eerdmans, Mirror, with other businesses is key, as it expands the Language of Towns & Cities. Mr. Thadani’s theory Chrome & Gin Fizz: Art Deco in Britain. Chapter’s reach and broadens the membership base. is that “urbanism is the prescriptive solution to Also this spring, the Mid-Atlantic Chapter President John Margolis reports great the crisis we face today,” and he presented statis- and the National Civic Art Society (NCAS) momentum and energy from the volunteers and tics, images, and history to back this up. Notably, invite traditional architects and artists to engage members of the New England Chapter and is the book is full of sketches and hand-drawn in a competition to design a counterproposal to delighted that the Bulfinch Awards will become illustrations, all done by the author himself. Frank Gehry’s design of a national monument Top: John Margolis , Alan Wall and Richard a signature event honoring the region’s premier Krysiak from Tradewood Windows at the New Rome was given as an example of an ideal city, to President Dwight D. Eisenhower in Wash- England Chapter’s Bulfinch Awards in November ington DC. Competition submissions are due 2010. Bottom: Clayton Austin of Boston Ornament thus proving the point that classicism remains Company presenting the work of his company to an important field of study. members of the New England Chapter in May 2010. Photograph by John Margolis. 1 4 chapter news spring 11 15
The year 2010 wrapped up with a small rocky MOUNTAIN holiday gathering in The Lotus Collection, the The Rocky Mountain Chapter rounded out its amazing historical textile gallery of Chapter 2010 program schedule with David Schwarz’s Secretary, Kathleen Taylor. Many thanks to presentation, “Contemporary Classicism” at Kathleen for her efforts in behalf of the Chapter. Denver’s beautiful Grant-Humphreys Mansion. The new year began with the expansion of Through his illustrated presentation, the presi- the Board of Directors from 18 members to 25 dent of Washington, DC-based David M. with the addition of: Todd Cole, Aaron Cook, Schwarz Architects demonstrated that classicism Kay Evans, Marlene Farrell, Eric Friedman, is not confined to historical styles; rather it is a Heidi Gerpheide, Kevin Peters, Stephen Sutro, continuum connecting our past to the present. and Kendall Wilkinson. Welcome! The Rocky Mountain Chapter is honored The first half of 2011 featured talks by to work in partnership with the Denver Designer Thomas Jayne, Sam White, Allan Greenberg, Showhouse and The Children’s Hospital and Michael Imber, as well as a plein air painting Foundation to present an evening with designer/ demonstration by local artist Kevin McPherson, author Bobby McAlpine at the Denver Designer and an educational series on The Roman Forum, Showhouse benefiting Children’s Hospital on with lectures by Birgit Urmson and other local Thursday, April 14. This amazing revitalized Roman experts. For more information, visit showhouse is the culmination of exceptional www.classicist-nocal.org or contact Chapter Coor- work by 21 nationally recognized designers, @ dinator Carrie Swing: info classicist-nocal.org or each of whom were invited to design a room or Rocky Mountain sketching tour participants at Denver’s Cheesman Park Pavilion. Photo by Gail Breece. (415) 445-6700. portion of the showhouse. present a reprise of his Regional Coloration doorways and windows. This hands-on work- OHIO AND ERIE lecture on how color influences our world; and shop focused on the underlying geometries for Ohio and Erie will present Classical Cincinnati, we will again visit some of Denver’s beautiful the design of the Tuscan Order. April 1-3, 2011. The tour is called “An Archi- architecture and see it from a new perspective as A November lecture and book signing was tectural Tour of the Queen City” and will offer part of a sketching tour. held with Peter Pennoyer, who discussed his visits to the great architectural sites developed In an effort to further ICA&CA’s mission most recent book, The Dream House in Our Midst: along the Ohio River since the Federal era. The of advancing the practice and appreciation of the Reimagining Traditional Architecture. The lecture, independence of the American colonies and the classical tradition in architecture and the allied which awed the audience with heavenly spaces westward expansion quickly made Cincinnati an arts, the Rocky Mountain Chapter is working and places, was preceded by a cocktail hour at important civic and cultural center that imbues with the University of Colorado’s School of the Ansley Golf Club. The Chapter ended 2010 the classical spirit. The tour will include build- Architecture and Planning to organize and host on a high note with a Holiday Party at the ings by Benjamin Latrobe, William Strickland, lectures and courses which complement the Atlanta showroom of the Westye Group— Samuel Hannaford, Delano & Aldrich, John School’s curriculum. Southeast. The party featured fun, friendship, Russell Pope, and The Chapter extends gratitude to generous and fabulous food prepared by Westye Group Edward Schulte event sponsors: Blue Architects, Colorado Homes & executive chefs in their demonstration kitchen. among others. The Lifestyles Magazine, Continental Divine Catering, DHR Programming for 2011 began in January Ohio and Erie Chap- Architecture, Gruber Remodeling, Haddonstone, Historical with a lecture on Roman villas as the archetype ter also plans to Arts and Casting, Lifescape Associates, Mandil, Inc., Schöt- of all subsequent villa design and construction in present a lecture dur- ten Fenster, Steele Street Bank & Trust, The Vineyard, and the Western world. Presented by Professor ing Cleveland AIA’s Waterworks. For more information about Rocky Douglas Allen, ASLA, of the Georgia Institute “Architecture Week” Participants of September’s Denver Architectural Mountain Chapter programs and events, please of Technology, the lecture was held at the on the subject of Walking Tour set out from Union Station. Photo by contact Gail Breece at (303) 355-2460 ext. Michael Graves-designed Michael C. Carlos Palladianism in Amer- Don Ruggles. 201 or [email protected]. Museum at Emory University, with over 100 ica. The lecture will ICA&CA members and guests in attendance. be the beginning of Another highlight from the 2011 event The river view parlor at a series of events calendar is the celebration of our chapter’s two- SOUTHEAST Elmwood Hall (1818-1820) culminating in a fall year anniversary. ICA&CA Chairman, Peter The Southeast Chapter hosted a range of fun near Covington, KY by Thomas D. Carneal after field trip to Pitts- Pennoyer, will join us for a reception and lecture and informative events this fall. In August, a designs of BH Latrobe. burgh’s Carnegie Mu- on Thursday, May 26. social was held at Living Spaces in the heart of Photo by Alice Weston. seum to view Palladio The spring/summer schedule includes Buckhead’s design district. Two events were held and His Legacy: A Transatlantic Journey. The Chapter several events back by popular demand after in October on Designing Passageways and Portals, is considering a private tour of a new Palladian their success in 2010 as evidenced by the sold including a lecture on “Mouldings, Doors and Win- Villa built in the countryside outside Pittsburgh. out attendance. Architect Tom Matthews will dows: What’s Classical and What’s Not—And How to For more information visit [email protected] present “An Introduction to Classical Architec- Tell the Difference.” The lecture was presented by or call (614) 231-8940. ture” to emphasize the timeless principles of ICA&CA member William H. Bates III, found- houses designed with style, grace, and longevity ing professor of Architecture and Design at the in mind; Architect Jacques Benedict is the American College of Building Arts in Charleston, subject of a private bus tour of several Denver- South Carolina. Following the lecture, Mr. Bates Shutze Awards Planning Meeting: left to right: Shutze Awards Host Committee Chairs Wes and area homes; Eric Mandil of Mandil, Inc. will and Frank Genello presented a professional seminar Terry Vawter; Tracy Artzen of Genesis Elevator; on the design and construction of classical and Jonathan LaCrosse. Photo used by permission. 1 6 chapter news spring 11 17
In addition to these events, the Young Nancy Goslee Power hosted a special event ICA&CA once again demonstrated its “CAN-DO” in November celebrating Suzanne Rheinstein’s spirit with an entry in the 2010 CANstruction dedicated service to the Chapter and her new charity event. YICA’s CANals of Venice display book, At Home: A Style for Today with Things from the was created with 1,000 cans of food, which were Past. And lastly, at the December meeting the all donated to the Atlanta Community Food SoCal Board elected Bart Mendel of Stonemark Bank after decanstruction. Construction Management to the Board. A contingent of young and not-so-young The annual meeting on January 27, 2011 at ICA&CA members joined a day trip planned by Rose Tarlow Melrose House was to have the Young ICA&CA in December. The group featured ICA&CA Chairman Peter Pennoyer, took part in the 2010 Holiday Tour of Homes who planned to present an illustrated presenta- in Madison, Georgia, a city that features the tion, “Re-imaging Architectural Traditions.” largest collection of nineteenth century architec- Unfortunately, due to one of the snowstorms ture in Georgia. that hit the northeast, Mr. Penoyer was unable to
In other ICA&CA news, the Southeast be there, but the gathering happened anyway The Southern California Chapter participants at the historic Mission Inn in Riverside during the Chapter is pleased to announce its 2011 Board thanks to Rose Tarlow. Mr. Penoyer’s talk was November 2010 weekend tour. Southern California Chapter photos by Reggie Scully. of Trustees: President, Gregory L. Palmer, AIA; rescheduled for March 10. As part of the 2011 Co-Vice President, Andrew Cogar, AIA; Lecture Series, Thomas Jayne presented, The include: “Classical Proportions” with Alvin TENNESSEE Co-Vice President, John Lunday; Treasurer, Architecture of the Finest Rooms. Upcoming speakers Holm (April 2), “Field Drawing/Watercolor” At the time of formation, the Tennessee Chapter Elizabeth Dillon; Secretary, Wright Marshall; will include Samuel G. White, Stanford White with Jeff DiCicco and Domiane Forte (May 21), hoped it could offer an event that would draw Member-at-large, Richard Anderson, ASLA; at Box Hill, (March 30); Allan Greenberg, Can “Advanced Shades and Shadows” with Erik together professionals and others from across its Member-at-large, Laura DePree, AIA; Member- Modern Architecture be Classical? (April 13); and Evens (June 4), “Beginning/Advanced Drawing” wide state. In November 2010 the Chapter’s at-large, Michelle Reid Moody; Young Michael Imber, Cultural Memory and the Architecture with Jeff DiCicco (July 16 and 20), an “Archi- first Annual Meeting provided this opportunity ICA&CA, Clay Rokicki; Trustee Emerita, of Place (May 11). Other upcoming events tectural History” with Andrea Keller and more than 75 attendees experienced the Elizabeth Meredith Dowling, Ph.D. For more include a tour of the Huntington Library (April 9) (September 10) and “Literature/Theory of multifaceted event, which featured an opening information contact the Southeast Chapter featuring the renovated original residence and a Classical Architecture” with ICA&CA Fellows lecture by architect Steve Mouzon; a screening Coordinator Danielle Griffin at icasoutheast@ guided examination of the architectural archives, President, Marvin Clawson (November 5). The of a Benjamin Latrobe documentary; tours of gmail.com or visit www.classicist-se.org. and a program with Sam Watters talking at the Chapter will offer these core classes to area high Nashville’s Main Library and the historic historic Annenberg Pool at Santa Monica beach school and university students at a discounted Customs House; a presentation by national (July 14). tuition. Lastly, the Habitat Architectural board member and former ICA&CA president, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA On the educational front, architect Martin Affordable Multi-Family Design Competition Gilbert P. Schafer; and a lecture by architect In the fall of 2010, the Southern California Brandwein taught the “Classical Orders” in Pattern Book is now available for purchase. Bobby McAlpine. Alexander Lamis of Robert A. Chapter continued to expand educational out- February. Upcoming classes and studios will For more details, please visit our website: reach to the next generation of architects and M. Stern Architects led the library tour and gave www.classicist-socal.org or contact Chapter Coor- a lecture on how Stern’s Nashville masterpiece designers. The Second Annual I-Grace Scholarship dinator, Diane Sipos at (310) 396-4379 or for the 2011 Winterim Professional Intensive came to be. Ben Page of Page|Duke Landscape [email protected]. was awarded to: Domiane Forte (first place) and Architects appended the tour with an overview Carolina Chacon Allen (second place). Jeff of the classical courtyard. The venue for the The Southern California Chapter extends gratitude lectures and screening was the former Federal DiCicco (recipient of the 2010 I-Grace Scholarship to the following generous sponsors: Zeluck Archi- to the Winterim) taught a four-part drawing Reserve Bank of Atlanta building in downtown tectural Wood Window and Doors, Finton Construction Nashville. Now a residence, owner Won Choi class at the JFK Architecture and Digital Arts Group, McCoy Construction, Appleton & Associates, DC Magnet High School. The Chapter is excited to donated the use of the space for the events. Williamson General Contracting, Project Solutions, Please mark your calendars for the 2011 Annual instill discipline and passion for classical archi- Millworks Etc, Nelson Daniels, Sebastian Construction tecture in these young students. Also last fall, the Meeting, which will be in Memphis on Novem- Group, Pierre Landscaping, Baltazar Construction, Inc., ber 10-11. Chapter held its Second Annual Donor Recog- Richard Holz, Inc., The I-Grace Company, Portera nition Event on November 3, 2010 at Bausman Other recent events included tours of the Antique Spanish Doors, Suzanne and Frederick Rheinstein, Beeches and Glenraven, two historic houses near and Company. Over the weekend of November MG Partners, William Hefner Architecture, Stonemark 12-14, the Chapter presented a weekend at the Springfield; a tour of Nashville’s Cathedral of Construction Management, Decorative Carpets, Tim the Incarnation; a holiday party on a snowy historic Mission Inn in Riverside, which Barber LTD, Taylor and Syfan, Osinoff General Con- featured keynote speaker Charles Pheonix, and evening at the Belle Meade Mansion; a guided struction, Chris Barrett Design, Waterworks, JANUS et tour of the Birth of Impressionism at the Frist included tours of the Inn and downtown River- Cie, Clive Christian, Nancy Goslee Power, Exquisite side (including buildings by Julia Morgan and Center for the Visual Arts; a lecture by Bobby Surfaces, DSI Entertainment Systems, Tom Nelson, McAlpine at the Brooks Museum of Art in Myron Hunt). An outdoor sketching class was General Contractor co-taught by Domiane Forte and Jeff DiCicco. Memphis; and a tour and concert at the Schermerhorn Symphony Center, reopened after suffering damage from Nashville’s 2010 flood. The 2011 board of directors are Brent Baldwin,
Top: Martha Rayle, socal Chapter Member BJ Gavin Duke, Susan Hager, Mark McClure, Peterson, Board Member Bret Parsons. Bottom: Jonathan Miller, Martin Roberts, Eric Stengel, socal Board Members Josh Christian, Tim Barber, and David White. Officers elected for 2011 and Chapter member David Reed. This issue of The Forum is sponsored by:
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left: Tennessee Chapter Annual Meeting partici- pants visit the library at Nashville’s Custom House November 2010. right: During the Tennes- see Chapter tour of Springfield, participants gather on the stairs of Glenraven. Photos by Chris Eller. are Brent Baldwin, President; Martin Roberts, Houston board members Bill Curtis and Treasurer and President-Elect; and Susan Hager, Russell Windham are planning a spring lecture Secretary. series to follow up on the enthusiastically The Tennessee Chapter would like to thank received “Roots of American Classicism” lectures the following for their support: Audio Visual Art- held at Rice University in November. Speakers istry, Barge Waggoner Sumner and Cannon, Inc., Carbine Susan E. Stein and Samuel G. White lectured on & Associates LLC, Cumberland Architectural Millwork, Monticello and Stanford White, respectively. Erwin & White, Susan and Jerry Hager, JH Anderson The entire board is working toward devel- Holdings, Kenny & Company, Lellyett & Rogers, oping a statewide event in the interest of Page|Duke Landscape Architects, Robert A. M. Stern strengthening ties between the three major cities Architects, Vintage Millworks, Inc., and Won Choi. For that have hosted Texas Chapter activities. They information about the Tennessee Chapter, welcome suggestions for other programs to be visit www.tennesseeclassicist.org or contact Brent held in any part of Texas and hope to follow zepsa.com Baldwin, Chapter President (615) 477-8872. up on interest shown in Ft. Worth and Austin For regional information, contact East Ten- by sponsoring events in those cities as well. nessee Chair, Jonathan Miller (865) 602-2435 Please visit www.classicist-texas.org or contact or West Tennessee Chair, Mark McClure at Chapter Coordinator Carolyn Foug at (901) 767-6640. [email protected] or (713) 942-7251.
TEXAS The Texas Chapter is looking to its members for ideas and leadership as we plan the course for 2011 while reflecting on the exuberant growth experienced in 2010. Last year, a dozen events were held in four cities, an ambitious design competition was staged, and the Chapter became more widely known as a sponsor of important arts lectures. The success of last summer’s Dream Dallas Home Design Competition has kept board members Larry Boerder, Lyn Muse, and John Sebastian busy, as they are continuing fund- raising efforts for construction of two homes for Habitat for Humanity based on winning designs from the competition. They have secured an anonymous matching grant that will match all donations, dollar for dollar, up to $15,000. Construction has already begun on both homes, with framing started on February 12. 2 0 gca news spring 11 21
Grand Central Academy News
Will St. John Wins Alma Schapiro Prize Congratulations to Will St. John, who garnered many prizes in 2010 for his extraordinary work, not least among them, the Institute’s distin- guished Alma Schapiro Prize. A jury of nine awarded Will first place from among 25 applica- tions where he stood out for his excellence in both painting and sculpture. The prize allows for a three-month affiliated fellowship at the Fond Farewell commuting to New York once a week. She also American Academy in Rome, where Will plans to Three Winter Graduates plans to eventually offer classes in her Philadel- to make detailed studies of the artistic conventions Three of the industrious full-time students phia studio. During her study at GCA, Angela he observes in the Laocoon group, Michelangelo’s have graduated from the program. They are won the 2007 Morris and Alma Shapiro Fund “Moses” and Canova’s “Boxers” in the Vatican Bob Silverman, who is currently pursuing prize for the best cast drawing, and the 2008 and Museum. Upon his return he plans to complete commissions while remaining close to the GCA 2009 Alfred Ross Prize for best figure work. a life-sized classical figure sculpture. Will writes: New York community, and continuing figure Instructor Ted Minoff stated, “I have had “Just as classical architecture relies on the and portrait painting coursework in the part- the pleasure of teaching Angela over the past endless recombination of strictly defined formal time program. couple of years. I have watched her develop elements, sculpture too employs the play of Neal Esplin has left to pursue a degree in outstanding skills in drawing, painting and tropes (controposto, s-curve, proportional medical illustration. He has been accepted into sculpture. Across disciplines, she constructs a natural, canons, morphological types, et al.) in order to the University of Texas Southwestern in Dallas, human veneer that gives her two-dimensional realize an art that goes beyond the mere repre- and is applying to the Medical College of Georgia work a sculptural feel and her sculptures the sentation of a thing.” top: Dying Man, by Will St. John, Finished Clay, in Augusta, Georgia. Angela Cunningham warmth of life.” Will also won First place in GCA’s 2010 32 inches, 2010 Bottom: “Vassilia,” by Angela Cunningham, 2010, oil on canvas, 14” x 10” has moved to Philadelphia where she, along with Third Annual Figure Sculpture Competition, a ...... opposite: “Anna Nina,” by Angela Cunningham, a fellow artist, is renovating a two-story carriage Second place 2010 scholarship from the Art 2010, Hydrocal, 16” x 8” x 14” house into live-work space. Angela will continue Renewal Center, and GCA’s 2010 Director’s teaching in GCA’s part-time program by Prize for Interdisciplinary Excellence...... 2 2 the forum spring 11 23
GCA Teachers using Technology
Signilar Art Video Collection www.signilar.com Sculpting the Figure with Pencil, a drawing demo by Jacob Collins.
American Painting Video Magazine www.americanpaintingvideomagazine.com October 2010 issue includes a segment on plein air painting at the Hudson River Fellow- ship featuring Jacob Collins, Ted Minoff, and Thomas Kegler. January 2011 issue includes a segment on Ted Minoff and painting seascapes.
Scott Waddell Webisodes www.scottssketchbook.blogspot.com Webisode 1: Blocking in the Portrait Webisode 2: Painting the Eye Webisode 3: Imagining a Composition ...... Exhibitions January 13 – February 13, 2011 Eleanor Ettinger Gallery, NY, NY “The Figure in American Art,” Group Exhibi- tion featuring work by: Richard Piloco, Travis Schlaht, and Hyeseung Marriage Song.
April 21, 2011 Installation April 28, 2011 Opening Reception Cavalier Galleries, Greenwich, CT “Selene,” by Edward Minoff
May 4 - June 30, 2011 Adelson Galleries, NY, NY “Jacob Collins New Works,” solo show.
“Stormy” (detail), by Edward Minoff, 2011. 32” x 48”, Oil and Gold Leaf on Linen. 2 4 travel spring 11 25
Travel Programs ICA&CA Calendar Of Events
Period Homes and Traditional Building, Media Sponsors BALMER ARCHITECTURAL MOULDINGS, Sponsor
TOURS FILL UP QUICKLY and there is priority registration for ICA&CA members at Attendees seeking AIA/ the Patron level and above. ICA&CA Tour operator Classical Excursions specializes in exclusive CES LEARNING UNITS (as specified in each tours that emphasize excellence in architecture, art, music, gardens, and archeology. Pamela Huntington program description) will be charged a one-time Darling of Exclusive Cultural Tours/Events of Prestige, also offers tours for ICA&CA members. $20 ($40 for non-members) processing fee per For further information about the tours listed below (except for Discovering the Treasure of Lebanon semester. To pre-register for learning units please & Syria and Private Classical Paris) including pricing, please contact Lani Sternerup or Tom Hayes contact [email protected]. at [email protected] or call (413) 528-3359. Visit classicalexcursions.com to learn more. For information about tours with Pamela Huntington Darling contact [email protected]. FOLLOWING IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF MAGONIGLE: AN ATELIER IN spring 2011 INDIA INK WASH, TONED INK AND April 8 – 17 FULL COLOR ARCHITECTURAL RENDERING A Grand Tour of Classical Sicily from Palermo to Taormina 6 sessions required from the May 19 – 26 24 sessions offered, February 9 – May 7; Wednesdays, 6:00 – 9:00 pm and English Country Houses of Sir Edwin Lutyens Saturdays, 1:00 – 4:00 pm. May 27 – June 5 This course is an on-going atelier in the study of Discovering the Treasure of Lebanon & Syria: Private Residences Architectural Rendering in Wash. The course (with Pamela Huntington Darling) introduces the beginner to the traditional architectural rendering method of India ink and Photo courtesy of The Commonwealth Fund Fall 2011 toned ink. It also guides students of previous Sponsored by Hilton-Vanderhorn Architects September 10 – 17 courses in this subject along the path of DISCOVER CLASSICAL NEW Private Classical Paris (with Pamela Huntington Darling) H. Van Buren Magonigle’s detailed lessons in YORK: Tour of the Harkness toned ink and full color wash rendering in an House September 17 – 25 atelier environment. Saturday, March 26, 10:30 am SOLD OUT Classical 18th Century Manor Houses and Gardens Classes are conducted twice a week. Although to 20th Century Denmark no prior experience is required, participants at all Once again, architectural designer and preserva- tionist Paul Wentworth Engle guides this tour september 30 – october 4 levels are expected to follow along in a rigorous and disciplined manner. Students can choose of the Harkness House for ICA&CA members. The Hamptons: Country Houses of the American Riviera which of the twenty-four sessions they attend as Designed by James Gables Rogers between 1906 october 29 – november 4 long as they meet the minimum requirement of and 1908 in the style of a restrained Italian The Architectural Treasures of Cuba: Access Renewed completing six sessions by the end of the course. palazzo, Harkness House remains virtually un- Among the topics covered are materials, changed. The interiors include French and Italian November 30 – December 4 India Ink wash, toned ink wash, full color wash, Renaissance rooms organized around a unique Private Boston casting of shades and shadows, atmospheric floor plan influenced by an unusual corner lot. perspective, and sheet composition using examples One of few family-owned housed of its period, Spring 2012 Dates to be Announced of the Beaux-Arts drawing type, the analytique. it is maintained impeccably by the Harkness Great Houses and Tropical Gardens of Hawaii Classes are conducted primarily in a studio format, family’s foundation, The Commonwealth Fund, Private Houses and Gardens of Connecticut’s Fairfield County with formal lectures, hands on teaching, and to whom the house was bequeathed in 1952. Classicism of the Modern Age in England demonstrations. Participants will meet in front of Harkness House at 10:15 am and the tour will last Fall 2012 Dates to be Announced Instructors: Richard Cameron, Architectural approximately one hour. The Architectural Heritage of Classical Cleveland Discovered Designer and ICA&CA Vice Chairman; Anthony J. Private New York Taylor, Architect Costs/Learning Units: FREE for Members Cost/Learning Unit: $40 ($35 Members) of the ICA&CA and employees of professional members per session; students must register for a minimum of six firms: $20 for the general public; 1 AIA/CES LU top to bottom: Agrigento, sessions, 3 AIA/CES LUs per session (Practice, Manual (Theory). Sicily; Lutyens’ Hestercombe Travel dates AND TOURS subject to change; Skills). For more information contact [email protected] ...... Gardens, used by permission, Robert A. M. some tours may be filled by press time Stern Architects; Harrison Gray Otis or register online at www.classicist.org. House, Boston; Shangri La, ...... Honolulu. 2 6 calendar spring 11 27
GRAND CENTRAL ACADEMY Instructor: Martin Brandwein, Architect and and shade and color mixing. Instruction begins OF ART LECTURE: THE GOLDEN ICA&CA Fellow in the studio with essential materials, media, and RATIO WITH RYAN BROKER Cost/Learning Unit: $40 ($35 Members) methods, and the subsequent sketch sessions will Tuesday, March 29, 4:30 – 6:00 pm per session; students must register for a minimum of six be spent developing watercolor views (both exte- sessions, 2 AIA/CES LUs per session (Practice, Manual rior and interior) of specific New York historic In this lecture, Ryan Broker covers many facets Skills). For more information contact education@classicist. sites. Experience with perspective sketching is of this often-neglected area of the painter’s craft. org or register online at www.classicist.org. strongly recommended for this course. He includes a brief description of the Golden ...... Ratio’s mathematical properties, with an empha- Instructors: Stephen Harby, Artist & Architect sis on its role in geometry, and will illustrate Sponsored by R. D. Rice Construction Cost/Learning Unit: $375 ($338 members); that arguments regarding the Golden Ratio as GETTY SQUARE — THE MOST 15 AIA/CES LUs (manual skills). more pleasing than any other actually hinder the INTERSTING CHURCH IN 19TH For more information contact [email protected] painter’s ability to use it effectively, and lack CENTURY AMERICA? or register online at www.classicist.org. Thursday, March 31; Reception ...... legitimate empirical evidence. Using preliminary at 6:30 pm; Lecture at 7:00 pm drawings produced by famous artists that display CELEBRATING FRANCK & LOHSEN use of the Golden Ratio as his examples, Ryan Lecturer Stephen F. Byrns illustrates how an ARCHITECTS, THE 2011 ARTHUR will show how these painters have used Golden 18th century church evolved through a major ROSS AWARDS LAUREATe IN Ratio grids successfully as well as unsuccessfully. building campaign in 1871, becoming one of the ARCHITECTURE Ryan will then discuss how a firm understanding first instances of historic preservation in America. Monday, May 2; Lecture at 3:00 PM of the Laws of Gestalt psychology and human It was also the first example of Colonial Revival Sponsored by Flower Construction perception assist the painter in effectively using architecture in the nation. The design raises Please join Michael Franck and Arthur Lohsen grids for composition. Finally, Ryan will CITY and COUNTRY RESIDENCES tough but interesting questions that have Wednesday, April 13; Reception for a special afternoon talk about the work of illustrate how painters have made use of the relevance to the issue of proposed changes to at 6:30 pm; Lecture at 7:00 pm their firm. This presentation on the day of the Golden Ratio in their working process and show landmarked structures today, something the Arthur Ross Awards is held at the office of Peter several examples of his own preliminary studies speaker deals with frequently as a former Revealing the deep well of work of a mature Pennoyer Architects, 432 Park Avenue South, employing the methods discussed. Landmarks Commissioner in New York City. firm,New Traditional Architecture: Ferguson & Shamamian 11th floor, NYC. Space is limited and reserva- FREE to ICA&CA members, students, and Library at the General Society, 20 West Architects City and Country Residences (Rizzoli March tions are required. Contact [email protected] employees of professional members firms. GCA 44th Street. Space is limited and reservations are 2011) is the first monograph about Ferguson & or register online at www.classicist.org. Cast Hall, 20 West 44th Street, 6th Floor. Space is required. To reserve please call the ICA&CA Shamamian Architects. Each project is singular, limited and RSVP is required: [email protected]. reservations line (212) 730-9646, ext. 109 or balancing the contemporary needs of clients Cost/Learning Unit: FREE for ICA&CA Please note this lecture does not have AIA/ register online at www.classicist.org. with traditional language, classical details, and members and employees of professional member firms; FREE CE Learning Units available. for full-time students with valid ID (please present your ID ...... appropriate regional character. Mark Ferguson and Oscar Shamamian will discuss their experi- at the door for admission); $20 for the general public. DRAWING THE CLASSICAL ORDERS: ence creating residences both in New York and 1 AIA/CES LU (Theory) is available. A STUDIO COURSE across the country...... Six sessions required out 12 sessions Library at the General Society, 20 West ARTHUR ROSS AWARDS offered, February 1-April 26; 44th Street. Space is limited and reservations are Tuesdays, 7:00 – 9:00 pm 30th Anniversary Gala required. To reserve please call the ICA&CA Monday, May 2, 2011 reservations line (212) 730-9646, ext. 109 or The University Club, NYC This course provides an introduction to drawing register online at www.classicist.org. 7:00 pm Cocktail Reception the three primary orders of classical architecture: 8:00 pm Ceremony and Dinner Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian. The class teaches Cost/Learning Unit: FREE for ICA&CA the orders through the canon of Vignola. This year marks the 30th anniversary of the members and employees of professional member firms; FREE Students then investigate other canons of the Awards, created by Arthur Ross and Henry for full-time students with valid ID (please present your ID orders including those developed by other noted Hope Reed to recognize Excellence in the at the door for admission); $20 for the general public. architects and the ancient Greeks. Through Classical Tradition. Every year since individuals, Cost/Learning Units: FREE for Members of 1 AIA/CES LU (Theory) is available. drawing exercises, students understand the organizations, and firms have been acknowl- the ICA&CA and employees of professional members firms: ...... compositional principles by which the orders FREE for full-time students with valid ID (please present edged for their contributions from across 11 and other classical elements are used to create a your ID at the door for admission); $20 for the general WATERCOLOR SKETCHING possible categories. Paid reservations are required. classical building. public; 1 AIA/CES LU (Theory). IN NEW YORK CITY $25,000 Sponsor Table (includes 10 Tickets) Classes are conducted in a studio format Friday, April 15; 5:30 – 8:30 pm; ...... $12,000 Benefactor Table (includes 10 Tickets) during which students complete an independent Saturday, April 16; 10AM – 5:00 pm $6,000 Patron Table (Includes 10 Tickets) project on the orders. The projects range from $5,000 Underwriter (includes 2 Tickets) a study of one of the orders from a historical For any designer, creating a watercolor sketch is $1,200 Benefactor Ticket building to a small design problem. Students can both pleasurable and essential as a means of $600 Patron Ticket choose which of the twelve sessions they attend understanding what is seen or designed. In this as long as they meet the minimum requirement weekend session participants review the basic To learn more or to make your reservation of completing six sessions by the end of process of developing a watercolor sketch. by phone, please call (212) 730-9646, ext. 112 the course. Additionally, participants explore the medium or register online at www.classicist.org. of watercolor, the equipment and materials used, ...... and various techniques including depicting light 2 8 the forum spring 11 29
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Named for Benjamin Henry Mrs. Arthur Ross Latrobe, the Society honors members and Barbara Sallick donors whose contributions constitute a substan- Suzanne and David Santry tial part of our ability to further the work and Gilbert P. Schafer III the mission of the ICA&CA around the country. Oscar Shamamian Sponsors to be announced Plan ahead for A champion of the Greek Revival style, the Nick Stern FELLOWS 2011 SUMMER James W. Sykes Fall 2011 British-born Latrobe was the first fully trained Aso O. Tavitian LECTURE SERIES architect to work and teach in America. Among 100 Years: Celebrating the Suzanne Tucker and Timothy Marks ELEGANT WILDERNESS: GREAT his works are the United States Capitol and the Jean Wiart New York Public Library Baltimore Basilica, the first Roman Catholic Four Wednesdays in June; CAMPS and GRAND LODGES OF Bunny Williams and John Rosselli Receptions at 6:00 pm; Lectures THE ADIRONDACKS, 1855-1935 cathedral in America and perhaps Latrobe’s finest Russell Windham at 6:30 pm Wednesday, September 21; Reception monument. It has been restored to its classical Roy Zeluck at 6:30 pm; Lecture at 7:00 pm magnificence. Lloyd P. Zuckerberg and Charlotte Triefus June 18: Speaker to be announced ...... June 22: Speaker to be announced Gladys Montgomery’s book, Elegant Wilderness: Marc Appleton and Joanna Kerns June 29: Speaker to be announced Great Camps and Grand Lodges of the Adirondacks, Naja R. Armstrong Dell Mitchell Architects, Inc. 1855-1935 (Acanthus Press, 2010) showcases F. Ronald Balmer E. R. Butler & Co. the private retreats set in the pine forests on the Gary L. Brewer Electronics Design Group, Inc. July 13: Francis Morrone will wrap up the series Richard Cameron Historical Arts & Casting with an inimitable lecture based on his research shores of the region’s shimmering lakes. More Susie Case Reilly Windows & Doors as he prepared for the new edition of W. W. accessible than the western United States, the Adele Chatfield-Taylor SBD Kitchens, LLC Norton’s publication, The New York Public Library, Adirondack region is where many urbanites of Jacob Collins Tischler und Sohn Its Architecture and Decoration which has been the Industrial Age came to experience the wilder- Jeffrey L. Davis Stern Projects revised and published in honor of the 100 year ness. In her lecture Ms. Montgomery illustrates Antoinette Denisof anniversary of the New York Public Library the rustic architecture and woodland lifestyle Richard H. Driehaus List as of February 23, 2011 Fifth Avenue building. that were a splendid conceit for the members of Anne Fairfax and Richard Sammons ...... All lectures are held at the New York School the leisure class who weren’t really “roughing it.” Mark Ferguson and Natalie Jacobson of Interior Design, 170 East 70th Street, New Library at the General Society, 20 West Mr. and Mrs. George J. Gillespie III The Latrobe Society recognizes members and friends 44th Street. Space is limited and reservations are Marilyn and Ray Gindroz who demonstrate their profound commitment to York, NY 10021-5167 (between Lexington William H. Harrison and Third Avenues); reservations are required required. To reserve please call the ICA&CA advancing the practice and appreciation of the classical Kathryn M. Herman tradition in architecture and the allied arts by making (212) 730-9646, ext. 109. reservations line (212) 730-9646, ext. 109 or William R. Hettinger register online at www.classicist.org. an annual contribution of $5,000 or more. Through Clem Labine and Deidre Lawrence their generosity, these individuals and companies help Cost/Learning Unit: FREE to ICA&CA Tom Maciag sustain a solid foundation for the Institute. Members Costs/Learning Units: Members and employees of Professional Member Firms as FREE for Members Anne Kriken Mann and David Mann enjoy all the Institute has to offer, plus unique benefits well as students with current identification; $20 general of the ICA&CA and employees of professional members Peter H. Miller and events created exclusively for the Society. Latrobe admission; $65 for the full series; 1 AIA/CES LU firms: FREE for full-time students with valid ID (please Lyn Muse Society members receive two complimentary tickets (Theory) per lecture. present your ID at the door for admission); $20 for the Katie Ridder and Peter Pennoyer to our annual Arthur Ross Awards gala recognizing ...... general public; 1 AIA/CES LU (Theory). Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk excellence in the classical tradition. If you are inter- ...... R. Douglass Rice ested in becoming a Latrobe Society Member, or to Jaquelin Robertson ICA&CA FALL–CONFERENCE learn more about the program, please contact Sara Alfred and Jane Ross Durkacs, Director of Membership at (212) 730-9646, RECONSIDERING POST MODERNISM ext. 106 or at [email protected]. AND BEYOND: A THIRTY YEAR ANNIVERSARY
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