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ARTICLES & VIDEOS: NEW THIS ISSUE

When was the last time you talked about the birds and the bees with your design clients? This engaging talk by Melissa Reavis, residential studio director of Hollander Design Landscape Architects, may encourage you to have a new kind of design conversation. Drawing on the firm’s inspiring design portfolio of residential properties around the world, Reavis leaves no doubt about the imperatives and possibilities for designing healthy landscapes that benefit insects, plants, animals and humans. Reavis shows how biodiversity in residential garden settings can be designed within any aesthetic and enhance the overall experience of a landscape and its connection to architecture.

Presented as part of the Bunny Mellon Curricula at the Institute of Classical Architecture & Art. The ICAA is very grateful to the Curricula's Lead Co-Sponsor Hollander Design Landscape Architects, the Continuing Education and Public Programs Co-Sponsor Charlotte Moss, and Film Series Co-Sponsor Janice Parker Landscape Architects. The ICAA is very grateful to the Gerard B. Lambert Foundation for its generous support of this program

The ICAA is proud to announce the inaugural Gindroz Award for Excellence in Affordable Housing this year. The Award was named to honor the work of Ray Gindroz, FAIA, for his over fifty years of work in Affordable and Mixed-Income housing over his career at Urban Design Associates (UDA). As co-founder of UDA, Ray served as Chairman of Urban Design Associates (UDA) and led countless projects focused on transforming public housing into mixed-income neighborhoods. Ray showed significant interest in the policies, governance structure, and physical design years before it was a major issue.

Eric Osth, AIA is the current Chairman of UDA, a Board Member and Fellow of the ICAA, and the Chair of Gindroz Award Panel, and in August of 2022, he had the opportunity to interview Ray to learn more about his interest and passion in this area of practice.

The Institute of Classical Architecture & Art (ICAA) is honored to announce that Justin Willard is the winner of the second annual Bunny Mellon Garden Design Prize, recognizing work completed for Hollander Design | Landscape Architects. The runner up is Douglas Clark of Janice Parker Design. As the project manager and lead designer for Hollander Design | Landscape Architects on “Whimsy Farm,” Justin Willard transformed a 13.5 acre site located in East Hampton, New York into a beautiful and thoughtfully delineated environment that exists in harmony with a newly-built main house.

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 Edmund D. Hollander Landscape Architecture Design, and Bunny Mellon Curricula Garden Design Prize Co-Sponsor Harrison Design.

ICAA PRESS: NATIONAL

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ARTICLES & VIDEOS: PREVIOUS ISSUE

The ICAA recently hosted Robert A.M. Stern, in conversation with architectural historian Francis Morrone, in an exploration of his newly published autobiography Between Memory and Invention: My Journey in Architecture. Online viewers can now enjoy the fascinating discussion about Stern’s career and the highly anticipated memoir covering his seismic role in the field of architecture from the 1960s to the present.

By turns thoughtful and irreverent, Stern’s candid account highlights the often-overlooked role that an architect’s life plays in shaping the buildings they produce. Replete with personal insights and humor, Between Memory and Invention details Stern’s youthful efforts to redraw house plans in real estate ads, stories about the many mentors who have shaped his thinking, his struggle to launch an architecture practice in the 1970s amid a recession, and his more than half-century of practice as an architect, educator, and historian.

The Institute of Classical Architecture & Art (ICAA) is proud to announce the Housing Authority of the City of Santa Barbara (HACSB) as the inaugural recipient of the Gindroz Award for Excellence in Affordable Housing. This ICAA national award recognizes organizations that have demonstrated excellence in the design and implementation of affordable housing in the classical tradition. The award panel considers the unique challenges of this practice, context, community engagement, social impact, and design in the creation of homes and neighborhoods for all.

HACSB’s mission is to create safe, affordable, and quality housing opportunities for families and individuals while promoting self-sufficiency and neighborhood revitalization. This organization provides beautiful and dignified housing to low-income families, elderly, and disabled persons. Through collaborative processes involving local architects and community input, HACSB has found inspiration in Santa Barbara’s rich architectural vernacular.

On Saturday, October 1st, the ICAA will be hosting an accompanying course, "Case Studies in Classical & Traditional Design: Affordable Housing: The Work of HACSB in Santa Barbara." Learn more and register.

NATIONAL CALENDAR: MULTI-DAY PROGRAMS

Scholarships are available: the deadline to apply is Monday, October 31, 2022

NATIONAL CALENDAR: CONTINUING EDUCATION

Lead Sponsor for Continuing Education: Uberto Construction

4 AIA CES Learning Units|HSW, 4 credits towards the Certificate in Classical Architecture (Elective)

5 AIA CES Learning Units|Elective, 5 credits towards the Certificate in Classical Architecture (Measured & Analytical Drawing)

1.5 AIA CES Learning Units|Elective, 1.5 credits towards the Certificate in Classical Architecture (Elective)

1 credit towards the Certificate in Classical Architecture (Building Craft) for each course

NATIONAL CALENDAR: AWARDS & PRIZES

It is with great pleasure that we announce the newly named McKim, Mead & White Awards (formerly known as the Stanford White Awards), which will take place on Wednesday November 30th at the Metropolitan Club in New York in an eagerly anticipated return to our annual in-person ceremony.

Tickets are available for $350.

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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

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

Berlin & Potsdam: From The Rococo To The Neoclassicism Of Karl Friedrich Schinkel - SOLD OUT

This excursion, which will include a stay at the world-renowned Ballyfirn, will be led by Robert O'Byrne, one of Ireland's best-known writers on architecture and design as well as a Board Member of the Irish Georgian Society. During the course of the program, participants will experience private lunches and dinners at beautiful homes while enjoying the splendor of the Irish countryside.

A Grand Tour of Sicily - SOLD OUT

Join fellow classicists for a journey to Sicily that will include stays in stunning hotels, walking tours, luncheons, cocktails, and dinners at private villas and palazzos, and of course visits to the remarkable architectural treasures of the region, including the Greek ruins at Segesta and the Valley of the Temples.

NATIONAL CALENDAR: ICAA CHAPTER ONLINE EVENTS

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