Institute Of Classical Architecture And Art Inc

The icaa has professional and general memberships. Membership includes access to lectures, private tours, publications, continuing education, dynamic classes, and other events specially curated by the organization. For professionals, we offer the added benefit of listing on our website and in a printed professional directory. Our members include more than 3,000 professional firms and individuals with over 18,000 subscribers. Our professional members include many of the top 100 classical architects in practice today, and many notable members in interior design, landscape design, as well as fine artists, artisans, manufacturers, and construction.

Communications occupy an important role in the icaa, as illustrated by the popularity of its recently redesigned website, www.classicist.org, the readership and interest in the classicist, the icaa's annual architectural journal, and the books reprinted through the classical america series in art and architecture, in addition to our expanded efforts on social media, through instagram, twitter, and facebook. In recent years, the icaa has also developed an extensive video program, taping nearly all public programs and creating original content, including the documentary series, design in mind, which is aired on pbs affiliates nation-wide. While day- to-day communications, including the icaa's press efforts and online presence are managed by staff, special projects, the classicist, and books are overseen by committees of the board, active volunteer groups which are composed of board members, staff, and professionals in the field. The communications committee, a standing committee tasked with ad-hoc communications projects, has helped to develop a content management plan and provides guidance on branding and other communications. The classicist committee selects content and oversees design of the annual,peer-reviewed journal, the classicist, which provides a forum for contemporary ideas and practice related to the classical tradition in architecture and the allied arts, as well as featuring portfolios of work by professionals and students of classicism.

Legacy grants program:thanks to a generous grant from the gerard b. Lambert foundation, the institute of classical architecture & art was proud to present first-of-its-kind programming in landscape architecture for designers, students, and enthusiasts, with particular emphasis on educating the next generation: the bunny mellon curricula. This curricula, the first to be named in honor of bunny mellon, honors her commitment to landscape design, and her deeply held belief that architecture is firmly linked to its surrounding landscape. The richard h. Driehaus curricula for the built environment endowment fund has given the icaa the resources to regularly update and expand its educational curricula and programming, particularly as new issues or areas of concern arise in architectural design. This initiative will launch new offerings regarding current issues like urbanism, sustainability, and healthy cities still highlighting the importance of historic preservation and precedent, especially how it pertains to shared public spaces. With the receipt of generous grants from the orville gordon browne foundation, the icaa began work on a redesigned website, classicist.org with sophisticated design, strong imagery, and intuitive navigation. Amongst other features, the website offers vastly upgraded functionality for membership and donation transactions. In addition to the aforementioned features, the redesigned classicist.org and the support from the orville gordon browne foundation has also made it possible for the icaa to offer several readily-accessible educational features on its website, including: a digital version of the classicist publication, a digital rare books archive, an online plaster cast hall catalogue among other improvements. With these grants, the icaa has also been able to offer several drawing tours and scholarships. A giant benefit due to this grant is the icaa's ability to create video projects, which were a boon during the global pandemic. The icaa's videos are particularly impactful for the student and programming in landscape architecture for designers, students, and young professional audience, making it possible to enhance their own educational journeys with supplementary content, and to round out their education in architecture and design.