Please join Erik Evens for A Classical Overture: An Introduction to the Language of Classical Architecture, an immersive three-hour lecture designed to introduce the enduring principles of the classical tradition. This course serves as a clear and accessible primer on the language, logic, and rationale of classical architecture, offering a guided introduction to the classical orders […]
Join us for an evening of discovery and presentation featuring The Lake Norconian, a forgotten gem of Southern California history and vernacular architectural history. The Lake Norconian was the dream of land developer Rex B. Clark. Designed by architects Dwight Gibbs and G. Stanley Wilson, and financed by the Scripps family fortune, the Norconian was […]
On the morning of June 29, 1925, a powerful earthquake struck Santa Barbara, leveling buildings and permanently altering the city’s trajectory. In the wake of devastation, something remarkable happened: a unified civic vision emerged. What followed was one of the most ambitious and artistically driven urban recoveries in American history. Join architect Anthony Grumbine for […]
Please join us in welcoming William Curtis and Russell Windham for an engaging lecture on their new publication Building on Tradition. Over the last three decades, Curtis & Windham Architects have crafted residences and buildings in Texas that have contributed to transforming the city of Houston, particularly its River Oaks neighborhood, through a fresh and […]
Please join the ICAA for a special evening with California writer Lorie Porter. Lorie will discuss details about the sumptuous homes depicted in her book, Montecito Style: Paradise on California’s Gold Coast. The residences featured in this book reflect the diversity of design that has defined California living for more than a century: early standard-setters […]
Alexa Hampton will be joining us for a glimpse into the renovation of her new Manhattan office. Realizing that her space for business needed the same classical refinement she brings into her custom home interiors, Alexa’s design showcases the new philosophy of working from “home” – in the highest style. We will be hosting an afternoon tea […]
Please join the ICAA in welcoming a robust conversation between architect Wade Weissmann, and interior designer Mark Weaver. The discussion will be moderated by architectural historian, Eleanor Schrader. Wade and Mark are friends, and frequent collaborators, and have become adept at fusing their unique personalities and talents to create projects beloved by clients and showcasing their timeless style. Wade […]
Please join us for our annual Classical Overture class. This three hour lecture course is a primer on the language and rationale of classical architecture. As an introduction to the classical orders, this course is an overview of the elements of classical architecture for beginners and interested laypersons. It offers an excellent prequel for students […]
For many of us the definition of classical architecture connotes the teachings of Vitruvius, Palladio, Wren, and the various architects whose work exemplifies those principals. But the classical architecture of western civilization has little bearing on what might be considered classic when applied to the style of traditional Bhutanese architecture. Please join us in welcoming […]
Please join the ICAA Southern California in welcoming interior designer Suzanne Tucker for a behind-the-scenes exploration of one of her recent projects, an Italian Renaissance–style palazzo in San Francisco. From concept to completion, from inspiration to reality, it truly took a village to reimagine the property and endow the house and garden with new life […]