Evening Salon: What is a Classical Architectural Education?

The ICAA was created to help provide a classical education in art and architecture that is largely absent from curriculum in academia today. Many have asked the fundamental question: What is a classical architectural education? We invite you to the first ICAA Utah Chapter Evening Salon, on Thursday, November 13th to discuss this topic in … Continue reading Evening Salon: What is a Classical Architectural Education?

Classicism Defined: Urbanism & Classicism

"One of the architect’s principle responsibilities is the creation and protection of the public realm. This course examines the critical relationship between classical architecture and traditional urbanism. The principles of traditional urbanism will be presented and the social, environmental, and economic reasons for returning to a more traditional planning methodology with be explored." Join us … Continue reading Classicism Defined: Urbanism & Classicism

Edward Fraughton Exhibition

The Utah Chapter of ICAA has been sponsoring the Edward Fraughton Exhibition as it travels from New York City to Blue Hill, Maine. The exhibition will kick off again in Blue Hill next Saturday with an opening reception. We hope to see all of our Maine followers there! Details in the attached flyer. Please help … Continue reading Edward Fraughton Exhibition

Classicism Defined: Theory of Moldings

“In this Grammar of Molding - Theory & Practice class, students will be taught to identify and name the individual molding profiles of the Doric order. They will also understand the purpose of each profile, it’s tectonic function and the reasoning for it’s placement in the classical orders. We will also discuss the Sciagraphy of … Continue reading Classicism Defined: Theory of Moldings

Classicism Defined: Part I

A three part educational program on Classical Architecture began this weekend in Utah. The first part of the series of Classicism Defined was presented by Bradford Houston. Due to popular demand and a sold out workshop, the Utah Chapter of ICAA will be repeating the first part of the series titled Classicism Defined on June 14th. CLASSICISM … Continue reading Classicism Defined: Part I

Workshop: Sculpting, Pattern Making, and Casting

Sculpting, Pattern Making, and Casting Workshop Paula Graves successfully led us through 3 sessions that resulted in each participant creating an architectural detail of their own. Architectural ornamentation is Paula’s forte as she has been mastering this art for the past 30 years. Through this course participants learned how to lay-out, model, mold and cast an architectural detail. They also gained … Continue reading Workshop: Sculpting, Pattern Making, and Casting