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The American Institute of Building Design Welcomes the ICAA to Annual Conference

The vast majority of new, single-family homes in this country are designed by residential building designers represented by the (AIBD).  With a large number of building designers producing traditional homes, the AIBD saw a need for educational programs to help its members become versed in the language of classical architecture. In 2002, the AIBD and 天美传媒, under the leadership of architectural designer and educator Christine Franck,  partnered to bring a comprehensive program of study in classical architecture.

To continue the relationship between the two organizations, the AIBD invited ICAA fellows and architects Sheldon Kostelecky and Martin Brandwein to its annual conference in Providence, Rhode Island on August 6, 2015 for an all-day workshop. Sheldon started the morning with a brief overview of the ICAA and its educational programs.

Martin followed with a lecture on the classical moldings and orders. During this session, participants learned to draw the Tuscan order and apply it to a temple front sketch problem.

In the afternoon, Sheldon presented a comprehensive overview of classicism in American residential design.  His lecture started with the early colonial architecture of New England and concluded with the New Classicism movement of today.

The ICAA would like to thank AIBD's Executive Director, Steve Mickley, and conference organizer, Karen Kassik-Michelsohn, for providing support for this program.