Institute of Classical Architecture & Art

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Fact Sheet


ICA&CA Merger

In the fall of 2002, the Institute of Classical Architecture and Classical America joined forces to combine and consolidate programs, resources, and operations. As a result, the organization is called Institute of Classical Architecture & Classical America (ICA&CA) and it continues to bring expanded offerings to its collective membership body as well as to the general public.

Since 1992, Institute of Classical Architecture built its growth and development on the 30-plus years of important groundwork laid by Henry Hope Reed and Classical America. Collaborations on events and programs between the ICA and CA prior to the conglomeration established a positive rapport between the two organizations and underscored the advantages of a formalized joining of forces. Therefore, in the spring of 2002, the boards of Classical America and the ICA each agreed to create a formal alliance.

Who Are ICA&CA Members?

  • More than 3,500 active national and international professionals and enthusiasts with more than 12,000 people served annually.
  • Over 500 professional members firms and corporations with between 1 and 200 employees.
  • 1,000 households who are individual practitioners, enthusiasts, and emerging professionals.
  • Our professional members include many of the top 100 classical architects in practice today, and include many notable members in interior design, landscape design as well as those who are artisans, manufacturers, and construction professionals.
  • Chapters – Our fourteen regional chapters around the country are growing daily. Chapters are:

Charleston Chapter | Charlotte Chapter | Chicago & Illinois | Florida Chapter | Mid-Atlantic Chapter | New England Chapter | Northern California Chapter | Ohio & Erie Chapter | Philadelphia Chapter | Rocky Mountain Chapter | Southeast Chapter | Southern California Chapter | Tennessee Chapter | Texas Chapter


How Do We Communicate With Our Members?

  • Our Seasonal Program of Lectures & Events – Catalogs are distributed with a circulation of 16,000 annually.
  • The Forum – Circulation of 9,000 annually
  • E-Communication – more than 4,000 subscribers receive regular e-mail announcements
  • Web site – a newly designed Web site with enhanced links for online registration, a blog, and active calendar that drives an increasing number of hits. It is the destination site for all things classical!
  • The Classicist Journal – features current practice and theory. 3,500 copies annually.
  • The Arthur Ross Awards – we mail over 4,000 invites and attract 400 top professionals to the gala ceremony and dinner.
  • Publishing – more than 28 book titles in the Classical America Series in Art & Architecture
  • Press – frequently featured in trade magazines, national press, and online.

Printed Publications

The Forum

The Institute’s seasonal newsletter is published in spring and fall editions. The Forum is circulated to all ICA&CA members and alumni and distributed at ICA&CA lectures and events. The Institute mails over 4,000 newsletters each season, with a circulation of 9,000 annually.

The Classicist

The Institute’s award-winning annual journal is the only journal in North America dedicated to celebrating contemporary classicism in architecture and the related arts and building crafts. The next edition will have its first scholar editor, Dr. Richard John, who is currently a professor at the University of Miami, School of Architecture (under the deanship of Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk). Copies are distributed to ICA&CA members and alumni, professionals, design libraries, schools of higher education, and architectural bookstores nationwide and beyond. 3,500 distributed with an estimated readership of 10,000.

Annual Events

Summer Lecture Series

The Institute presents a themed lecture series every summer.

The McKim Lecture

The annual McKim lecture, now in its seventh year, is a collaboration between the ICA&CA and the One West 54th Street Foundation. The One West 54th Street Foundation is a not-for-profit organization established to preserve the architectural integrity and design of the New York Historic Landmark building located at One West 54th Street. The Foundation awards McKim Scholarships each year to students at the ICA&CA.

Arthur Ross Awards

The Arthur Ross Awards which is held each year on the first Monday of May, has become a very successful special event for ICA&CA friends, members, and supporters. A fund-raiser to further the educational mission of the Institute, the Arthur Ross Awards gala serves to honor those working in the classical tradition, and brings together our community for a festive spring event. Simultaneously, it eponymously celebrates the enduring example of our late Honorary Chairman. Interested parties are invited to apply to sponsor the gala dinner to be held on May 4th, 2009 at the University Club in New York City.