Enduring Places: ICAA National Conference

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The ICAA is pleased to announce Enduring Places: ICAA National Conference, which will take place in Charleston, South Carolina on November 3-5, 2023. Attendees will have the opportunity to engage in a diverse offering of talks, panel discussions, working sessions, and tours that focus on three themes: craftsmanship, preservation, and sustainability. Lectures and panels will be held in the Francis Marion Hotel at 387 King Street, a Charleston landmark with nearly 100 years of rich history.

In conjunction with the conference, the ICAA will host an exhibition of young artists’ and practitioners’ work, which will be open to the public in Charleston’s historic Aiken-Rhett House for the month of November. Participants with selected works will be awarded a $1,000 stipend for travel and lodging, and are invited to attend Enduring Places free of charge, providing an invaluable opportunity to learn from and connect with experts in the design and architecture fields. More details about the exhibition are available here.

THE EVENTS

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Pre-Conference welcome reception for students & young professionals at The Urban Electric Co., hosted by the ICAA North Carolina Chapter [more details TBA]

Opening cocktail reception for the ICAA Student & Young Professionals' Exhibition, held at the historic Aiken-Rhett House

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2023

Breakfast and Registration

• Little Houses and Big Dreams in the Holy City
  • Feature Lecture by Witold Rybczynski

Morning Breakout Sessions

• Growing Charleston
  • Lecture with Gary Brewer and Winslow Hastie

• City, Town, and Country: The Impact of Traditional Architecture + Urbanism in the Evolution of Place
  • Panel discussion with Krupali Uplekar Krusche, Peter Talty, and Stephen James, moderated by Eric Osth

• Redefining and Measuring Sustainability Through the Lens of Traditional Architecture
  • Panel discussion with Steve Mouzon, John Onyango, and Patricia Andrasik, moderated by David Calligeros

• Creating Desirable Neighborhoods
  • Panel discussion with Michael Watkins, Daniel J. Doyle, and Robert J. Turner, moderated by Brian O'Looney

• Craftspeople of Charleston: Film Screening and Panel Discussion
  • Panel discussion with Mary May, Richard Marks, and Glenn Keyes, moderated by CJ Lotz

• Young Professionals Panel [Title TBA]
  • Sara Zewde and Savini Rajapakse

• The Destructive Force of Water
  • Lecture by Craig Bennett and Amanda E. Brown, presented in partnership with the Traditional Building Conference

• Architectural Conservation Strategies
  • Lecture by Lewis Gleason and Mark Rabinowitz, presented in partnership with the Traditional Building Conference

Lunch

Afternoon Tours

[Attendees will choose a tour route that visits two of those locations]

• Catfiddle Street
• Courier Square and Line Street
• The Gaillard Center
• Local private residences
• Live student demonstrations at the American College of the Building Arts

Evening Cocktail Reception

• Keynote Lecture
  • Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2023

Breakfast

• Connecting to Society through the Front Door: Integrating Town-Making and Mixed-Income Housing
  • Feature Lecture by Ray Gindroz and Hugh Petter

• Charleston's Gaillard Center [Title TBA]
  • Panel discussion with David M. Schwarz and Martha Ingram, moderated by Nathaniel R. Walker
    

Post-Conference tour of Drayton Hall for student & young professionals, hosted by the ICAA North Carolina Chapter [more details TBA]

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Rooms Available At:

• The Francis Marion Hotel
• The Dewberry
• Charleston Place
• Courtyard Charleston Historic District

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Thank you to our generous partners and sponsors for their support of this conference:

Conference Partners:

• Classical American Homes Preservation Trust
• Historic Charleston Foundation
• Oliveri Windows & Doors
  
• John F. W. Rogers
• Traditional Building

Collaborating Sponsor:

• Schafer Buccellato Architects

Contributing Sponsors:

• A Classical Studio, Inc.
  
• Benedictine College
  
• Gaston & Wyatt
• Goodwin Classic Homes
  
• Jared Goss
• Historical Concepts
  
• ICAA Northern California Chapter
  
• Leeds Custom Design and Seabreeze Building
• Anne Kriken Mann
• John B. Murray & Elizabeth Brooke Murray
• Poggenpohl US
• Reis Contracting
  
• Skurman Architects
  
• Peter J. Talty
• Tucker & Marks
  
• The Urban Electric Co.
  
• Vallette & Russell Windham

Lecture Sponsors:

• Ankie & Fran Barnes
• Stan Dixon
• Marsha & David Dowler
• Barbara Eberlein
• Kirk Henckels
• Jeff Allen Landscape Architecture, LLC
  
• Anne Lazar
• Eric R. Osth
• Suzanne R. Santry
• Tammy Connor Interior Design
  
• Whitlock Builders
• Bunny Williams