The Driehaus Prize is awarded to an architect whose work embodies the principles of traditional and classical architecture in contemporary society.
Quinlan Terry, a leading figure in the revival of classical architecture, received the third annual Richard H. Driehaus Prize for Classical Architecture in a ceremony March 19 at the University Club of Chicago. The University of Notre Dame School of Architecture honored Terry’s extraordinary career with $100,000 and a bronze and stone replica of the Choregic Monument of Lysikrates in Athens.
Principal of Quinlan and Francis Terry Architects (known as Erith and Terry Architects until 2004), Terry’s work includes the redesign of three State rooms at 10 Downing Street, the historic office and home of the British Prime Minister; Merchant Square at Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia; and the Richmond Riverside Development in Surrey, UK, a large development with offices, apartments, restaurants and community gardens which has become an icon of traditional urban design. Other projects include a series of villas in Regents Park, London and the Brentwood Cathedral in Essex, UK.
Educated
at London’s Architectural Association, Terry also was a Rome Scholar
sponsored by The British School in Rome, which promotes education in
architecture, fine art and history. In 1984 he received the European
Prize from the Philippe Rotthier Foundation and in 2002 he was honored
with the Arthur Ross Award from the Institute of Classical Architecture
and Classical America. Terry’s library
at Downing College, Cambridge, was named the “Building of
the Year” by the Royal Institute of British Architects. A
private residence he designed in Dorset, UK, was named “Best
Modern Classical House” in 2003 by the Georgian Group.
In conjunction with the Richard H. Driehaus Prize, a new honor was presented, the Henry Hope Reed Award. Established to recognize an individual for the promotion and preservation of classical civic art, the inaugural award will go to Henry Hope Reed. For half a century, Reed has promoted classical traditions in architecture and its allied arts, educating the public about the importance of grandeur in the design of monuments and institutional buildings. Reed published the popular book, The Golden City, served as the first curator of New York City parks and co-founded Classical America, an organization committed to a resurgence of the grand tradition in American design.
Richard H. Driehaus, the founder and chairman of Driehaus Capital Management in Chicago, endowed the annual award to honor a major contributor in the field of traditional and classical architecture. He established the Driehaus Prize through the University of Notre Dame’s School of Architecture because of its reputation as a national leader in incorporating the ideals of traditional and classical architecture into the task of modern urban development.
In addition to Richard H. Driehaus, the selection committee included:
Thomas Beeby, principal at Hammond Beeby Rupert Ainge, Chicago and former
dean of the Yale School of Architecture; Adele Chatfield-Taylor, president
of the American Academy in Rome; Anne Fairfax, principal at Fairfax
and Sammons, New York; Léon Krier, architect, urbanist and inaugural
recipient of The Richard H. Driehaus Prize; Michael Lykoudis, dean of
the University of Notre Dame School of Architecture; and David Watkin,
architectural historian, fellow at Peterhouse College, Cambridge.
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About Richard H. Driehaus
Richard
H. Driehaus, a life-long Chicago resident, has enjoyed business
success earning a reputation within the investment management industry
as an accomplished investor. In addition to his career, he has also
focused his attention and energy on a variety of philanthropic and community-service
oriented projects, individually and through the efforts of the Richard
H. Driehaus Foundation.
Many of Mr. Driehaus' charitable endeavors have been devoted to DePaul University where he received his B.S.C. degree in 1965 and an M.B.A in 1970. He has endowed DePaul's Driehaus Center for International Business Studies and the Richard H. Driehaus Center in Behavioral Finance. Mr. Driehaus has also provided scholarships to full-time M.B.A. candidates.
Having a strong commitment to historic preservation and design excellence, Mr. Driehaus' efforts have included the restoration of the Ransom Cable House in Chicago and the award-winning restoration of a 1905 Georgian Revival style country house in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin. He has also made major contributions for the restoration of Old St. Patrick's Church and St. Ignatius High School in Chicago. Mr. Driehaus is involved in the activities of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, the Landmarks Preservation Council of Illinois, the Wisconsin Trust for Historic Preservation and several preservation organizations in the U.S. Virgin Islands. He has also been involved in the preservation and restoration of historic homes in the Bronzeville and Prairie Avenue Districts of Chicago, as well as a variety of religious-oriented restoration projects.
Mr. Driehaus has promoted design excellence through his sponsorship of a design competition for a campus center building at Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) and his funding of Herman Driehaus scholarships at IIT for five years. He sponsored the Millennium Gate Foundation design charrette that resulted in the conceptual design of this monumental entry at Washington's Barney Circle, and has also sponsored design competitions to produce designs for Chicago Public Schools and non-profit public housing. Mr. Driehaus also supports design programs at the University of Illinois at Chicago's College of Architecture and the Arts. In addition, the Richard H. Driehaus Museum at Navy Pier in Chicago features significant Tiffany stained glass pieces from Mr. Driehaus' personal collection.
The
Choregic Monument of Lysikrates in Athens is best known as the first
use of the Corinthian Order on the outside of a building. This exquisite
monument is minor in size but has served as an expression of Corinthian
elegance in exterior and interior applications throughout the United
States and Europe. The monument, one of the most delightful remains
of Hellenistic antiquity, was initially built as a monumental base to
support a now-lost bronze tripod won by a young man as the trophy for
a musical competition in 334 B.C. His proud parents exalted this victory
by constructing a blue-marble structure from Mount Hymetos not only
to raise the bronze tripod on a pedestal, but to create a lasting architectural
icon. The square base supports a cylindrical tower surrounded by six
columns of white marble from Mount Penteli, the same marble used in
the Parthenon. The number of columns is divided in half to culminate
in a three-pronged finial covered with intertwining acanthus leaves
and stalks that provided the rests for the tripod.
The Choregic Monument of Lysikratis Award, created by Chicago artist Michael Chupich, is a sculpted scale model of the original monument created using miniature tools specifically designed for the piece and molded using a lost wax process from which the bronze monument is cast. The bronze casting sits upon a hand-cut limestone base with engraved bronze plates. The award measures 11.5 inches tall, 3.5 inches wide, and weighs 12 pounds.
View photos of the 2004 reception honoring Demetri Porphyrios
View photos of the 2003 reception honoring architect and urbanist Léon Krier
