Conferences

Thursday, September 29 - Saturday, October 1
on the campus of the University of Notre Dame

Organized by the University of Notre Dame School of Architecture
and The Institute of Classical Architecture and Classical America

Conference to address past and future
of the classical architecture movement

The University of Notre Dame School of Architecture will host “Three Generations of Classical Architects: The Renewal of Modern Architecture” Sept. 29-Oct. 1. The conference will examine how classical and traditional architecture draws on the past to build a more sustainable and beautiful future. It begins at 6 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 29th in the Bond Hall auditorium with a keynote speech by noted classical architect Robert Adam, principal of Robert Adam Architects, London. Adam’s speech is free and open to the public. The conference, which costs $50 for Intern Architects and $100 for Practitioners, continues all day Friday and Saturday in the Annenberg Auditorium at Notre Dame’s Snite Museum of Art.

The School of Architecture teaches classical ideals because they represent the best of national, regional and local traditions in urban design and construction. Classical architecture refers not to a style, but to an approach that respects the past as it enhances the future. The conference will examine the historical context that drives modern classicists, the many views about what classical architecture entails, and how these ideas will shape the future of classical practice.

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Speakers and Panelists
Robert Adam, Thomas Beeby, Gary Brewer, Bill Brockschmidt, Aimee Buccellato, Michael Carey, Morgan Conolly, Marianne Cusato, Victor Deupi, Elizabeth Dowling, Richard Economakis, Anne Fairfax, Christine G.H. Franck, Pedro Godoy, Milton Grenfell, Dana Gulling, Paul Gunther, Matthew Hardy, Alvin Holm, Steven Hurtt, Richard John, Linda Keane, Léon Krier, Clem Labine, Michael Lykoudis, John Massengale, David Mayernik, James McCrery, Virgil McDowell, Scott Merrill, Steve Mouzon, Sean Patrick Nohelty, Eric Osth, Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk, Susan Parham, Daniel Parolek, Karen Parolek, Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk, Thomas Norman Rajkovich, Ashley Robbins, Richard Sammons, Maria Sanchez, Steven Semes, Thomas Gordon Smith, A. James Tinson, Sandra Vitzthum, C.W. Westfall

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Schedule
(Print Schedule - pdf)

Thursday, September 29
Location: Bond Hall, School of Architecture (map available)
3:00-6:00 pm - Registration - Bond Hall Foyer
6:00 pm - Keynote Address by Robert Adam, reception to follow - Bond Hall Auditorium, Bond Hall Gallery

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Friday, September 30
Location: The Snite Museum of Art, Annenberg Auditorium (map available)

THE ORIGINS AND PHILOSOPHICAL STRANDS
OF THE MODERN CLASSICAL MOVEMENT
9:00 - 10:30 am - Morning Session
10:45 am -12:00 pm - Panel Discussion
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm - Lunch (Morris Inn, Courtyard Tent, map available)

THE FIRST GENERATION OF CLASSICISM:
AUTODIDACTS AND ACTIVISTS
1:30 - 3:00 pm - Afternoon Session
3:15 - 4:00 pm - Panel Discussion
5:00 - 6:30 pm - Exhibition and Opening Reception
7:00 pm - Dinner (Oak Room, South Dining Hall - North Entrance, Second Floor, map available)

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Saturday, October 1
Location: The Snite Museum of Art, Annenberg Auditorium (map available)

THE SECOND GENERATION OF CLASSICISM:
LEGITIMACY IN PRACTICE AND THE ACADEMY
9:00 - 10:30 am - Morning Session
10:45 am - 12:00 pm - Panel Discussion
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm - Lunch

THE THIRD GENERATION OF CLASSICISM:
DEVELOPING THE INHERITANCE
1:30 - 3:00 pm - Afternoon Session
3:15 - 4:00 pm - Panel Discussion

FUTURE DIRECTIONS
5:00 - 6:00 pm - Afternoon Session II and Discussion
6:00 - 7:00 pm - Concluding Remarks
First Generation: Léon Krier, Second Generation: David Mayernik, Third Generation: Christine G.H. Franck
8:00 pm - Banquet (Main Building, Rotunda, map available)

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Registration Fee
Registration fee includes Friday and Saturday lunches. Registration fees are: $100 for General Practitioners and $50 for those who have been out of school five years or less. There is no charge for Notre Dame students and faculty.

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Friday and Saturday Night Dinners
All attendees must register to participate. The charge is $50 per dinner.

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Hotel Accommodations
Rooms are available at the Inn at St. Mary's. Note: Notre Dame will NOT book your hotel reservation. Reservations MUST be done by each participant directly with the Inn at St. Mary's. Toll free: 1-800-947-8627. The deadline for making a hotel reservation was August 29.

Because the Inn at St. Mary's has limited availablity, we also recommend attendees stay at the Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites, South Bend - Notre Dame. To book a room, call 574-968-8080 and ask for Dell.

Notre Dame will provide bus service on Friday, September 30 and Saturday, October 1 from the Inn at St. Mary's and the Holiday Inn Express to The Snite Museum of Art. The bus will make all-day runs between the Inn at St. Mary's and the Snite Museum of Art.

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