2018 Arthur Ross Awards

Founded in 1982 by Arthur Ross and Henry Hope Reed, the Awards recognize excellence in the classical tradition. This year, the ICAA presenting awards in six categories: Architecture, Education, History & Writing, Interior Design, Landscape Design and Patronage.

“This year the ICAA is honored to recognize practitioners, thought leaders, and patrons whose impact on the classical tradition has been truly diverse, international in scale, and nothing short of profound,” said ICAA President Peter Lyden of the 37th annual Arthur Ross Award laureates.

The Architecture award goes to Craig Hamilton of Radnorshire, UK. He is known for his monumental and sacred architecture including three new chapels and two new mausoleums and has designed several country houses. He recently designed a new commercial building which is currently under construction in Dallas, TX.

Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk of Miami, FL, was awarded the Arthur Ross Award for Education. She directs the Master of Urban Design Program at the University of Miami where she is the Malcolm Matheson Distinguished Professor of Architecture. She also previously served at the Dean of the School of Architecture. She currently teaches courses on urban design and built environment adaption to climate change. She is also a founding principal of DPZ Partners and a founder of the Congress for the New Urbanism.

Stuart Cohen, FAIA, of Chicago, IL, is receiving the award for History & Writing. An author, practicing architect and an educator, he is noted for books on Chicago’s historic architecture such as North Shore Chicago: Houses on the Lakefront Suburbs, Great Houses of Chicago and Inventing the New American House: Howard Van Doren Shaw, Architect. His work and the work of his firm, Cohen & Hacker Architects, is the subject of a monograph entitled Transforming the Traditional by Stuart Cohen and Julie Hacker.

In the category of Interior Design, the Arthur Ross Award goes to Michael S. Smith of Santa Monica, CA. He is known for projects ranging from private residences to grand hotels and has been named to Architectural Digest’s AD 100 list seven times. He is also the author of several books, including Elements of Style; Houses; Kitchens and Baths; Building Beauty; and The Curated House: Creating Style, Beauty, and Balance.

His many honors include an appointment by President Barack Obama to the Committee for the Preservation of the White House and serving as the special visual consultant to the 90 Academy Awards.

Doyle Herman Design Associates (DHDA) of Greenwich, CT, took top honors in Landscape Design. Known for traditional landscape design with a contemporary awareness, the firm was founded in 1993 by principal James Doyle and is co-led by principal Kathryn Herman. DHDA has worked on significant homes throughout the U.S. and has projects published in Veranda and Architectural Digest, among others. The firm has also received Palladio and Stanford White Awards.

In the final category, Patronage, the award program recognizes Margize Howell and Peter Kenny, co-presidents of the Classical American Homes Preservation Trust and The Richard Hampton Jenrette Foundation (CAHPT), New York, NY. The foundation owns or will inherit seven properties in New York, North Carolina, South Carolina and St. Croix, US Virgin Islands that represent classical residential architecture, period furnishings and landscapes. They are currently open for group tours throughout the year.

Before joining CAHPT, Kenny served as the Ruth Bigelow Wriston Curator of American Decorative Arts and Administrator of The American Wing at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Formerly senior curator with Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette, Howell was Curator, Director of Development, and Executive Director, before being named Co-President in 2015.

The 2018 Arthur Ross jury included Phillip Liederbach (Jury Chair), William Curtis, Elizabeth Dillon, Steven Gambrel, and Alexa Hampton. Co-Chairs of this year’s Arthur Ross Awards include Suzanne Tucker, Charlotte Moss, and Stan Dixon. Honorary Chairs include Janet C. Ross, Suzanne R. Santry, Bunny Williams, and Ambassador and Mrs. William J. vanden Heuvel.

For more information, go to http://bit.ly/2oSrR8O, classicist.org/rossawards, email development@classicist.org or call 212-730-9646, ext. 107.