ROCKY MOUNTAIN CHAPTER

VISION

To enrich the future of design in our region through education in the classical tradition, advancing a humanistic approach that nurtures beauty, health, and overall well-being.

MISSION

The Rocky Mountain Chapter champions the enduring principles of the classical tradition in architecture and the allied arts. Through education, engagement, and recognition, we cultivate a deeper understanding of classical design—offering lectures, tours, workshops, awards, and educational scholarships that inspire excellence in our region.

EDUCATION

ICAA provides a forum and comprehensive educational resource for students, design and building professionals, and the general public, both in the United States and in Europe.

Continuing education courses; study and drawing tours; seminars; intensive winter and summer programs for professionals; and academic partnerships extending a unique curriculum.; and in our chapter through a partnership with the University of Colorado, College of Architecture and Planning.

PROGRAMMING

Includes lectures, exhibits, walking and travel tours, and conferences on classical architecture and the allied arts.

PUBLICATIONS

The ICAA publishes an annual journal, Classicist, and new and reprinted books on classical design through The Classical America Series in Art and Architecture. The Forum, a newsletter for members, is published twice per a year, complemented by a lively array of email updates from across the country throughout the year online at the ICAA Bookstore.

AWARDS

Through the annual national Arthur Ross Awards ceremony, and in our chapter through the Jacques Benedict Award ceremony, the ICAA recognizes excellence by honoring the achievements and contributions of architects, painters, sculptors, artisans, landscape designers, patrons, and others in preserving and advancing the classical tradition.