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New
Traditional American Houses:
The
Work of Fairfax & Sammons Architects
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Tuesday,
July 16, 2013
lecture at
7:00 pm, reception to follow
La Pietra
Hawaii School for Girls, 2933 Poni Moi Road, Honolulu, HI 96815
(ample parking is
available)
Sponsored by Peter Vincent Architects,
Honolulu, HI
Join
architect Anne Fairfax, partner of Fairfax & Sammons Architects (and an
alumna of La Pietra Hawaii School for Girls), for a talk about the work of
their eponymous firm, now in its 21st year. Drawing inspiration from the
wellspring of classical traditions, the firm has developed a body of work
that reflects the theories of proportion and order that have been passed
down through scholarship and practice for generations. Anne’s presentation
will also examine some of the challenges ahead for contemporary practice.
Fairfax & Sammons Architects are the recipients of the Institute of
Classical Architecture & Art’s 32nd annual Arthur Ross Award for
Excellence in the Classical Tradition in the category of Architecture. Anne
Fairfax was a trustee of Classical America and co-founder of the Institute
of Classical Architecture & Art in 1992, and later became Board
Director and Board Chairman of the ICAA for three years. We are fortunate
to have Ms. Fairfax as an instructor in the ICAA curriculum.
The
lecture will be held in the architectural treasure that was once the Walter
Dillingham estate at the base of Diamond Head Crater. Designed in the style
of the Villa La Pietra in Tuscany, a favorite spot on Mr. Dillingham and
Ms. Louise Gaylord’s honeymoon in 1910, the home was completed in 1922. For
the next 40 years, La Pietra was a social center for Honolulu’s wealthy and
famous, with visitors to the estate including Franklin D. Roosevelt and
Walt Disney.
With its
start at Central Union Church, Hawaii School for Girls was the island’s
only secular independent girls’ school. After purchasing the Dillingham
Estate in 1969, Hawaii School for Girls relocated to its current site with
nine founding teachers, 210 girls, and Head of School Joseph Pynchon and
the La Pietra Hawaii School for Girls has flourished here since.
This event is
free and open to the public;
seating is
limited and reservations are recommended.
Inquiries can
be made by calling (808) 536-5963 or by emailing maxg@pva.com.
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