Christine G.H. Franck's posterous

Christine G.H. Franck's posterous

Christine Franck  //  is a designer, author and educator with a practice focusing on custom residential design and decoration. A leader in education, she served as the first executive director of the ICAA and has taught at the University of Notre Dame and the Georgia Institute of Technology. Her published work includes the Winterthur's Traditional American Rooms, Jose M. Allegue: Legacy of a Builder, and the forthcoming ICAA's Handbook of Classical Architecture.

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September 2011

 
Sep 12 / 7:45pm

Christine G. H. Franck, Inc. and Hull Homes Win ICAA John Staub Honor Award for Restoration of Byrd Residence

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 

 

Houston, TX – September 12, 2011 – The Institute of Classical Architecture & Art Texas Chapter has awarded the Byrd Residence a 2011 John Staub Honor Award in Restoration and/or Renovation.  Fort Worth homebuilder and master-craftsman Brent Hull of The Brent Hull Companies collaborated with Virginia-based design firm Christine G. H. Franck, Inc. to restore this historic home to its original charm.

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Sep 12 / 11:43am

The Quintessential Classicist

Many thanks to Clem Labine's Period Homes Magazine for their September 2011 profile of my work!

http://www.period-homes.com/Previous-Issues-11/SeptemberProfile11.html

The Quintessential Classicist

As a designer, educator and author, Christine Franck is one of Classicism's most compelling proponents.

By Nancy A. Ruhling

"Classical architecture is not a style," says Christine G. H. Franck. "Rather, it is a tradition of thought, a tradition of place-making."

That the award-winning New York City designer makes this statement in the present tense is no accident. "Classicism views the past as useful to the present," she says. "In this view, the best knowledge of how to do things is conserved and transmitted from the past to the present, rather than creating new things for the sake of the new."

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