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John Milner Honored with John Harbeson Award
Recent Publications
John Milner Architects receives two 2007 Historic Preservation Awards from Preservation Pennsylvania
Senior Associate Elected to APT Board of Directors
John Milner Leads 2007 European Conservation Summer School at Mount Edgcumbe
The Eighteenth Century House Conference, Saltram House, Plymouth, Devon, England
Winterthur Design Conference, June 1-2, 2007
Mary DeNadai Honored with Biddle Award
John Milner Honored with G. Holmes Perkins Award
John Milner Elected Chair of the Historic Preservation Board of the PA Historical and Museum Commission
Milner + Carr Conservation, LLC is Expanding
Stone Houses Book in Second Printing.
Mary DeNadai on Hemingway House Preservation Team.
Mary DeNadai Re-elected to AIA Board of Directors.
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John Milner Honored with John Harbeson Award
John Milner received the John Harbeson Award from the Philadelphia chapter of the American Institute of Architects at the 2007 Awards for Design Excellence ceremony in November. The award is for lifetime achievement of the highest standards of professionalism, accomplishment, and regard for the development of his younger colleagues.
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Recent Publications
The firm's work has been featured in a number of publications in 2007, including Architectural Digest (November), The Hunt Magazine (Fall), Period Homes (May and September), and Traditional Home (September).
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John Milner Architects receives two 2007 Historic Preservation Awards from Preservation Pennsylvania
Two of the firm's restoration projects in Gettysburg, the "Lincoln" Railroad Station and the Majestic Theater, received 2007 Pennsylvania Historic Preservation Awards from Preservation Pennsylvania, Inc. and the Pennsylvania Histsorical and Museum Commission at the organizations' annual joint luncheon in Harrisburg in September.
Built in 1858 and enlarged in 1886, the station was the arrival point for President Abraham Lincoln on the occasion of his delivery of the "Gettysburg Address" on November 19, 1863. The Borough of Gettysburg undertook the restoration of the building to serve as a visitor reception and orientation facility.
Built in 1925 and significantly modified at various times during the last half of the twentieth century, the Majestic Theater has been restored by Gettysburg College as a regional performing arts center.
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Senior Associate Elected to APT Board of Directors
Daniel Campbell, AIA, a Senior Associate of the firm, has been elected to the Board of Directors of the Association for Preservation Technology, Philadelphia Chapter.
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John Milner Leads 2007 European Conservation Summer School at Mount Edgcumbe
John Milner conducted architectural investigations with University of Pennsylvania graduate students at Mount Edgcumbe, an 850 acre estate in Cornwall, England. The site has been famous since the 18th century when the Edgcumbe family created formal gardens, garden houses, follies and woodlands around their Tudor house. The investigations, in June and July of 2007, focused on the English Garden House (pre-1729) and the French Garden House (pre-1755).
John Milner led the 2006 Conservation Summer School at Strawberry Hill, Horace Walpole's eighteenth century gothic villa near London.
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The Eighteenth Century House Conference, Saltram House, Plymouth, Devon, England
Held on June 28-29, 2007, the conference considered the common language of domestic architecture built during the eighteenth century, from the laborer's cottage to the country house. John Milner delivered a paper entitled The British Influence in North America: The Woodlands, Philadelphia. In 1786 William Hamilton enlarged his house at The Woodlands in West Philadelphia following an extensive architectural tour of English country houses.
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Winterthur Design Conference, June 1-2, 2007
The conference was sponsored by Winterthur Museum to celebrate the tastemakers of the 20th century and inspire those who are influencing 21st-century style. In his presentation, Vernacular Inspiration: The Brandywine Aesthetic, John Milner documented the unique architectural and landscape characteristics of the Brandywine Valley and discussed a variety of the firm's projects designed with respect for the vernacular tradition.
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Mary DeNadai Honored with Biddle Award
Mary DeNadai received the 2007 James Biddle Award for Lifetime Achievement in Historic Preservation. The Award is presented annually by the Preservation Alliance for Greater Philadelphia. John Milner was also honored with the Biddle Award in 2005.
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John Milner Honored with G. Holmes Perkins Award
The G. Holmes Perkins Award for Distinguished Teaching by a member of the practitioner faculty of the University of Pennsylvania was awarded to John Milner, adjunct professor of architecture. The award, named in honor of G. Holmes Perkins, dean of the Graduate School of Fine Arts (now, School of Design) from 1951-71, is given in recognition of distinguished teaching and innovation in the methods of instruction in the classroom, seminar or studio.
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John Milner Elected Chair of the Historic Preservation Board of the PA Historical and Museum Commission
John Milner has been elected to serve as Chair of the Historic Preservation Board of the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. The Board serves as an advisory committee to the Bureau for Historic Preservation on preservation policy for the Commonwealth, and reviews and recommends nominations of historic resources to the National Register of Historic Places.
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Milner + Carr Conservation, LLC is Expanding
Established on January 1, 2006, Milner + Carr Conservation, LLC specializes in the documentation, analysis, condition assessment and treatment of historic sites and monuments. The firm continues to grow with the addition of professional conservators having expertise in stone, metals, furniture, architectural woodwork and decorative painting. |
Stone Houses Book in Second Printing.
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Mary DeNadai on Hemingway House Preservation Team.
Mary DeNadai has been appointed by the U.S. Treasury Department to serve on a team of preservation specialists assisting the Cuban Government in the preservation and restoration of Ernest Hemingway's home, Finca Vigia, on the outskirts of Havana.
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Mary DeNadai Re-elected to AIA Board of Directors.
Mary DeNadai has been re-elected to the Boards of Directors of the Philadelphia and Pennsylvania State chapters of the American Institute of Architects.
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