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New Principals and New Senior Associate
John Milner Architects Receives the 2009 Arthur Ross Award in Architecture
John Milner Architects Receives the 2008 Silver Medal from AIA Pennsylvania
2009 Preservation Alliance Awards
Intern Architect Earns LEED Accreditation
John Milner Architects Establishes Philadelphia Office
John Milner Honored with John Harbeson Award
Recent Publications
Recent Awards
Christina Carter and John Milner Lead 2009 European Conservation Summer School at Mount Edgcumbe
Mary DeNadai Honored with Biddle Award
John Milner Honored with G. Holmes Perkins Award
Stone Houses Book in Third Printing.
Consultation on Restoration of Ernest Hemingway's House in Cuba Nearing Completion
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New Principals and New Senior Associate
Christina H. Carter, AIA and Christopher J. Miller, AIA, have joined John D. Milner, FAIA and Mary Werner DeNadai, FAIA as Principals of their firm, John Milner Architects, Inc. In addition, Robert J. Hotes, AIA, LEED AP has been promoted to Senior Associate. Christina Carter joined John Milner and Mary DeNadai in 1986, and has a diverse background in adaptive reuse and historic preservation practice. Her current projects include Frank Furness's Jayne Residence in Philadelphia, and three National Park Service restorations: the Deshler-Morris & Bringhurst Houses in Germantown, the Valley Forge Train Station and the Vanderbilt Mansion in Hyde Park, New York. Christopher Miller joined the firm in 1998, with a background in restoration and adaptive reuse of historic institutional buildings. Christopher's current projects include Nemours Mansion and Gardens in Wilmington, Delaware, St. Mark's Church in Philadelphia, The Church of the Redeemer in Bryn Mawr and Lebanon Valley College in Annville, Pennsylvania. Robert J. Hotes, AIA joined John Milner Architects, Inc. in 2008 and is currently managing projects for PIDC, the General Services Administration and the National Park Service.
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John Milner Architects Receives the 2009 Arthur Ross Award in Architecture
John Milner Architects has received the 2009 Arthur Ross Award in Architecture for Excellence in the Classical Tradition. The award is made annually by the Institute of Classical Architecture and Classical America, and was presented on May 4th at a reception and dinner at The University Club in New York City. Preceding the celebration, John Milner and Mary DeNadai delivered a lecture on the firm's history and work. The recipient of the 2008 Award in Architecture was John Simpson and Partners, London, UK.
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John Milner Architects Receives the 2008 Silver Medal from AIA Pennsylvania
The project to restore Nemours Mansion and Gardens was awarded the 2008 Silver Medal by AIA Pennsylvania during the annual awards program in November, 2008. The design team included John Milner Architects, Rodney Robinson Landscape Architects, Bruce E. Brooks and Associates Consulting Engineers and Gredell and Associates Consulting Structural Engineers. The conservation treatments were designed and executed by Milner + Carr Conservation, LLC. The Jury comments included; "This is an incredible restoration; the Secretary of the Interior's Standards were applied rigorously", and "The highest level of care and science were given to the execution of every detail, including the landscapes".
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2009 Preservation Alliance Awards
The restoration of Nemours Mansion and Gardens received a 2009 Grand Jury Award from the Preservation Alliance for Greater Philadelphia at the organization's annual luncheon in May. The project was a collaboration of John Milner Architects, Milner + Carr Conservation and Rodney Robinson Landscape Architects. John Milner Architects and Milner + Carr Conservation also shared another Grand Jury Award for the rehabilitation and adaptive reuse of the Crane Arts Stable building in Philadelphia where the two firms have their offices and conservation studios. Milner + Carr received a separate award for the restoration and conservation of the historic Synagogue at Eastern State Penitentiary.
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Intern Architect Earns LEED Accreditation
Kristin McFadden, an Intern Architect at our Chadds Ford office, recently earned LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) accreditation from the U.S. Green Building Council. A LEED AP is a professional who has passed the LEED exam and has a thorough understanding of green design and the certification process implemented by the USGBC. The LEED rating system promotes the practices of sustainable design.
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John Milner Architects Establishes Philadelphia Office
John Milner Architects has expanded to include a new branch office in Philadelphia. Located at 1431 Cadwallader Street, the office is under the direction of Christina Carter, AIA, a Principal in the firm. John Milner Architects is sharing the historic Crane Arts Stable Building with its affiliated company Milner + Carr Conservation, LLC, which has relocated its offices, studios and workshops from Chadds Ford.
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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 including Old-House Interiors (February, 2009), Cape Cod & Islands Home (Annual 2008 issue), Traditional Home (December, 2008 and September, 2007), Architectural Digest (November, 2007), The Hunt Magazine (Fall, 2007), Period Homes (May and September, 2007).
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Recent Awards
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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Christina Carter and John Milner Lead 2009 European Conservation Summer School at Mount Edgcumbe
John Milner is returning to Cornwall, England in June of 2009, accompanied by Christina Carter, to continue the architectural investigations - begun in 2007 - with University of Pennsylvania graduate students at Mount Edgcumbe. The 850 acre site has been famous since the 18th century when the Earl of Edgcumbe's family created formal gardens, garden houses, follies and woodlands around their Tudor house. The investigations focused on the English Garden House (pre-1729) and the French Garden House (circa 1810). This summer, final design drawings will be prepared for restoration of the English Garden House, and on-site conservation of the decorative wall painting in the French Garden House will be undertaken under the direction of Andrew Fearon, architectural conservator with Milner + Carr Conservation.
English Garden House French Garden House
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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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Stone Houses Book in Third Printing.
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Consultation on Restoration of Ernest Hemingway's House in Cuba Nearing Completion
Mary DeNadai and John Milner returned to Havana twice in 2008 to provide consulting services to the Cuban government for the restoration of Finca Vigia, Hemingway's residence between 1940 and 1960. Under the auspices of the US Treasury Department, the National Trust for Historic Preservation and the Finca Vigia Foundation, a team of architects, engineers and geotechnical experts was assembled to collaboratively support Cuba's Consejo Nacional de Patrimony in its efforts to preserve, restore and interpret this unique cultural treasure that is filled with original furniture, artwork, books and memorabilia of Hemingway's time at the Finca.
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