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Firm Welcomes Jessica Malarik
Jayne House Restoration Wins Palladio Award
Justin Detwiler Joins Board of Hidden City Philadelphia
Chris Carter & John Milner Co-Teaching at University of Pennsylvania
Scott O'Barr Joins Lemon Hill Board
John Milner Architects Sponsors "Run-A-Muck"
Mary DeNadai Leads Cuba Tour
"Sogno Mio" Featured in New Publication
John Milner Receives Wyck Strickland Award
Mary DeNadai Named Distinguished Daughter of Pennsylvania
John Milner Receives Albert Simons Medal of Excellence
John Milner Architects is now on Facebook
John Milner and Mary DeNadai Receive Medal of Distinction from AIA Pennsylvania
Two Milner-Designed Residences Featured in New Publication
Nemours Mansion & Gardens Restoration Honored by National Trust for Historic Preservation
Mary DeNadai Receives President's Award from National Trust for Historic Preservation
John Milner Architects Receives the 2009 Arthur Ross Award in Architecture
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Firm Welcomes Jessica Malarik
We are pleased to welcome Jessica Malarik to our Chadds Ford office. Jessica was awarded a Bachelor of Architecture from Pennsylvania State University in 2004 and a Master of Science in Building Conservation from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 2007. Her experience in working with historic and new buildings is quite broad, having designed timber framed structures and, while with John G. Waite Associates in Albany, participating in the restoration of The New York State Capital, Hamilton Grange in New York City and the Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Baltimore. Since joining our firm, Jessica has been working on the Family Court Building in Philadelphia, Presbyterian Church of Chestnut Hill, and a significant historic residence in Virginia.
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Jayne House Restoration Wins Palladio Award
 John Milner Architects has been selected as the recipient of the 2012 Palladio Award for Residential Restoration and Renovation for its work on The Jayne House in Philadelphia. The historic residence is located at the prominent corner of 19th and Delancey Streets in Philadelphia’s Rittenhouse Square neighborhood and was designed in 1895 by the celebrated architect Frank Furness as the home of his niece Caroline Furness Jayne and her husband, eminent zoologist Dr. Horace Jayne. The residence, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, housed various institutions from the 1940’s until the current owners purchased the property in 2007 with ambitious plans to restore the building to its former grandeur and its original use as a single family residence. The Palladio Awards Program is designed to honor outstanding achievement in traditional design. The program recognizes individual designers and/or design teams whose work enhances the beauty and humane qualities of the built environment through creative interpretation or adaptation of design principles developed through 2,500 years of the Western architectural tradition. The winning projects meet the factors of: Refinement and appropriateness of the design; suitability of design in relation to the program and the project's context; appropriate selection and use of materials, quality of construction and craftsmanship and overall design excellence. The Palladio Awards will be presented at a ceremony in July as part of the Traditional Building Conference in Boston and will be featured in the July issue of Period Homes magazine.
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Justin Detwiler Joins Board of Hidden City Philadelphia
Justin Detwiler was recently named to the Board of Directors of Hidden City Philadelphia after completing a three year tenure on the Board of Directors of the Elfreth’s Alley Association. Hidden City Philadelphia’s mission is to pull back the curtain on the city’s most remarkable and forgotten places and to connect the sites to new people, functions, and resources. The Hidden City Festival is an award-winning and widely acclaimed quadrennial event encompassing twelve heritage sites with major artist installations. The Hidden City Daily is a popular web magazine publishing 25-30 posts a week aimed at exploring Philadelphia and its architectural and preservation communities. Justin joined John Milner Architects in 2005.
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Chris Carter & John Milner Co-Teaching at University of Pennsylvania
Chris Carter and John Milner are co-teaching the Architectural Archeology spring semester course in the University of Pennsylvania’s Graduate Program in Historic Preservation. The focus of the class is the historic Lazaretto, built on the Delaware River (south of the city) in 1799 as the Philadelphia Quarantine Hospital in response to the devastating Yellow Fever epidemic of 1793. Teams of students are investigating and documenting the design, construction and developmental history of the buildings.
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Scott O'Barr Joins Lemon Hill Board
 Scott O’Barr, AIA was recently named to the board of Friends of Lemon Hill. Lemon Hill, built between 1799 and 1800 by Henry Pratt is considered one of the finest country estates of the colonial era. The Friends of Lemon Hill was formed in 1987, with the mission to raise funds and oversee the expenditure of those funds for the preservation, promotion, and protection of Lemon Hill mansion and its grounds. Other objectives of the Friends are to provide innovative educational programming to the public, students, and virtual visitors, while remaining sensitive and respectful to the historical, cultural, and architectural significance of the site.
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John Milner Architects Sponsors "Run-A-Muck"
The Willistown Conservation Trust’s annual “Run-A-Muck” was held last September and our firm was one of the sponsors. The five kilometer race featured two course options, spanning 1.5 or 3 miles, and directed runners through the natural terrain of Heartwood Estate on Providence Road in Willistown, Chester County. Senior Associate Patrick McDonough and his family ran the course and Patrick finished third overall. The run is the organization’s biggest fundraiser of the year.
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Mary DeNadai Leads Cuba Tour
Mary Werner DeNadai, FAIA, recently led a tour group on a cultural exchange program to Cuba. The group consisted of members of the National Trust for Historic Preservation's Board of Trustees and its Council Members. During a nine-day excursion, Mary lectured on Cuba's historic architecture, the development of the early towns and cities, the restoration of Finca Vigia, near Havana, home of Ernest Hemingway for 22 years and his boat, The Pilar. From 2005-2008, Mary served as a contributing preservation architect for the restoration of the Hemingway house and accessory buildings on a U.S. professional team appointed by the Department of the Treasury.
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"Sogno Mio" Featured in New Publication
John Milner Architects is pleased to have one of its projects featured in the recent publication The Vintage House: A Guide to Successful Renovations and Addition published by W.W. Norton and Company. "Sogno Mio," a stately residence along Philadelphia's Main Line, is featured prominently as an example of achieving an ideal balance between restoration and renovation while meeting the needs of modern family life. The publication guides readers through typical projects and issues, such as finding more space within an existing footprint or blending in new windows or dormers without destroying historic character. Richly illustrated with color photos, plans, and drawings from nationally recognized architects, as well as examples from the authors' 30 year careers, this book shares analysis and experience from two of the nation's most respected old-house professionals: Mark Alan Hewitt, 2009 Arthur Ross Award recipient and Gordon Bock, former editor of Old House Journal.
"The Greenest House is the one that lasts the longest. In a useful book that is part architectural history primer and part building manual. Mark Alan Hewitt and Gordon Bock show how old houses can be given new life-sensibly and beautifully."
--Witold Rybczynski, author of Makeshift Metropolis
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John Milner Receives Wyck Strickland Award
The Wyck Association honored John D. Milner, FAIA as the 2011 recipient of the Wyck Strickland Award for "contributions to the cultural life of Philadelphia through work that balances progress and modernity with a sensitive understanding of the past." The 24th annual event was held on October 27 at The Down Town Club in Philadelphia. David Hollenberg, University Architect for the University of Pennsylvania, presented the award and chaired the event with Emily T. Cooperman and Diane Newbury. Milner joins noted past award recipients, including the architect Robert Venturi, urban revitalization leader Paul R. Levy and editorial cartoonist Signe Wilkinson. The Wyck-Strickland Award is inspired by the balance of tradition and innovation created when the Philadelphia architect William Strickland remodeled the Wyck House in Germantown in 1824. Wyck's signature annual benefit since 1988, The Wyck-Strickland Award has evolved over the years to include architects, landscape architects, engineers, urban planners, historians, museum curators, and librarians. All share a love of Philadelphia and its rich history and cultural life. John is shown, below, surrounded by former students who attended the awards dinner.
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Mary DeNadai Named Distinguished Daughter of Pennsylvania
Governor Tom Corbett and First Lady Susan Corbett recognized Mary Werner DeNadai as one of this year's Distinguished Daughters of Pennsylvania. The women were honored at a luncheon at the Governor's Residence in Harrisburg on October 19th. The medals and citations honored the women who..."show great commitment and dedication to improving the world around them," said Governor Corbett. "The leadership shown by each of them is impressive, and they represent Pennsylvania with great distinction." Mary was nominated for the award by AIA Pennsylvania.
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John Milner Receives Albert Simons Medal of Excellence
The Historic Preservation and Community Planning Program at the College of Charleston School of the Arts presented the Albert Simons Medal of Excellence to John D. Milner, FAIA for traditional design and preservation, followed by a lecture by Milner on March 24, 2011.
The Albert Simons Medal of Excellence was established in honor of the 20th anniversary of the College's School of the Arts, in 2010. Simons pioneered the teaching of art at the College, and the medal honors individuals who have excelled in one or more of the areas in which Simons excelled, including civic design, architectural design, historic preservation and urban planning. Last year's inaugural medal was awarded to Charleston Mayor Joseph P. Riley.
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John Milner Architects is now on Facebook
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John Milner and Mary DeNadai Receive Medal of Distinction from AIA Pennsylvania
John D. Milner, FAIA and Mary Werner DeNadai, FAIA were recently honored with the Medal of Distinction by the Pennsylvania Chapter of the American Institute of Architects in the rotunda of the State Capitol Building in Harrisburg. The Medal of Distinction is the highest award bestowed by AIA Pennsylvania upon a living AIA Pennsylvania member. The recipient shall have made contributions to architecture that transcend local boundaries and have been of benefit to the profession and citizens of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The honor is not necessarily awarded annually, but is instead presented when AIA Pennsylvania's board of directors feels a candidate is deserving. This was the first time that the award was presented to a pair of architects. John Milner and Mary DeNadai formed John Milner Architects, Inc. in 1989 and have collaborated for more than 35 years specializing in the restoration and adaptation of historic structures and the design of new buildings, primarily residences, which reflect the rich architectural traditions of the past. Complementing the architectural practice is John Milner's long-held commitment to the education of young architects and historic preservationists. For the past thirty-five years, he has served on the faculty of the University of Pennsylvania's Graduate Program in Historic Preservation, and has lectured in the design and preservation programs at many other universities. John's dedication to academia is paralleled by Mary's dedication to public service. She actively served on the boards of AIA Philadelphia and AIA PA and currently chairs the Fellows Steering Committee for the Philadelphia Chapter. She is a Trustee Emeritus of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, past Chair of Preservation Action and Preservation Pennsylvania and is currently on the boards of Partners for Sacred Places and Cliveden of The National Trust. Mary is also a member of the National Park Service's National Historic Landmark Committee and a Peer Review member for the GSA's Design Excellence Program.
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Two Milner-Designed Residences Featured in New Publication
Two residences designed by John Milner Architects have been featured in the new book entitled Nice House by noted author and architect Samuel G. White. The Abiah Taylor House and the Dugdale Residence were featured extensively throughout the new volume. Published by Monacelli Press, Nice House presents 30 contemporary houses designed for living. The publisher describes the houses featured as "modest dwellings whose architecture moves easily to the background, supporting comfortable furnishings, works of art from a variety of periods and styles, and the plantings and outdoor spaces that are essential to the composition. The locations are diverse - New England, Long Island, Pennsylvania, California - and the architecture encompasses both traditional and contemporary vocabulary. What links them is their livable scale and the architects' commitment to creating congenial spaces with a handsome and functional design."
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Nemours Mansion & Gardens Restoration Honored by National Trust for Historic Preservation
On October 29, 2010, principals Mary Werner DeNadai and Christopher Miller attended the National Trust for Historic Preservation Awards Ceremony and Gala Tribute honoring the best in preservation. Held this year in Austin, Texas, John Milner Architects was the recipient of the National Trust Honor Award for the Restoration of the Nemours Mansion and Gardens in Wilmington, Delaware. "The restoration of Nemours is a triumph," said Stephanie Meeks, president of the National Trust for Historic Preservation. "In its second century, Nemours stunningly evokes a vivid chapter in the American story and showcases the scholarship and artistry of historic preservation at its very best."
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Mary DeNadai Receives President's Award from National Trust for Historic Preservation
On May 14, 2010, Mary Werner DeNadai was honored by The National Trust for Historic Preservation as the recipient of the President's Award. This award, presented by president Richard Moe, was given in recognition of Mary's ongoing contributions and collaborations with the National Trust in its mission to support historic preservation efforts throughout the country.
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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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