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Architecture ne 86 nshoremag.com October 2014 photograph by richard mandelkorn Daum, an architect with Amesbury's Mer- rimack Design Associates, of the speech today. "Classical architecture is just one of them." And, he argues, just as the litera- ture of Plato and Aristotle continues to be relevant in the present, so do the design traditions deriving from the cradle of Western civilization. That belief is a core part of the ethos behind the New England chapter of the Institute of Classical Art & Architecture (ICAA), the organization behind the Bulfinch Awards. Founded by architects who eschewed fl vor-of-the-month Mod- ernism in favor of Classicism's enduring principles of symmetry, hierarchy, and proportion, the group has been a steward of pre-20th-century design traditions ast year, on a Novem- ber evening underneath the copper dome of the Massachusetts State House, Eric Daum stood before an audi- ence and gave a speech christened with two words as profound as they were brief: "Why Classical?" L Human Element Members of the New England chapter of the Institute of Classical Art & Architecture espouse the virtues of this time-honored approach to design. By Jeff Harder Traditional Design ICAA members Carpenter & MacNeille won the Bulfinch A ard last year for the renovation of an original Peabody and Stearns carriage house. Daum's address was a preface to the fourth annual Bulfinch Awards, an occa- sion to praise the best traditional design projects in New England. It was also a chance to explain why classical architec- ture matters in the 21st century. "There are connections within our entire culture rooted in Greco-Roman antiquity," says