Last week one of our staff was selected to participate in an eight-day intensive seminar in classical architecture with the Institute for Classical Architecture. The program took place in Los Angeles, California, and the program was taught in the city’s famous Greystone Mansion. The course, as stated on the ICAA website, is meant “to introduce the participants to the ICAA’s core coursework’s in the classical orders, composition, proportion, drafting, observational drawing, and the literature of classical architecture.” Though he can better articulate his experiences—and we hope he will soon—I was intrigued by Greystone mansion and fascinated by what I learned about its history. At the time of construction, the mansion was the largest private residence in southern California. Architect Gordon Kaufmann subdivided the incredibly…