Art and Architecture: The Sometimes "Disturbing Art" of Architecture at the Middleton Inn
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The 2024-2025 Art and Architecture Series concludes with an exclusive excurision behind-the-scenes at The Inn at Middleton Place. This program includes access to the Inn with speakers and lunch is included with this program.
Tucked away on historic Ashley River Road and adjacent to Middleton Place National Historic Landmark, sits one of the Lowcountry’s most treasured works of modern architecture. Completed in 1987, The Inn at Middleton Place surprised critics and writers, won the AIA’s highest architecture award and catapulted architect WG Clark to national prominence. In 2021, after over three decades in service, a restoration was undertaken by the Middleton Place Foundation to sensitively update the room amenities without altering the original vision that created an unforgettable sense of place on a bluff overlooking the Ashley River.
Reggie Gibson and Will Wingfield were the architects and project managers for the restoration and Tracey Todd was the CEO of Middleton Place Foundation at the time of the project. Reggie and Will describe their architecture by simply saying, “of all the Vitruvian principles, we like delight the best.” Thankfully their delightful designs can be found in urban and rural settings from the Lowcountry to the mountains. Tracey is a passionate historian and leader in historic site management who is now serving as Director of Museums for Historic Charleston Foundation. Reggie, Will, and Tracey brought together a group of stakeholders and professionals, including WG Clark himself, to plan and execute the successful restoration of this modern Lowcountry gem.
The 2024-2025 Art & Architecture Series is a four-part series of lectures and engaging presentations by experts in their respective fields and a Lowcountry excursion designed especially for this series. Tickets for each program can be purchased individually, or as a whole for a discounted price. All proceeds support Historic Charleston Foundation and our mission-driven work.
Tickets:
- Art and Architecture Program Individual Ticket: $175 per person for this session
- Art and Architecture Program Series Ticket: $450 per person for all four sessions
2024 - 2025 Art & Architecture Series: Programs priced individually or purchase all four events for $450/per person
- November 13, 2024: Courier Square and the American College of the Building Arts - A Landmark Collaboration with speaker Christian Sottile, AIA, of Sottile & Sottile. At the American College of the Building Arts' campus, 645 Meeting St. $125/per person
- December 11, 2024: From Hutty to Halsey - Collecting in 2024, What's Hot and What's Not, with speaker Angelo Madrigale. At DOYLE Auctioneers and Appraisers, 123 King St. $125/per person
- January 8, 2025: Archaeobotanical Studies in Above - Ground Spaces: The Nathaniel Russell Kitchen House and the Important Story It Reveals with speaker, Dr. Chantel E. White. At the Capt. James Missroon House, 40 East Bay St. $125 per person
- EXCURSION TRIP: February 5, 2025: The Sometimes "Disturbing Art" of Architecture: WG Clark and the Middleton Inn with speakers Reggie Gibson, Will Wingfield and Tracey Todd, HCF Director of Museums. At the Inn at Middleton Place, 4290 Ashley River Rd. $175/per person