John Canning Studios
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| John Canning & Co. | |
|---|---|
| Practice information | |
| Founders | John Canning |
| Founded | 1976 |
| Location | Headquarters in Cheshire, CT |
| Website | |
| https://johncanningco.com/ | |
John Canning & Co., formerly John Canning Studios, is an historic building restoration, conservation, and preservation company located in Cheshire, Connecticut, led by David Riccio[1], Dorothea Hennessey, and John Canning [2].
John Canning & Co. has performed restoration, conservation, and preservation work on historic, landmark, and other buildings across the United States with work ranging from the restoration of decorative finishes at the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium in Washington, DC[3], the restoration of the ceiling mural at Grand Central Terminal in New York, New York,[4] [5] to the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe,[6] a new church in La Crosse, Wisconsin, designed by Duncan Stroik[7] and to Hulihe'e Palace on the Big Island of Hawaii, involving restoration of lime plaster.[8]
History[edit]
The founder, John Canning[9] is an expert on traditional decorative painting techniques and materials and historic color palettes. Canning, a master artisan,[10][11] has been recognized by the American Institute of Architects, which has appointed him as an honorary AIA member.[12] He is also a Professional Associate of the American Institute for Conservation of Historic & Artistic Works (AIC).[13] Completing his studies at the following institutions -Scottish Decorative Trade Institute, the Stow College of Building in Glasgow, and the Glasgow School of Art, John Canning served a five-year apprenticeship as a church decorator, developing artistic skills and replicating old-world techniques and materials. After his apprenticeship, he opened a studio in Glasgow as a member of the London City & Guilds. Canning emigrated from Scotland to the United States in the early 1970s and opened a studio in Connecticut.
Significant Projects[edit]
Theatres & Entertainment Spaces[edit]
- Academy of Music – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Completed 2009)[14]
- Radio City Music Hall - New York, New York (Completed 1999)
- Warner Theatre - Erie, Pennsylvania (Completed 2002)
- Stadium Theatre - Woonsocket, Rhode Island (Completed 2001)
- War Memorial Opera House - San Francisco, California (Completed 1997)
- Mellon Auditorium - Washington, DC (Latest Project Completed 2023)
- Medinah Country Club - Medinah, Illinois (Completed 1997)
Museums[edit]
- National Building Museum - Washington, DC (Completed 2000)[15]
- The Mark Twain House & Museum - Hartford, Connecticut (Completed 2016)[16]
- Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum - Boston, Massachusetts
- Hulihe'e Palace - Kailua-Kona, Hawaii (Completed 2008)[17]
- Lockwood-Mathew Mansion Museum -Norwalk, Connecticut (Completed 1989; 2008)[18]
- Taft Museum of Art - Cincinnati, Ohio (Completed 2003)[19]
Universities & Colleges[edit]
- Sterling Memorial Library - Yale University - New Haven, Connecticut (Completed 2014)[20]
- Battell Chapel - Yale University - New Haven, Connecticut (Completed 1980)[21]
- Hill Auditorium, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor, Michigan (Completed 2004)
- The Culinary Institute of America - Hyde Park, New York (Completed 2003)
- Building 10 M.I.T. – Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts (Completed 2010; 2013)[22]
- Kansas State University, Hale Library - Manhattan, Kansas (Completed 2019)[23][24]
Civic[edit]
- Iowa State Capitol – Des Moines, Iowa (Completed 2005)
- Connecticut State Capitol - Hartford, Connecticut (Completed 1998)
- Michigan State Capitol - East Lansing, Michigan (Completed 1992;2017)[28][29]
- Pennsylvania State Capitol - Harrisburg, Pennsylvania (Completed 1998-2004)
- Rhode Island State Capitol - Providence, Rhode Island (Completed 1998;1999;2016)
- San Francisco City Hall – San Francisco, California (Completed 1998)
- Massachusetts State House, Hall of Flags - Boston, Massachusetts
- US Treasury Building - Washington, DC (Completed 2001;2004;2006)
- United States Capitol - Washington, DC (Completed 2010;2013; 2021)
- Fulton County Court House - Wauseon, Ohio (Completed 2019; 2020)[30]
- Connecticut Old State House - Hartford, Connecticut (Completed 1994;1995)[31]
- Luzerne County Courthouse - Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania (Completed 2018; 2020)[32][33][34][35]
Other Historic & Landmark Buildings[edit]
- Grand Central Terminal - New York, New York (Completed 1997)[36]
- Boston Public Library - McKim Building, Boston, Massachusetts (Completed 1994;1998;2004;2024)[37]
- Washington Union Station - Washington, DC (Completed 2020;2022)[38][39]
- Steinway Hall, (now the new 111 West 57th Street) -New York, New York (Completed 2020)[40][41]
- Cosmos Club - Washington, DC (Completed 2012;2016)[42][43]
- Lenox Library - Lenox, Massachusetts(Completed 2003)[44]
Sacred[edit]
- The First Church of Christ, Scientist, The Mother Church - Boston, Massachusetts (Completed 2018)[45]
- Saint Mary's Church ~ Blessed Michael McGivney Parish - New Haven, Connecticut (Completed 2020)[46][47][48]
- Trinity Church, Copley Square - Boston, Massachusetts (Completed 2006;2017;2019)[49]
- Basilica of St. John the Evangelist - Stamford, Connecticut (Completed 2012)[50]
- Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe – La Crosse, Wisconsin (Completed 2008)[6]
Awards[edit]
- 2023 ICAA Bulfinch Award - Historic Preservation, St. Mary-St. Catherine of Siena Parish[51]
- 2023 Preservation Connecticut Award of Merit, New London City Hall[52]
- 2022 ICAA McKim, Mead, & White Award, San Joselito's Chapel[53]
- 2020 Palladio Award, Mark Twain House & Museum -Mahogany Suite[54]
- 2019 Palladio Award, Luzerne County Courthouse[55]
- 2020 Bulfinch Award - Craftsmanship/Artisanship, Mark Twain House & Museum[56][57]
- 2020 Build Connecticut Award - Specialty Interiors, St. Thomas More[58]
- 2018 Trumbauer Award given by the Philadelphia ICAA Chapter, Luzerne County Courthouse[59]
- 2008 White House Recognition, Secretary of War Suite Eisenhower Executive Office Building
- 2004 Arthur Ross Award for Excellence & Leadership in the Art of Preservation & Conservation, The Institute of Classical Architecture & Art[60]
- 1992 National Preservation Honor Award, National Trust for Historic Preservation, Michigan State Capitol Restoration[61]
References[edit]
- ↑ "Traditional Building Conference Series Speaker".
- ↑ Rozhan, Tracie (April 1982). "A TRADESMAN SHUNS FANCY TITLES". The New York Times.
- ↑ "Renewing an Icon Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium GSA Video". YouTube. May 2024.
- ↑ "8 Secret Features of Grand Central Terminal". June 2023.
- ↑ "Grand Central Connecticut firm puts new face on a national landmark". Hartford Courant. March 1997. p. 1.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Leigh, Catesby. "A Return to Grace.", Wall Street Journal (March 18, 2010)
- ↑ "Classical Shrine.", Traditional Building (December 2008)
- ↑ "Facelift for Hulihe'e Palace is under way". Hawaii Tribune-Herald. 2008-07-17. p. 9. Retrieved 2024-01-31.
- ↑ "25 Leaders – Who's Who in Traditional Building". 14 September 2023.
- ↑ "Master Artisan John Canning". 7 December 2021.
- ↑ Rozhan, Tracie (April 1982). "A TRADESMAN SHUNS FANCY TITLES". The New York Times.
- ↑ "Eleven Tapped for Honorary AIA Membership". February 2009.
- ↑ https://www.culturalheritage.org/
- ↑ "Structure Magazine The Academy of Music and it's Ballroom Restoration" (PDF). November 2011.
- ↑ "A Job Well Done: Artisans Who Are Redefining the Historic Trades | National Trust for Historic Preservation".
- ↑ "CT Old House, your online source for your old home, period design, antiques and folk art".
- ↑ "Hulihee Palace plans grand reopening Sept. 30". 24 September 2009.
- ↑ Kleydorff, Alex von (28 December 2014). "Looking up at Lockwood Mathews Mansion". Norwalk Hour.
- ↑ "Making Over A Masterpiece". The Cincinnati Enquirer. 2004-05-09. p. 122. Retrieved 2024-01-31.
- ↑ "The Restoration of Yale's Sterling Memorial Library's Ceiling". 12 November 2020.
- ↑ "Restoring Battell Chapel". 7 August 2023.
- ↑ "Historic Resources: Infinitely Better—Renovation and Restoration of…".
- ↑ "'We Are the Dream' mural undergoes restoration, hangs again in Hale Library". 3 December 2020.
- ↑ "Mural restoration brings Hale's Great Room back to life". October 2020.
- ↑ "When detail man finishes job, old buildings' glories restored". Record-Journal. November 1992. p. 13.
- ↑ "From Modest Materials, A Grand Effect". 23 February 2022.
- ↑ "National Park Service Painting Historic Buildings: Materials and Techniques" (PDF). 1993.
- ↑ "Michigan State Capitol Commission Renewing Michigan's Capitol 2014-2016 Booklet" (PDF). November 2016.
- ↑ "Michigan State Capitol 2023 Dome Restoration".
- ↑ "Restoration, renovation of Fulton County Courthouse nearly complete".
- ↑ https://oldstatehouse1.weebly.com/
- ↑ Learn-Andes, Jennifer (27 January 2018). "An up-close view of Luzerne County Courthouse restoration". timesleader.com. Retrieved 2018-03-16.
- ↑ "Inside the Detailed Conservation of a 1909 Courthouse | National Trust for Historic Preservation".
- ↑ "John Canning & Co.'s Art Conservation at Luzerne County Courthouse". 18 April 2019.
- ↑ "Need for future Luzerne County Courthouse restoration work discussed". 29 March 2018.
- ↑ "8 Secret Features of Grand Central Terminal". June 2023.
- ↑ https://www.culturalheritage.org/docs/default-source/publications/periodicals/newsletter/04_mar_aicnews.pdf?sfvrsn=8ca603c2_11
- ↑ "36 Roman statues within Union Station get a much-needed scrubbing". 5 October 2019.
- ↑ "Washington Union Station Statues Restored – Great American Stations".
- ↑ "New York's Landmarked Steinway Hall Has Three Extraordinary Condos Coming on the Market". Forbes.
- ↑ "The Rotunda at Manhattan's Historic Steinway Hall Shines Again". 5 June 2020.
- ↑ "The COSMOS CLUB Restoration of the Ballroom". March 2012.
- ↑ "Gilded Age - Home & Design Magazine".
- ↑ Cohen, Stephanie (2003-07-05). "Hidden library ceiling restored". The Berkshire Eagle. pp. B1, B7. Retrieved 2024-01-31.
- ↑ "Pretty in Pink: Landmark Boston Church Gets a Refresh | National Trust for Historic Preservation".
- ↑ "To celebrate Fr. McGivney's beatification, his old parish is pulling out all the stops". 26 October 2020.
- ↑ "Catholic Transcript | December 2020".
- ↑ "A Visit to St. Mary Church, First Parish of Blessed Michael McGivney". 7 November 2020.
- ↑ "In a New Film, Master Artisans Share Their Passion for the Labors They Love".
- ↑ Cassidy, Martin B. (6 April 2012). "St. John's marks end of interior restoration". Stamford Advocate.
- ↑ 2023 Bulfinch Award for Historic Preservation, ICAA New England Region
- ↑ 2023 Preservation Connecticut Award of Merit
- ↑ "The Institute of Classical Architecture & Art Celebrates the 2022 McKim, Mead & White Awards".
- ↑ "2020 Palladio Award Winners". 13 May 2020.
- ↑ "Palladio Awards 2019".
- ↑ "2020 Bulfinch Award Winners". 17 March 2020.
- ↑ "ICAA New England Announces 10th Annual Bulfinch Award Winners". 23 March 2020.
- ↑ "Church Renovations Update".
- ↑ "2018 Trumbauer Award Winners". 15 November 2018.
- ↑ "Arthur Ross Awards - Institute of Classical Architecture & Art".
- ↑ https://www.legislature.mi.gov/Publications/MichiganStateCapitol.pdf
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