AIA Baltimore/Baltimore Architecture Foundation

Spring Lecture Series Committee Meeting
2025-02-03 12:00 - 2025-02-07 16:37, 2025-03-03 12:00 - 2025-03-07 16:37, 2025-04-07 12:00 - 2025-04-11 16:37 (America/New_York)
For more than 40 years, AIA Baltimore and the Baltimore Architecture Foundation have been pleased to present an annual lecture series devoted to design and architecture in Baltimore, thanks to the loyal support of the architecture community.
Help shape our Spring 2025 Lecture series!
Staff Liaison: Ally Lancaster alancaster@aiabalt.com

Design Awards Committee
2025-02-12 08:00 - 09:00, 2025-03-12 08:00 - 09:00, 2025-04-09 08:00 - 09:00
The annual AIA Baltimore Excellence in Design Awards program recognizes excellence in architectural design by AIA Baltimore members and AIA members with projects in AIA Baltimore’s region. The Design Awards Committee helps to establish policies and guidelines for awards submissions and plans the Excellence in Design Awards annual event.
To join this committee, please contact co-chairs:
Co-Chairs
Kevin Miller, AIA: kevin.an.mi@gmail.com
Design Collective
Eric Lowe, AIA: elowe@designcollective.com
Design Collective

Future Architects Resources (FAR)/Kids-in-Design Committee Meeting
2025-02-12 17:30 - 18:30, 2025-03-12 17:30 - 18:30, 2025-04-09 17:30 - 18:30
Future Architects Resources (FAR)/Kids-in-Design Committee, serves as a vehicle for collaboration among professionals and educators towards the education of young citizens on matters affecting the built environment.
The committee is dedicated to increasing exposure among local elementary and middle school-aged students to design education and career opportunities in Architecture and Design.
Contact a committee chair for information about joining:
Lauren Meister, Assoc. AIA, Marshall Craft Associates

Practice Management Committee Meeting
2025-02-18 08:30 - 09:30, 2025-03-18 08:30 - 09:30, 2025-04-15 08:30 - 09:30
The AIA Baltimore Practice Management Committee seeks to encourage open discourse among AIA Baltimore architects, allied members, and other professional organizations to advance member understanding of practice-related issues.
These include business, ethics, construction law, taxes, human resources, marketing, and technology. In addition, the Practice Management Committee assists in organizing the annual AIA/BAF Annual Meeting.
To join this committee, please contact co-chairs:
Rosalie Tilghman, AIA: Ayers Saint Gross
Sharon Day, AIA, LEED AP: GWWO Architects

Historic Resources Committee (HRC) Committee Meeting
2025-02-18 17:00 - 18:00, 2025-03-18 17:00 - 18:00, 2025-04-15 17:00 - 18:00
The Historic Resources Committee organizes events that promote the knowledge and appreciation of the restoration and adaptive use of Baltimore’s historic buildings and neighborhoods.
To join this committee, please contact co-chairs:
Ward Bucher, AIA, Encore Sustainable Architects
ward@encoresustainablearchitects.com

Patrick O’Brien, BECS (Building Envelope Consultants and Scientists)
patrick.obrien@becsmd.com

COTE|R Committee Meeting
2025-02-25 17:00 - 18:00, 2025-03-25 17:00 - 18:00, 2025-04-22 17:00 - 18:00
The Committee on the Environment was formed to promote the benefits of environmentally-conscious design and construction within the building professions and the community at large. We are involved in a number of projects, some in partnership with community organizations, to promote a healthier, more sustainable environment in the Baltimore region.
The AIA Baltimore Resiliency Committee joined COTE in January 2015. The subcommittee is a network of building design professionals dedicated to educating, promoting and implementing programs that help prepare for, respond to, and recover from disasters within our design community and the community at large.
To join this committee, please contact co-chair:
Ben Roush, PE-ME, FPE, LEED AP BD+C, CCP, ASHRAE BEMP and BEAP: benr@fsi-engineers.com
FSi Engineers
Austen Hesler, AIA, NCARB, LFA: austenh@bctdesigngroup.com
BCT Design Group

Urban Design Committee Meeting
2025-02-25 18:00 - 19:00, 2025-03-25 18:00 - 19:00, 2025-04-22 18:00 - 19:00
The Urban Design Committee aims to improve the quality of the urban realm by promoting excellence in design, planning, and public policy in the built environment. This will be achieved through public outreach, in concert with allied community and professional groups.
UDC meets every 4th Tuesday at 6:00 p.m.
Contact the committee chair for information about joining.
Co-Chairs
Griffin Sanderoff, Assoc. AIA, BCT
Eric Johnson, Druid Heights CDC

Happy Hour
2025-02-27 17:30 - 19:30
Join us for a happy hour event Thursday, February 27, hosted by BCT Design Group with Chesapeake Contracting Group. This is a monthly event, organized by AIA Baltimore’s Emerging Professionals, but open to all!
RSVPs are appreciated!

BCT Design Group
100 N Charles St, 18th floor
Baltimore, MD 21201
5:30 – 7:30PM

Resilience in Practice: Designing Coastal Futures from Vision to Implementation
2025-03-13 18:00 - 20:00 | MICA Brown Center, 1301 W Mt Royal Ave, Baltimore, MD, 21217, United States
March 13, 2025
6:00 PM
MICA Brown Center
1301 W. Mount Royal Avenue
Baltimore, MD 21217
AIA 1.0 LU HSW
ASLA 1.0 LA CES HSW

[REGISTER HERE]

DETAILS
AIA Baltimore and Baltimore Architecture Foundation present the 2025 Spring Lecture Series, taking place on 3/13, 3/27 and 4/10 at the MICA Brown Center.
We are happy to continue our partnership with Maryland ASLA to provide 1.0 LA CES HSW for every lecture.
AIA, ASLA and NOMA members may register at a discounted rate.
We are offering school students free admission! Please bring your school ID to show upon arrival.
Doors open at 5:30 PM. Reception with light food and drinks will be also be available immediately following the lecture at the Brass Tap near the MICA Brown Center (1205 W Mt Royal Ave, Baltimore, MD 21217).

ABOUT THIS LECTURE
In this talk, Despo will provide an overview of transformative coastal resilience projects from concept to implementation, blending urban design, resilience planning, and creative storytelling.
Drawing on projects like Climate Ready Dorchester in Boston, Salem’s Resilient Together El Punto, and Louisiana’s 2023 Coastal Master Plan, Despo will highlight how tailored solutions—whether addressing flooding, extreme heat, or social equity—are grounded in local context and community needs. She’ll explore how these projects create not just physical infrastructure, but stronger, more resilient neighborhoods through inclusive, actionable plans. From visionary design to multi-scale implementation, Despo’s work shows that there’s no one-size-fits-all solution—every challenge offers a unique opportunity to innovate, collaborate, and build a more sustainable future. This talk will inspire anyone seeking fresh perspectives on how cities can adapt, thrive, and connect with the natural systems that sustain them.

ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Despo is the Director of Resilience at SCAPE, where she leads teams in urban design and resilience planning to forge nature-based, community-centered strategies that help communities adapt to our changing climate. Her work connects the dots between the environment, design, and people—whether through actionable resilience plans that reduce climate risk, implementation of multi-layered and multi-benefit infrastructure, or climate visualizations that make complex challenges accessible and guide decision-making. Through creative storytelling, she connects communities with the natural systems that sustain them, and advocates for the role of planning and design in shaping environmental policy, and fostering equitable, resilient neighborhoods.
Despo’s recent projects include Louisiana’s Coastal Master Plan, Massachusetts’ ResilientCoasts Plan, Battery Park City’s North/West Resiliency Project in New York, and Climate Ready Dorchester in Boston. Whether addressing flooding, extreme heat, or other climate impacts, her work helps communities turn design visions into tangible actions, build resilience on their own terms, and thrive today and into the future.
Despo is also dedicated to sharing these ideas with others. She has taught at Columbia University’s Urban Design program and the New Jersey Institute of Technology, and in 2021, she was named a Forefront Fellow by the Urban Design Forum for her work on connecting local food systems and fostering food equity.

Happy Hour
2025-03-20 17:30 - 19:30
Join us for a happy hour event Thursday, March 20, hosted by Lighting Environments. This is a monthly event, organized by AIA Baltimore’s Emerging Professionals, but open to all!
RSVPs are appreciated!

Lighting Environments
333 W Ostend St, Suite 200
Baltimore, MD 21230
5:30 – 7:30PM

Trends in Behavioral Health Design | Showcase + Panel
2025-03-24 08:00 - 17:00
[REGISTER HERE]

AIA Baltimore’s Health and Wellness Design Committee presents: Trends in Behavioral Health Design, a Showcase + Panel on Thursday, April 3rd from 5:30-7:30pm The event will be held at CRGA Design’s Federal Hill Office.
5:30 to 6:30pm – Enjoy light refreshments and walk through the showcases dedicated to behavioral health.
6:30 to 7:30pm – Hear from our respected panelists on Trends in Behavioral Health Design, with audience questions to follow at the end.
AIA LU 1.5 HSW. Showcase Presenters will be annoaalth aeunced prior to the event.
Moderator and Panelists:

Moderator: Kim Kavanaugh – AIA, NOMA, NCARB, LEED AP, BD+C
Kim began her career as a project architect designing for some of the most respected healthcare systems in the Mid-Atlantic Region. Kim is now the Vice President for Marshall Craft, following her previous position as the lead for Marshall Craft’s Healthcare Studio. Kim also serves as Marshall Craft’s corporate sponsor for the Women in Healthcare Washington, DC Chapter where she is on the Board of Directors.

Panelist: Sandy Goodman – CHID, IIDA, NIHD, LEED AP, EDAC, LSSBB
With 35 years of experience, Sandy is the President of CRGA Design and is the immediate past-president of the Board of the American Academy of Healthcare Interior Designers. In addition to her work with CRGA, Sandy is a Lean Six Sigma Black Belt and a nationally respected Baldrige Fellow.

Panelist: Luke Klock – Director of Design and Construction, Johns Hopkins Hospital
As of February 2025, Luke is the current Director of Design and Construction for Johns Hopkins Hospital. Luke gained his degree in Architectural Engineering, Construction Management from Penn State University in 2005, and has since worked for Hensel Phelps Construction, Gilbane Building Company, and was the previous Systems Director of Capital Projects for Luminis Health.

Panelist: Gina Mathias – Vice President of Sustainability, Broadmead Inc.
Gina sits as the Vice President of Sustainability for Broadmead Incorporated, having over 20 years of experience in the envrionmental sustainability feild. Her experience ranges a broad spectrum from driving tractors on organic farms as an educator, to crawling around in attics as an energy auditor, to leading the City of Takoma Park towards it’s goal of net-zero carbon emissions by 2035.

Panelist: Jack Pelletier – Associate Project Manager, University of Maryland Medical System
With 26 years in the healthcare industry and 23 years in Facilities, Jack is the Associate Project Manager for the Univeristy of Maryland Medical System. Jack is also certified in NFPA 101, 99, and Joint Commission Compliance, as well as FEMA trained.

Thank You Sponsors!

Event Address:
CRGA Design
37 West Cross Street, Suite 300
Baltimore, MD 21230
Parking:

Mapping Inequality: A Radical Atlas of Ferguson, USA
2025-03-27 18:00 - 20:00 | MICA Brown Center, 1301 W Mt Royal Ave, Baltimore, MD, 21217, United States
March 27, 2025
6:00 PM
MICA Brown Center
1301 W. Mount Royal Avenue
Baltimore, MD 21217
AIA 1.0 LU HSW
ASLA 1.0 LA CES HSW

[REGISTER HERE]

DETAILS
AIA Baltimore and Baltimore Architecture Foundation present the 2025 Spring Lecture Series, taking place on 3/13, 3/27 andd 4/10 at the MICA Brown Center.
We are happy to continue our partnership with Maryland ASLA to provide 1.0 LA CES HSW for every lecture.
AIA, ASLA and NOMA members may register at a discounted rate.
We are offering school students free admission! Please bring your school ID to show upon arrival.
Doors open at 5:30 PM. Reception with light food and drinks will be also be available immediately following the lecture at the Brass Tap near the MICA Brown Center (1205 W Mt Royal Ave, Baltimore, MD 21217).

ABOUT THIS LECTURE
Patty Heyda presents a methodology for mapping structural inequality in the American city, based on her book Radical Atlas of Ferguson, USA (Belt, 2024).
Much like in Baltimore after the arrest and death of Freddie Gray in 2015, Ferguson, Missouri, became the epicenter of America’s racial tensions after the 2014 murder of Michael Brown and the uprising that followed. Though this area just outside St. Louis might have seemed like an average inner suburb, the activism that radiated from there after Brown’s killing laid bare just how long the community had been experiencing racial segregation, fragmentation, poverty, and police targeting.
In over one hundred maps, Patty Heyda charts the systemic forces that have defined Ferguson, St. Louis and the American city more broadly in the ten years since those events. Through an in-depth look at the contradictions undergirding city planning and design, it illuminates how tax incentives, housing codes, streets, nonprofits, philanthropy, and even landscaping often work against the betterment of residents’ lives. At its heart lies a key question: Just who are our cities being built for?
A profound rethinking of what maps can be, Radical Atlas of Ferguson, USA challenges city planners, designers, and everyday citizens to change their perspective of public space.

ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Patty Heyda is professor of urban design and architecture at Washington University in St. Louis. Her interdisciplinary research explores design politics and American cities, with a focus on mapping, uneven development and spatial justice in weak market contexts and inner suburbs. She is the author of Radical Atlas of Ferguson, USA (Belt, 2024), shortlisted for the national “On the Brinck Book Award,” and coauthor with David Gamble of Rebuilding the American City (Routledge, 2016) and Rebuilding the American Town (Routledge, 2024) that explore the complexities, relationships and creative design strategies used in different U.S. cities and towns as they transform to meet challenges of the 21st century.
Heyda has also worked professionally across the scales in the U.S. and abroad, in the offices of Architectures Jean Nouvel (Paris), HOK (St. Louis) and Chan Krieger Associates (Boston). Her writings and design projects appear in JAE, Journal of Urban Design, City Lab, MONU, Mutations, Planning Magazine, Urban Infill, Material World of Modern Segregation, Architecture is All Over, and other books and media. Heyda holds a Bachelor of Architecture from Tulane University and Master of Architecture with Distinction from Harvard University. In 2022, she was awarded the APA St. Louis Dwight F. Davis Award for Outstanding Planning Advocacy.

Sister Cities Short Talks: Alternative Means of Urban Development
2025-04-10 18:00 - 20:00 | MICA Brown Center, 1301 W Mt Royal Ave, Baltimore, MD, 21217, United States
April 10, 2025
6:00 PM
MICA Brown Center
1301 W. Mount Royal Avenue
Baltimore, MD 21217
AIA 1.0 LU HSW
ASLA 1.0 LA CES HSW

[REGISTER HERE]

DETAILS
AIA Baltimore and Baltimore Architecture Foundation present the 2025 Spring Lecture Series, taking place on 3/13, 3/27 and 4/10 at the MICA Brown Center.
We are happy to continue our partnership with Maryland ASLA to provide 1.0 LA CES HSW for every lecture.
AIA, ASLA and NOMA members may register at a discounted rate.
We are offering school students free admission! Please bring your school ID to show upon arrival.
Doors open at 5:30 PM. Reception with light food and drinks will be also be available immediately following the lecture at the Brass Tap near the MICA Brown Center (1205 W Mt Royal Ave, Baltimore, MD 21217).

ABOUT THIS LECTURE
Thijs van Spaandonk
Lessons from Community-Owned Real Estate Development in Amsterdam North
Verdedig Noord (Defend North) is one of the most diverse and vocal grassroots organizations in Amsterdam, organizing protest, block parties, cultural performances, educational programs, policy guidelines, and public space interventions to combat gentrification in Amsterdam North, a previously neglected working-class neighborhood and industrial area across the water from the historic city center of Amsterdam.
“From our experience, one of the key assets for running a grassroots organization is to have the security of access to spaces for activities. From the start of Verdedig Noord in 2019, developing community-owned real estate was at the core of the activities. Since then, we have been learning how to develop, design and run spaces to become part of the neighborhood’s social infrastructure.”
In this lecture, Thijs van Spaandonk will share some of the key learnings.

Zico Lopes
Creating Space for Interaction
The presentation explores the concept of creating spaces for interaction through community-led urban developments, emphasizing the role of the architect as a facilitator. It examines how design can empower local communities, foster social connections, and encourage collective ownership of public spaces.

ABOUT THE SPEAKERS
Thijs van Spaandonk explores and develops alternative futures and cultural narratives for the major challenges our environment is facing.
Thijs was recently appointed as Chief Government Advisor on the Built and Rural Environment in the Netherlands. He advises on spatial programmes and projects involving themes such as mobility, energy transition and urbanization.
Thijs is co-founder of Bright, a research, design, and development cooperative for our surroundings. Bright designs the spatial infrastructure of future energy systems, explores future uncertainties through scenario building, develops a holistic approach for public space, and builds a rooted and circular neighborhood economy.
Thijs is board member of 5711 Cooperative and involved in the development of community-owned real estate in Amsterdam North. These places bring together local entrepreneurship to work on cultural expression and production, and a solidary and circular neighborhood economy. He is working on an educational program for civil servants based on the experiences of community action in Amsterdam North.
As lead designer for City Deal Public Space, Thijs developed The Road to Integralia, a roadmap for an integrated approach for the design, execution, management, and maintenance for sup- and subsurface public space. Thijs was Program Director for the Urban Design Master Program at Rotterdam Academy of Architecture and Urban Design, 2018-2023. Thijs was Curator for Energy Transition for the 2020 International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam. Thijs was trained as an architect at Eindhoven University of Technology, studied as a visiting student at Hong Kong University, and recently completed the Collaborations Track of the Bloomberg Harvard City Leadership Initiative.

Zico Lopes is an architect and urban designer, as well as the founder of Spatial Codes, an architecture studio that focuses on the relationship between humans and their environment. With a deep commitment to creating spaces that reflect the needs and values of their users, his work explores how local knowledge, behaviors, and cultural values can be integrated into architectural and urban design. His studio operates across Europe, West Africa, and Southeast Asia, bringing a diverse, global perspective to each project.
Spatial Codes is known for its human-centered approach, aiming to enhance the experience of space and place. We believe that architecture should not only respond to physical needs but also resonate with the emotional and social dimensions of the people who inhabit those spaces. The studio works on a variety of scales, from large-scale developments and housing projects to temporary exhibitions and interventions in existing structures. Each project is treated as a unique opportunity to engage with the local context and community, ensuring that the design enhances both the environment and the users’ experience.
Spatial Codes has offices in Rotterdam in the Netherlands and Santo Antao in Cape Verde.

Johnston Square Tour with ReBUILD Metro
2025-04-17 17:30 - 19:00
Join us for a walking tour of Johnston Square with ReBUILD Metro. Tickets available now.
Johnston Square is a neighborhood in central Baltimore, located east of the Fallsway and west of the Oliver neighborhood, bordered by Greenmount Cemetery at the north and Eager Street at the south. Join us for a tour to learn more about ReBUILD Metro and the work that they are doing to transform this neighborhood.
Over the last two decades, ReBUILD Metro has strategically invested over $125 million in East Baltimore, remediating over 500 vacant properties and lots into new homes and assets and reducing vacancy by over 90% in its first two reinvestment areas of Oliver/Broadway East and Greenmount West. In 2015, it expanded to Johnston Square, where it is now working with public, private, and community partners on a $200 million plan to transform the area into a thriving and income-diverse neighborhood that provides opportunities and changes the lives of new and legacy residents alike—and that can serve as a blueprint for Baltimore’s regeneration.
This walking tour will focus on ReBUILD Metro’s neighborhood developments which include three blocks of completed rehabbed single-family homes, a multi-family building currently under construction, a library, and multi-block park to start construction in August. This tour is outdoors and will take place rain or shine.

Happy Hour
2025-04-24 17:30 - 19:30
Join us for a happy hour event Thursday, April 24, hosted by Carballo Architecture. This is a monthly event, organized by AIA Baltimore’s Emerging Professionals, but open to all!
RSVPs are appreciated!

Carballo Architecture
1816 Aliceanna Street
Baltimore, MD 21231
5:30 – 7:30PM

M&T Bank Stadium Tour
2025-04-25 14:30 - 16:00
Baltimore Architecture Foundation invites you to a Doors Open tour of Ravens Stadium. Register here.
Discover the essence of M&T Bank Stadium, home of our Baltimore Ravens. This tour is designed to offer a memorable behind-the-scenes experience taking guests through key areas that showcase the excitement and luxury of game day such as the suite level, club level & locker room. This tour is indoor/outdoor (mostly indoors), involved stairs, and lasts about 60 minutes.
