AIA Baltimore/Baltimore Architecture Foundation

Practice Management Committee Meeting
2025-07-15 08:30 - 09:30, 2025-06-17 08:30 - 09:30, 2025-05-20 08:30 - 09:30, 2025-04-15 08:30 - 09:30 (America/New_York)
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

Hard Hat Tour - The Hammond, Johnston Square
2025-07-10 17:30 - 19:00
Register to get a sneak peak at Baltimore’s newest multi-family housing development and Pratt Library location!
The Hammond at Greenmount Park is 109 units of new affordable rental housing currently under construction in the Johnston Square neighborhood of Baltimore. The project is a joint venture development of Somerset Development Company, New Community Partners, and ReBUILD Metro, Inc.
The Hammond is the first of three multifamily buildings that the Somerset team is developing in partnership with the community as outlined in the Johnston Square Vision Plan. The community-led, Baltimore City-approved Johnston Square Vision Plan guides a multi-decade, multi-hundred million dollar inclusive redevelopment effort in Johnston Square that rebuilds the neighborhood while protecting legacy residents.
Designed by Quinn Evans Architects and built by Harkins Builders, the four-story building will have an impressive array of amenities including community meeting space, a fitness center, bicycle storage and rooftop gardening. Of particular note, through an innovative public private partnership with the City of Baltimore, the Project will include a new branch of the Enoch Pratt Free Library on the ground floor of the building, opening out onto the new public park being developed along Biddle Street by ReBUILD Metro and the community.
The Project’s all-electric design will achieve the Department of Energy’s Zero Energy Ready Home standard and the National Green Building Standard Silver designation. The Project also features a 150kW photovoltaic solar array.
Construction began in June 2024 and is anticipated to finish in August 2025.
Please plan to bring your own hard hat for this construction tour. If you do not have one, a limited number will be available to borrow.

Future Architects Resources (FAR)/Kids-in-Design Committee Meeting
2025-07-09 17:30 - 18:30, 2025-06-11 17:30 - 18:30, 2025-05-14 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

Design Awards Committee
2025-07-09 08:00 - 09:00, 2025-06-11 08:00 - 09:00, 2025-05-14 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

Morgan State University Design Camp Panel
2025-07-02 13:00 - 15:00
AIA Baltimore’s Future Architects Resources Committee is looking for volunteers to participate in a “Day in the Life of an Architect” Panel and design activity for the 2025 Summer Design Camp at Morgan State University. This camp for local K12 students is run by the new Dean of the Morgan State University School of Architecture and Planning (SA+P), Abimbola Asojo.
We are searching for panelists with design careers (not limited to architecture) to share what they do in a typical day, why they decided to pursue architecture/design work, and what they find most fun about their job. Panelists will also help lead a fun design exercise with the campers.
Where: CBEIS Building at Morgan State University
When: Wednesday July 2 from 1-3 pm
Please let us know you’re interested by filling in this short form!

Happy Hour at EastWing
2025-06-26 17:30 - 19:30
Join us for a happy hour event Thursday, June 26, hosted by EastWing Architects. This is a monthly event, organized by AIA Baltimore’s Emerging Professionals, but open to all!
RSVPs are appreciated!

EastWing Architects
823 W 36th Street
Baltimore, MD 21211
5:30 – 7:30PM

Urban Design Committee Meeting
2025-06-24 18:00 - 19:00, 2025-05-27 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

COTE|R Committee Meeting
2025-06-24 17:00 - 18:00, 2025-05-27 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

Historic Resources Committee (HRC) Committee Meeting
2025-06-17 17:00 - 18:00, 2025-05-20 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

Maryland Legislative Recap 2025
2025-05-27 17:00 - 18:00
Join AIA Baltimore’s Committee on the Environment (COTE/R) for a recap of the 2025 Maryland legislative session, Tuesday, May 27 5:00pm. Registration is now open.
The discussion will be led by Chris Parts, AIA, Principal at Hord Coplan Macht and AIA Maryland Legislative committee chair. The presentation will center on legislation that impacts the built environment and the practice of architecture including bills that passed, bills that didn’t pass, and what we might see come back for the 2026 legislative session. The program will conclude with a brief discussion with Ben Roush, PE, Principal at FSi Engineers, and AIA Baltimore COTE|R co-chair, on the Maryland Green Building Council and updates to the Program this spring for all electric buildings.
Continuing education: AIA CES 1.0 LU|HSW approved
Location:
Center for Architecture and Design
100 N Charles Street P101

Happy Hour at Mahan Rykiel
2025-05-22 17:30 - 19:30
AIA Baltimore’s and Maryland ASLA’s Emerging Professionals have teamed up for a happy hour event Thursday, May 22nd, hosted by Mahan Rykiel Associates. This happy hour is organized by Emerging Professionals, but open to all!
Mahan Rykiel Associates
3300 Clipper Mill Road, Suite 200
Baltimore, MD 21211
5:30 – 7:30PM

Happy hours are a great opportunity to tour distinct office spaces, learn about a firm’s specialty and projects, and network with others in the architecture industry.
Enter your contact information on this form to RSVP for the event. Event details (parking, wayfinding, security, etc.) will be emailed in advance of the happy hour.

A Conversation with the Past
2025-05-10 14:00 - 17:00
Ever wonder why Baltimore has so many beautiful buildings and architecturally diverse neighborhoods? In part, it is due to 60 years of the efforts of the Baltimore City Commission for Historical and Architectural Preservation (CHAP), in designating sites, buildings, landscapes, and neighborhoods as historic landmarks and districts.
Eric Holcomb, Executive Director of the Baltimore City Commission for Historical and Architectural Preservation and author, will give a talk, A Conversation with the Past: Historic Preservation in Baltimore, about the history and role of local historic preservation in the city. This talk will take place at Mount Clare Historic House Museum and will be followed by a garden party. Register to attend this event.
Eric obtained a Liberal Arts degree from St. Mary’s College of Maryland (1988) and a master’s degree in Preservation Studies at Boston University (1992). Between 1986 and 1994, he worked for several restoration companies including Gibbons of Baltimore Church Restoration Company and Tidewater Restoration, Inc. In 1994 he joined the staff of the Commission for Historical and Architectural Preservation (CHAP). In 2004 CHAP staff merged with the Department of Planning, and in 2014 he became the Executive Director of CHAP where he has worked to further integrate and coordinate historic preservation into Planning activities. He is the author of City As Suburb: A History of Northeast Baltimore Since 1660. In 2016 he was awarded the Mayor’s Medallion for Meritorious Service and in 2018 the Honorable mention for the 14th annual Richard A. Lidinsky, Sr. award for Excellence in Public Service.
This talk is approved for AIA CES (continuing education) 1.0 LU

Spring Lecture Series Committee Meeting
2025-05-05 12:00 - 2025-05-09 16:37
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

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.

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

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.

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.
