AIA Baltimore/Baltimore Architecture Foundation

Small Firms Workshop: SFx Insurance and Legal Risk
2025-11-05 18:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York) | The Center for Architecture and Design, 100 N Charles St, Baltimore, MD, 21218, United States
Participants will be able to identify key elements of employment law relevant to design firms, including proper classification of employees, handling workplace disputes, and compliance with evolving labor regulations. Attendees will learn how to implement firm policies that promote fairness while minimizing legal exposure.
Refreshments will be provided.
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Design Awards Committee
2025-11-12 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
2025-11-12 17:30 - 18:30, 2025-12-10 17:30 - 18:30, 2026-01-14 17:30 - 18:30, 2026-02-11 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

Urban Design Showcase 2025
2025-11-12 18:00 - 20:00
Register to attend the event: Urban Design Showcase Tickets 2025 | TicketHive
Continuing education: AIA CES 1.5 LU|HSW approved

Practice Management Committee Meeting
2025-11-18 08:30 - 09:30, 2025-12-16 08:30 - 09:30, 2026-01-20 08:30 - 09:30, 2026-02-17 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
2025-11-18 17:00 - 18:00, 2025-12-16 17:00 - 18:00, 2026-01-20 17:00 - 18:00, 2026-02-17 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
2025-11-25 17:00 - 18:00, 2025-12-23 17:00 - 18:00, 2026-01-27 17:00 - 18:00, 2026-02-24 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
2025-11-25 18:00 - 19:00, 2025-12-23 18:00 - 19:00, 2026-01-27 18:00 - 19:00, 2026-02-24 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

Gingerbread Rowhome Build
2025-12-06 13:30 - 15:00 | AIA Baltimore & BAF Center for Architecture and Design, 100 North Charles Street, Baltimore, MD, 21201, United States
Join Baltimore Architecture Foundation and Lord Baltimore Hotel LB Bakery & Bistro to build the ultimate Gingerbread Row House!
Baltimore Architecture Foundation (BAF) in partnership with the Lord Baltimore Hotel LB Bakery & Bistro invites youth of all ages to participate in its Gingerbread Rowhome Build activity on Saturday, December 6, 2025, at The Center for Architecture and Design.
The rowhouse is synonymous with Baltimore city living and has been instrumental in making Baltimore a city of neighborhoods. With this in mind, BAF has developed a family-friendly activity to celebrate Baltimore architecture and the holiday season.
In partnership with the Lord Baltimore Hotel’s LB Bistro & Bakery, BAF is designing and assembling kits that contain all the pieces necessary to build and decorate a two-story rowhome – gingerbread pieces for the walls and roof, royal icing to hold the pieces together, and candy decorations to add festive flair.
Each Gingerbread Build Activity ticket includes one Gingerbread Rowhome Kit. The in-person experience also includes structural assistance from an architect and design assistance from Chef Beth, an expert in large-scale gingerbread structures and installations! Bonus – no mess in your kitchen!
If you are interested in building a Gingerbread Rowhome at home, select the Gingerbread Row Home Kit ticket to pre-order a take-and-make kit.
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Gingerbread Rowhome Build
2025-12-06 13:30 - 15:00
Join Baltimore Architecture Foundation and Lord Baltimore Hotel LB Bakery & Bistro to build the ultimate Gingerbread Row House!
Baltimore Architecture Foundation (BAF) in partnership with the Lord Baltimore Hotel LB Bakery & Bistro invites youth of all ages to participate in its Gingerbread Rowhome Build activity on Saturday, December 6, 2025 at The Center for Architecture and Design.
The rowhouse is synonymous with Baltimore city living and has been instrumental in making Baltimore a city of neighborhoods. With this in mind, BAF has developed a family-friendly activity to celebrate Baltimore architecture and the holiday season.
In partnership with the Lord Baltimore Hotel’s LB Bistro & Bakery, BAF is designing and assembling kits that contain all the pieces necessary to build and decorate a two-story rowhome – gingerbread pieces for the walls and roof, royal icing to hold the pieces together, and candy decorations to add festive flair.
Each Gingerbread Build Activity ticket includes one Gingerbread Rowhome Kit. The in-person experience also includes structural assistance from an architect and design assistance from Chef Beth, an expert in large-scale gingerbread structures and installations! Bonus – no mess in your kitchen!
If you are interested in building a Gingerbread Rowhome at home, select the Gingerbread Row Home Kit ticket to pre-order a take-and-make kit.

Portfolio Review with Baltimore Design School Students
2025-12-09 09:00 - 10:30
Join the Future Architects Resources (FAR) Committee for a Portfolio Review event the morning of Tuesday, December 9th at the Center for Architecture and Design. Senior architecture students from the Baltimore Design School are looking for professional input on their college admissions portfolios.
Center for Architecture and Design
100 N. Charles Street, P101
Baltimore, MD 21201
8:45 – 9:15am check in, meet fellow reviewers (coffee and donuts provided)
9:15 – 10:15am portfolio review, “speed dating” format
Sign up to volunteer here.

Dead Architects Society Meeting
2026-02-09 17:00 - 18:30
The Dead Architects Society is the research committee of BAF, originally formed to uncover the lives of Baltimore’s first architects. It is responsible for many of its publications including our collection of Architect Biographies. Architectural history buffs welcome!

Design Awards Committee
2026-02-11 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. Built and unbuilt projects submitted by AIA members are judged by a distinguished jury of AIA architects.
The Design Awards Committee steers the awards program and plans the awards ceremony and reception. The committee meets virtually at 8-9:00am the second Wednesday of the month, January – October.
To join this committee, please contact chair:
Chair
Eric Lowe, AIA
Design Collective
Staff Liaison:
Katherine Somerville: ksomerville@aiabalt.com
Learn more about Design Awards

Boosting Multifamily Housing Availability through Single Stair Reform
2026-02-24 17:00 - 18:00 | The Center for Architecture and Design, 100 N Charles St, Baltimore, MD, 21218, United States
Join AIA Baltimore’s Committee on the Environment (COTE) for a lively discussion about newly-implemented single-stair reform featuring Julian Frost, LEED AP O+M; City Councilman Ryan Dorsey; and Dustin Watson, AIA.
Twentieth Century building and zoning codes made walkable cities much more difficult to build. In doing so, they cause many people to live in less healthy environments—as per the strong evidence that walkable places contribute to health, social interactions, and other benefits. The latest code detail to gain attention is the requirement, common in the US, that multifamily buildings have two stairwells. Adopted for fire protection, the two-stair rule is less needed because of modern advancements in fire safety and building materials. For most of the world outside of the US, single-stair buildings are standard. European cities owe much of their famous charm, vitality, and walkability to their fundamental building block: single-stair buildings.
Baltimore is one of a handful of jurisdictions that have passed a single stair rule including Seattle, New York, Honolulu, and Austin. In the last few years, architects and housing policy wonks have caught on to the development potential and design possibilities foreclosed by this tiny code detail, sparking a lively movement for “single-stair reform” in North America.
AIA CES 1.0 LU|HSW approved
Registration is open now.

Emerging Professionals Happy Hour
2026-02-26 18:00 - 20:00 | The Center for Architecture and Design, 100 N Charles St, Baltimore, MD, 21218, United States
Join the AIA Baltimore Emerging Professionals Committee for a monthly recurring happy hour to network and mingle with other members of the AEC community in the greater Baltimore area.
Happy Hours are FREE and open to all, with venues rotating monthly.
Register here!
Interested in hosting the next happy hour? Email Emerging Professionals Committee Co-Chair Griffin Sanderoff at gsanderoff@gmail.com
