AIA Baltimore/Baltimore Architecture Foundation

Excellence in Design Awards 2023
2023-10-20 18:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York)
Join us in celebrating the architectural and design community at the 2023 AIA Baltimore & BAF Excellence in Design Awards. The Excellence in Design Awards promotes AIA Baltimore architects, as well as project contractors, consultants, and owners and recognizes Baltimore Architecture Foundation Golden Griffin and Roger Redden Award recipients who have contributed significantly to Baltimore’s built environment.
Enjoy networking with fellow professionals in the field at the Baltimore Design School. This event will be followed by a reception featuring delicious local fare and an open bar highlighting the best of Baltimore’s culinary and craft beverages.
Attire: Creative Festive: dress to show off your design creativity and celebrate the night’s winners!
Agenda:
5:00 – Doors Open – Check-in
OPTIONAL Tour of Baltimore Design School, Grand Design winning project, 2014 (space is limited, please RSVP by adding the tour to your registration at checkout)
6:00- Awards Ceremony
7:30 – Reception across the street at Area 405
9:00- Event Concludes
Register here.

Building Tour - GBMC's Louis & Phyllis Friedman Building (Promise Project)
2023-10-03 17:30 - 18:30
Join AIA Baltimore’s Health & Wellness committee for a tour of the brand-new Cancer Institute at GBMC.
Participants will receive a guided, pre-opening tour of new construction at Greater Baltimore Medical Center’s Louis & Phyllis Friedman Building. Known as the “Promise Project,” a three-story, 117,000 square-foot building will replace older inpatient rooms and create a new grand entrance to the hospital. Participants will be able to see for themselves the interiors of the new building and will hear descriptions provided by the project’s architects and engineers.
1.0 AIA LU|HSW approved
$15 AIA Baltimore members; $20 non-members Register here

Emerging Professionals Happy Hour
2023-09-14 18:00 - 20:00
AIA Baltimore’s Emerging Professionals Committee is hosting a Happy Hour event for young/emerging professionals in the architecture, design, and building industries Thursday, September 14 6-8:00PM at Diamondback Brewing Company. Come and relax with us on the patio, meet and chat with other emerging professionals, and learn more about AIA Baltimore and the Emerging Professionals Committee. We’d love to grow the committee so that we plan events and be a resource for each other!
RSVP to let us know that you are coming!

Baltimore SketchWorks 2023 Workshops
2023-09-09 10:00 - 12:00
Baltimore-based architects Carlos Almeida (AECOM), Jerome Gray (Jerome C. Gray Architect), Eric J. Jenkins (University of Maryland), Omar Calderon Santiago (Perkins Eastman) and Gabriel Kroiz (Morgan State University) have organized a small group of sketchers called Baltimore SketchWorks. They invite everyone to help celebrate sketching and the architecture of Baltimore through sketching tours, lectures, and exhibitions. Their first initiative is series of monthly sketching workshops in and around Baltimore.
These architects, with varied backgrounds, practices and career paths, believe in those the inherently human and universal qualities of sketching that link mind and body. While architects in the 21st century must embrace and use the most advanced digital technologies and tools, architects also know that there is a need for “both/and” thinking and working and that practice requires varied tools for varied situations. A sketch’s inaccuracies, mistakes, and “beautiful ugliness” not only allow for, but advances, the design search and connects us to one another. As architect Toshiko Mori notes, “I think the essential aspect of drawing [is that it creates] an immediate relationship between human beings; drawing survived everything. When I go to the world, 90% of places don’t have computers. So, to be able to interact with people, you have to draw. And then people can draw back. It’s still a universal language.”
Workshop 9 – Tablet-Based Digital Sketching
Date: Saturday, September 9
Time: 10:00am – noon
Location: Center for Architecture and Design, 100 N Charles St. P101
Bring: iPad or iPhone
On Saturday morning, September 9th, Omar Calderon, AIA, Principal at Perkins Eastman, will lead a Baltimore SketchWorks workshop on tablet-based digital sketching. Omar will review fundamental operations and offer tips on how to use digital sketching in design practice. While participants must bring their own iPads (or iPhones as a secondary option), he has secured twenty, 6-month full versions of Morpholio Trace free to all participants. For more information or to register, please email Eric @ ericjenkinsarchitect@gmail.com
Baltimore SketchWorks is an evolving, informal group of Baltimore-based architects and sketchers who celebrate architectural sketching in Charm City. The first initiative of this celebration is a series of once-a-month sketching sessions. For more information, please see the group’s Instagram feed: baltimore_sketchworks or contact Eric Jenkins, AIA (ericjenkinsarchitect@gmail.com). They invite everyone to participate.

Baltimore SketchWorks 2023 Workshops
2023-08-12 10:00 - 12:00
Baltimore-based architects Carlos Almeida (AECOM), Jerome Gray (Jerome C. Gray Architect), Eric J. Jenkins (University of Maryland), Omar Calderon Santiago (Perkins Eastman) and Gabriel Kroiz (Morgan State University) have organized a small group of sketchers called Baltimore SketchWorks. They invite everyone to help celebrate sketching and the architecture of Baltimore through sketching tours, lectures, and exhibitions. Their first initiative is series of monthly sketching workshops in and around Baltimore.
These architects, with varied backgrounds, practices and career paths, believe in those the inherently human and universal qualities of sketching that link mind and body. While architects in the 21st century must embrace and use the most advanced digital technologies and tools, architects also know that there is a need for “both/and” thinking and working and that practice requires varied tools for varied situations. A sketch’s inaccuracies, mistakes, and “beautiful ugliness” not only allow for, but advances, the design search and connects us to one another. As architect Toshiko Mori notes, “I think the essential aspect of drawing [is that it creates] an immediate relationship between human beings; drawing survived everything. When I go to the world, 90% of places don’t have computers. So, to be able to interact with people, you have to draw. And then people can draw back. It’s still a universal language.”
Workshop 8 – Public Spaces
Date: Saturday, August 12
Time: 10:00am – noon
Location: This session will take place in the Hampden neighborhood. RSVP for exact meeting details.
Bring: pens, pencils or watercolors along with sketch and/or watercolor paper
Architect, educator, and author, Eric Jenkins, will lead a Baltimore SketchWorks workshop that will focus on sketching public space. The group will meet in Hampden and sketch how the public realm (street and sidewalks) interfaces with the private realm (yards, steps, and porches). The workshop is limited to 20 participants. For more information or to register, please email Eric @ ericjenkinsarchitect@gmail.com
Baltimore SketchWorks is an evolving, informal group of Baltimore-based architects and sketchers who celebrate architectural sketching in Charm City. The first initiative of this celebration is a series of once-a-month sketching sessions. For more information, please see the group’s Instagram feed: baltimore_sketchworks or contact Eric Jenkins, AIA (ericjenkinsarchitect@gmail.com). They invite everyone to participate.

Artist Talk - Alberto Cavalieri
2023-08-03 18:00 - 19:00
Catalyst Contemporary and the Baltimore chapter of the American Institute of Architects partner to present sculpture by Alberto Cavalieri at the Center for Architecture and Design. The works on display come from Cavalieri’s series of twisting and elegant “Knots.” In solid cast iron and fabricated, modular aluminum these knot sculptures take viewers on a journey through the beautiful potential of Cavalieri’s elegant forms and into the context of the much larger-scaled possibilities of architecture.
AIA Baltimore is excited to exhibit Alberto Cavalieri’s works to promote dialog about form, materiality, and construction and, on a deeper level, the artist’s use of knots in response to the built environment of his native Venezuela.
Join AIA Baltimore and Catalyst Contemporary in conversation with Alberto Cavalieri Thursday, August 3 from 6-7pm to discuss Minimalist construct principles, an art making process that marries computer-aided design and traditional metal working and finding inspiration in abandoned promises. This talk will be recorded and the recording will be made available to all registrants.
Register for free here.

Baltimore SketchWorks 2023 Workshops
2023-07-08 10:00 - 12:00
Baltimore-based architects Carlos Almeida (AECOM), Jerome Gray (Jerome C. Gray Architect), Eric J. Jenkins (University of Maryland), Omar Calderon Santiago (Perkins Eastman) and Gabriel Kroiz (Morgan State University) have organized a small group of sketchers called Baltimore SketchWorks. They invite everyone to help celebrate sketching and the architecture of Baltimore through sketching tours, lectures, and exhibitions. Their first initiative is series of monthly sketching workshops in and around Baltimore.
These architects, with varied backgrounds, practices and career paths, believe in those the inherently human and universal qualities of sketching that link mind and body. While architects in the 21st century must embrace and use the most advanced digital technologies and tools, architects also know that there is a need for “both/and” thinking and working and that practice requires varied tools for varied situations. A sketch’s inaccuracies, mistakes, and “beautiful ugliness” not only allow for, but advances, the design search and connects us to one another. As architect Toshiko Mori notes, “I think the essential aspect of drawing [is that it creates] an immediate relationship between human beings; drawing survived everything. When I go to the world, 90% of places don’t have computers. So, to be able to interact with people, you have to draw. And then people can draw back. It’s still a universal language.”
Workshop 7 – Massing
Date: Saturday, July 8
Time: 10:00am – noon
Location: This session will take place at the Mount Royal Station. RSVP for exact meeting details.
Bring: pens, pencils or watercolors along with sketch and/or watercolor paper
Professor Gabriel Kroiz, of Morgan State University, will lead the workshop and discuss sketching a building’s overall massing. Participants will meet and sketch at the Mount Royal Station. Please email Eric Jenkins (ericjenkinsarchitect@gmail.com) if you would like to attend or have any questions. Registration is limited to 20 participants. To sign up, please contact Eric Jenkins (ericjenkinsarchitect@gmail.com).
Baltimore SketchWorks is an evolving, informal group of Baltimore-based architects and sketchers who celebrate architectural sketching in Charm City. The first initiative of this celebration is a series of once-a-month sketching sessions. For more information, please see the group’s Instagram feed: baltimore_sketchworks or contact Eric Jenkins, AIA (ericjenkinsarchitect@gmail.com). They invite everyone to participate.

Poppin Barrels with Brickworks [Baltimore]
2023-06-28 05:30 - 20:00
DATE: June 28 2023
TIME: 5:30pm – 8:00pm
ADDRESS
600 S Broadway
Baltimore, MD 21231
United States
[REGISTER HERE]
Our events are open to architectural, design, and building industry professionals only.
PRESENTED BY: WHISKEY GOURMET
Bricks and bourbon may contrast in usage and purpose, but each share unique similarities that make for an uncommon, yet, fascinating pairing. Dating back to the 18th century, brick and bourbon have grown into becoming timeless products that were made in America and that we continue to value and savor to this very day. Brickworks and Poppin would like to cordially invite you to experience this beautiful pairing at the Brickworks Design Studio for a one of a kind bourbon tasting event.
Limited Space Available
RSVP: eva.cohen@glengery.com

Questions/Comments?
Email: events@glengery.com

City Sand '23: Reimagining Baltimore's Harborplace
2023-06-24 11:00 - 16:00
June 24, 2023
11 AM – 4 PM
Harborplace Amphitheatre
201 East Pratt Street
Baltimore, MD 21202
REGISTER HERE
Baltimore’s legacy event “City Sand” returns to Harborplace this summer!
City Sand, an annual sand sculpture competition that began in 1989 at Harborplace, returns to the Inner Harbor after a 10+ year hiatus. The legacy event, sponsored by Baltimore Architecture Foundation, MCB Real Estate/Harborplace, Waterfront Partnership of Baltimore and Southway Builders, will be held on Saturday, June 24 from 11am-4pm at the Harborplace Amphitheatre between the two Harborplace Pavilions.
Teams of local architects, design professionals and builders will be provided with an area of sand approximately 10’ x 10’ x 1’ thick ( 3.7 cubic yards) in which to build on the theme of “Reimagining Harborplace – The Future of Baltimore’s Inner Harbor.” The creations will be judged starting at 4pm that day by a distinguished panel of experts. The winning team will receive the “coveted” Golden Shovel Award. The public will also get to vote for their favorite with a “People’s Choice” winner being announced.
Each team is to provide its own forms, shovels, tools, buckets, etc.. No power tools, paint, additives, armatures, frameworks or accessories are allowed. Sand and water only. Water is available at the site. Only 12 teams will be able to participate, with a maximum of 8 people per team. All participants will receive a City Sand ’23 logo water bottle.
Since space is limited, teams will be assigned in order of receipt of registration. Register no later than Friday, June 2, 5pm. If you have any questions, please contact Associate Director of Baltimore Architecture Foundation, Margaret Stella Melikian – 410.625.2585×103, mstella@aiabalt.com.

Baltimore: A History, Block by Block
2023-06-20 17:00 - 18:00 | AIA Baltimore & BAF Center for Architecture and Design, 100 North Charles Street, Baltimore, MD, 21201, United States
Join AIA Baltimore’s Historic Resources Committee to learn more about a documentation project photographing Baltimore neighborhoods.

James Singewald is a photographer and archivist currently documenting Baltimore’s architecture and researching its history. Before residing in Baltimore, he spent ten years photographing neighborhoods and industrial spaces in Philadelphia prior to the city’s rapid redevelopment and gentrification. He received his BFA from The University of the Arts in 2002 and his MFA from Maryland Institute College of Art in 2010.
The artist’s photographic practice is focused on Baltimore’s architecture, informed by years of studying the complicated and multifaceted history of this city. Singewald began mapping, archiving, and memorializing Baltimore while a graduate student at the Maryland Institute College of Art. Since 2011, Singewald’s work has expanded into a larger project entitled, Baltimore: A History, Block by Block, photographing ten main streets in Baltimore and over 100 city blocks to date.
Through this project the photographer aims to leave the audience not only with a sense of the condition of our city, but also a feeling of urgency to see that it is preserved and improved, and that the rich history behind the architecture and the community is not lost, but rather embraced.
1.0 LU AIA approved
Register here.

Alberto Cavalieri Opening Reception
2023-06-15 18:00 - 20:00 | AIA Baltimore & BAF Center for Architecture and Design, 100 North Charles Street, Baltimore, MD, 21201, United States
Catalyst Contemporary and the Baltimore chapter of the American Institute of Architects partner to present sculpture by Alberto Cavalieri at the Center for Architecture and Design located at One Charles Center. The works on display come from Cavalieri’s series of twisting and elegant “Knots.” In solid cast iron and fabricated, modular aluminum these knot sculptures take viewers on a journey through the beautiful potential of Cavalieri’s elegant forms and into the context of the much larger-scaled possibilities of architecture. The Center for Architecture and Design exhibit will feature the small-scaled minimalist style pieces.
Join Catalyst Contemporary and AIA Baltimore on Thursday, June 15 6-8:00pm for an opening reception. All are welcome to attend to view and learn more about Alberto Cavalieri’s work. Wine and cheese will be provided. RSVP here.

Chalk Art Contest at Charles Street Promenade
2023-06-03 10:00 - 14:00
Seeking chalk artists of all ages and abilities! Join the Baltimore Architecture Foundation for a vibrant day of chalk art and community at the Charles Street Promenade! Come and create a masterpiece in chalk inspired by Baltimore’s favorite buildings. Chalk art will be judged and prizes will be awarded in each category.
As a tribute to Baltimore’s rich architectural history, artwork should be inspired by one or more of the following buildings:

Peabody Library
Rawlings Conservatory
Patterson Park Pagoda
Enoch Pratt Central Library
Penn Station
Bromo Seltzer Tower
Belvedere Hotel
Camden Yards
American Visionary Art Museum
National Aquarium

If you wish to have your own artist square and be entered into the Chalk Art Contest, you must register! The registration deadline is May 26. We’ll provide a box of chalk pastels containing seven different colors upon your arrival. You will have up to three hours to complete a 4’ x 4’ square of artwork. Each square can accommodate an individual artist or a team of two. Registered participants will be sent additional information via email. Register here to join the fun!
Artwork will be located in the 1200 block of North Charles Street between Biddle and Preston Streets. North Charles Street will be closed off to vehicles during the Promenade.
Many thanks to Blick Art Materials for their support of this event.

Baltimore SketchWorks 2023 Workshops
2023-06-03 10:00 - 12:00
Baltimore-based architects Carlos Almeida (AECOM), Jerome Gray (Jerome C. Gray Architect), Eric J. Jenkins (University of Maryland), Omar Calderon Santiago (Perkins Eastman) and Gabriel Kroiz (Morgan State University) have organized a small group of sketchers called Baltimore SketchWorks. They invite everyone to help celebrate sketching and the architecture of Baltimore through sketching tours, lectures, and exhibitions. Their first initiative is series of monthly sketching workshops in and around Baltimore.
These architects, with varied backgrounds, practices and career paths, believe in those the inherently human and universal qualities of sketching that link mind and body. While architects in the 21st century must embrace and use the most advanced digital technologies and tools, architects also know that there is a need for “both/and” thinking and working and that practice requires varied tools for varied situations. A sketch’s inaccuracies, mistakes, and “beautiful ugliness” not only allow for, but advances, the design search and connects us to one another. As architect Toshiko Mori notes, “I think the essential aspect of drawing [is that it creates] an immediate relationship between human beings; drawing survived everything. When I go to the world, 90% of places don’t have computers. So, to be able to interact with people, you have to draw. And then people can draw back. It’s still a universal language.”
Workshop 6 – Facades
Date: Saturday, June 3
Time: 10:00am – noon
Location: This session will take place in the Mount Vernon neighborhood. RSVP for exact meeting details.
Bring: pens, pencils or watercolors along with sketch and/or watercolor paper
Baltimore SketchWorks’ June workshop will be on Saturday, the 3rd (during the annual “Charles Street Promenade”). Architecture Professor Gabriel Kroiz will introduce elements of facade design and tips for understanding the underlying order and geometry of the facade as the starting point for more detailed drawings. Though geared to beginner and intermediate experienced sketchers, all are welcome to attend. Limited to 20 participants. To sign up, please contact Eric Jenkins (ericjenkinsarchitect@gmail.com).
Baltimore SketchWorks is an evolving, informal group of Baltimore-based architects and sketchers who celebrate architectural sketching in Charm City. The first initiative of this celebration is a series of once-a-month sketching sessions. For more information, please see the group’s Instagram feed: baltimore_sketchworks or contact Eric Jenkins, AIA (ericjenkinsarchitect@gmail.com). They invite everyone to participate.

2023 Charles Street Promenade
2023-06-03 09:00 - 21:00
The Charles Street Promenade (CSP) is not a festival, it’s a pedestrian takeover of the Historic Charles Street thoroughfare.
Initially created during the height of the Covid-19 pandemic to safely bring awareness and encourage support of the many incredible small business along Charles Street, CSP has since evolved to include additional street-front activations, musical performances, and so much more.
Enjoy the day shopping, strolling, and dining, as Charles Street closes down to vehicular traffic from Saratoga Street to North Avenue for a full day of exploration and Downtown fun. Bring your bike, your baby, your dog, whatever you like! Planning for the June 3 event is still underway, so stay tuned for more information regarding programming.
While the veil of Covid is beginning to lift and masks are not required for this event, It’s imperative that all who visit the promenade do so safely. We ask that you please abide by the rules that each business has in place to mitigate the risk of Covid for its guests and employees.
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Inner Harbor Ecotour (1.0 LU)
2023-06-02 17:00 - 19:00
Join AIA Baltimore’s Committee on the Environment for a walking tour of the Inner Harbor focused on the area’s green infrastructure.
A Healthy Harbor EcoTour is a one-hour walking tour around the Baltimore Inner Harbor promenade. Our group will be escorted by a representative of Waterfront Partnership’s Healthy Harbor who will interpret environmental projects along the route. These projects include floating wetlands, oyster gardens, rain gardens, and Mr. Trash Wheel. Participants will get to see Harbor wildlife, touch a baby oyster, smell native flowers, and have their picture taken with Baltimore’s famous Mr. Trash Wheel.
The group will meet in front of the National Aquarium. EcoTours are rain or shine.
After the tour, stay for a happy hour to keep the conversation going.
1.0 AIA LU approved
AIA Baltimore members $10; non-members $15. Register here.

Climate Change + Professional Liability
2023-05-23 17:30 - 19:00 | The Center for Architecture and Design, 100 N Charles St, Baltimore, MD, 21218, United States
Come join the AIA Baltimore Committee on the Environment and Resiliency (COTE/R) and the Practice Management Committee as we watch and discuss an AIA Trust video on climate change and professional liability.
Did you know that one of the proposed changes from the AIA Scalable Climate Action Group includes defining professional liability as including responsibility to address climate change in design? Come learn with us: What is your duty to discuss the risks of climate change with your clients, and what are the risks if you don’t? AIA has tools available to facilitate and document this client discussion, and a video series on potential risks. AIA also has contractual language available for insertion into standard AIA contracts.
The video viewing will be followed by discussion with design, engineering, and legal expertise. Come learn with us! Beer/soda/water, and popcorn will be provided (And if we’re very lucky, Ben might bring homemade ice cream!).
This is an AIA CES opportunity. 1.5 LU|HSW approved
Register here.

Achieving Registration Together: ARE 5.0 Study Session -PDD Project Development and Documentation
2023-05-20 10:00 - 12:00
Saturday, May 20 · 10am – 12pm EDT
The Center for Architecture & Design 100 North Charles Street P101 Baltimore, MD 21201
REGISTER HERE
Preparing for the AREs? You are not alone! Join AIA Baltimore’s Emerging Professionals for ARE 5.0 study sessions.
Preparing for the AREs? Don’t know where to start or need some motivation? Looking for a study buddy or guidance from licensed peers? Join AIA Baltimore’s Emerging Professionals for ARE 5.0 study sessions from March to May 2023.
Each session will be organized around a specific ARE 5.0 exam division and led by members of the Emerging Professionals Committee to include those who’ve recently passed exams and/or subject matter experts. Two-hour sessions will include:
– An in-depth review of resources on specific topics including recommended chapters, videos etc.
– Q & A
– Quiz Games!
These will be conducted in groups and might be a great place to meet the perfect study buddies. A light breakfast and coffee will be provided during each session.
Saturday, March 4: Introduction
Saturday, March 11: Practice Management (PcM)
Saturday, March 25: Project Management (PjM)
Saturday, April 8: Construction and Evaluation (CE)
Saturday, April 22: Programming and Analysis (PA)
Saturday, May 6: Project Planning and Design (PPD)
Saturday, May 20: Project Development and Documentation (PDD)

A Consideration of Paint - a presentation by Matthew J. Mosca
2023-05-16 17:00 - 18:00
Since before the dawn of history, humans have found ways to decorate their home with paint. The pre-historical cave paintings from around the world attest to the innate desire to transform and personalize where we live. This lecture will focus on the technologies of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries to show how it was possible to achieve certain colors and finishes for decoration of American interiors. Discussion of significant pigments, paint media, manipulation of paint layers and decorative effects- some of which are fascinating- will be discussed.
This is a hybrid event; please indicate at check out if you intend to join the program in person (at the Center for Architecture and Design) or virtually (via Zoom). Register here.
1.0 LU|HSW approved
Matthew J. Mosca, is a nationally recognized consultant in the field of historic paint research and restoration, employing microscopy, ultraviolet light exposure and microchemical testing as a means of identifying the constituents of paint finishes. He received his education at Cornell University, the Graduate School of the Department of Agriculture and the McCrone Research Institute and was a National Trust scholar of the Attingham School, Attingham England in 1978. Several projects have won awards for excellence over the years, and some, such as George Washington’s home, Mount Vernon and Hope Lodge, where the technology of the eighteenth century was replicated as accurately as possible, have been considered landmarks in the evolution of the field. Among the many significant projects that Mr. Mosca has worked on over the past thirty-six years in this field are, Mount Vernon, home of George Washington (1735, 1759-1799), The United States Capitol, [in conjunction with others] Washington, D.C., George Read II House (c. 1806) New Castle, Delaware, Arlington House (1805-1818) Arlington, Virginia, The Hermitage, Andrew Jackson’s Home, (1819-1835) near Nashville, Tennessee, and recently in Baltimore, Homewood House on the JHU Campus, and the Clifton Mansion [1799, 1852] summer home of Johns Hopkins.

LGBT Activism in Charles Village
2023-05-12 13:00 - 13:30
Friday, May 12 · 1 – 1:30pm EDT
Online
FREE
REGISTER HERE
Join Baltimore Architecture Foundation and Baltimore Heritage for a special virtual history presentation…
Charles Village, adjacent to Johns Hopkins University and long the home of civically and politically active residents, was also the home of many of the earliest LGBT activists during the 1970s and 1980s. On Friday May 12 at 1:00 p.m. join Baltimore Heritage volunteer Richard Oloizia on a virtual tour through Charles Village to learn about early efforts in Baltimore to build a more open LGBT community.
Meet the Speaker
Richard Oloizia is a historian, a former Enoch Pratt Free Library employee, and an LGBT leader in Baltimore. He has lead LGBT heritage walking tours for Baltimore Heritage for over a decade.

BRICK DESIGN: Incorporating Unique Detailing in Architecture [Baltimore]
2023-05-10 17:30 - 20:00 | Brickworks Design Studio, 600 South Broadway, Baltimore, MD, 21231, United States
WEDNESDAY, MAY 10th
5:30 pm – 8:00 pm
Brickworks Design Studio
FREE
REGISTER HERE

PROJECT DISCUSSION
Brick, known for its durability, has been used for millennia to help shape architecture throughout history. Join Steve and Mark as they co-present an illustrated in-depth look at multiple projects, including Vanderbilt University, and how unique design was achieved through utilization of brick. Q+A to follow.
Steve Knight (NCARB, AIA, SARA) – Principal David M. Schwarz Architects
Mark Elliott (AIA) – Associate // Project Manager David M. Schwarz Architects

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Baltimore SketchWorks 2023 Workshops
2023-05-06 10:00 - 12:00
Baltimore-based architects Carlos Almeida (AECOM), Jerome Gray (Jerome C. Gray Architect), Eric J. Jenkins (University of Maryland), Omar Calderon Santiago (Perkins Eastman) and Gabriel Kroiz (Morgan State University) have organized a small group of sketchers called Baltimore SketchWorks. They invite everyone to help celebrate sketching and the architecture of Baltimore through sketching tours, lectures, and exhibitions. Their first initiative is series of monthly sketching workshops in and around Baltimore.
These architects, with varied backgrounds, practices and career paths, believe in those the inherently human and universal qualities of sketching that link mind and body. While architects in the 21st century must embrace and use the most advanced digital technologies and tools, architects also know that there is a need for “both/and” thinking and working and that practice requires varied tools for varied situations. A sketch’s inaccuracies, mistakes, and “beautiful ugliness” not only allow for, but advances, the design search and connects us to one another. As architect Toshiko Mori notes, “I think the essential aspect of drawing [is that it creates] an immediate relationship between human beings; drawing survived everything. When I go to the world, 90% of places don’t have computers. So, to be able to interact with people, you have to draw. And then people can draw back. It’s still a universal language.”
Workshop 5 – Perspective and Composition in Public Space
Date: Saturday, May 6
Time: 10:00am – noon
Location: This session will take place at the Inner Harbor. Meet at the USS Constellation.
Bring: pens, pencils or watercolors along with sketch and/or watercolor paper
The session, led by Carlos Almeida of AECOM, will examine how sketching helps us understand the interaction of elements (people, buildings, streets, landscape) in engendering a lively urban space. Carlos will discuss the underlying principles of perspective, light, shadow, and proportion. Limited to 20 participants. To sign up, please contact Eric Jenkins (ericjenkinsarchitect@gmail.com).
Baltimore SketchWorks is an evolving, informal group of Baltimore-based architects and sketchers who celebrate architectural sketching in Charm City. The first initiative of this celebration is a series of once-a-month sketching sessions. For more information, please see the group’s Instagram feed: baltimore_sketchworks or contact Eric Jenkins, AIA (ericjenkinsarchitect@gmail.com). They invite everyone to participate.

Achieving Registration Together: ARE 5.0 Study Session -PPD Project Plan Design
2023-05-06 10:00 - 12:00
Saturday, May 6 · 10am – 12pm EDT
The Center for Architecture & Design 100 North Charles Street P101 Baltimore, MD 21201
REGISTER HERE
Preparing for the AREs? You are not alone! Join AIA Baltimore’s Emerging Professionals for ARE 5.0 study sessions.
Preparing for the AREs? Don’t know where to start or need some motivation? Looking for a study buddy or guidance from licensed peers? Join AIA Baltimore’s Emerging Professionals for ARE 5.0 study sessions from March to May 2023.
Each session will be organized around a specific ARE 5.0 exam division and led by members of the Emerging Professionals Committee to include those who’ve recently passed exams and/or subject matter experts. Two-hour sessions will include:
– An in-depth review of resources on specific topics including recommended chapters, videos etc.
– Q & A
– Quiz Games!
These will be conducted in groups and might be a great place to meet the perfect study buddies. A light breakfast and coffee will be provided during each session.
Saturday, March 4: Introduction
Saturday, March 11: Practice Management (PcM)
Saturday, March 25: Project Management (PjM)
Saturday, April 8: Construction and Evaluation (CE)
Saturday, April 22: Programming and Analysis (PA)
Saturday, May 6: Project Planning and Design (PPD)
Saturday, May 20: Project Development and Documentation (PDD)

NextGen Connections: Infrastructural Optimism
2023-05-04 18:00 - 20:00 | Alertus Technologies, 10 N. Charles St., Baltimore, MD, 21201, United States
May 4, 2023
6:00 PM
Alertus Technologies
AIA 1.5 LU, HSW Approved
1.5 LACES Approved
With a multitrillion-dollar infrastructure bill recently passed by Congress and threats of climate change more evident with every superlative weather event, flood, and forest fire, the urgency for architects, landscape architects, urban designers, and planners to be proactive participants in climate and equity solutions is stronger than ever.
Infrastructural Optimism, Samuels’s recent book and the basis for this lecture, is based broadly on the concept that everyone deserves to believe in a better future – for themselves, our society, and the planet – and that the design and production of infrastructure, our largest public space, should be contributing to that better future rather than detracting from it. To shift the paradigm away from last generation infrastructure, designers must work collaboratively across disciplines, recognize the value of environmental interdependencies, and prioritize equitable investments to improve quality of life for all.
REGISTER HERE
Meet the Speaker

Linda C. Samuels, RA, PhD, Professor of Urban Design, Washington University in St. Louis
Dr. Linda C. Samuels is a Professor of urban design at the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts at Washington University in St. Louis, where she teaches architecture and urban design studios and seminars on Infrastructural Urbanism, urban history and theory, and alternative sustainability metrics. She is the founder and
director of Infra_OPTS, an independent consulting firm in St. Louis and Los Angeles focused on the design, mapping, and metrics of public infrastructure to create more equitable cities.
Before coming to WashU, Samuels was the inaugural director of the Sustainable City Project, a multidisciplinary research, teaching, and outreach initiative at the University of Arizona. Samuels earned her Doctorate in Urban Planning from the University of California, Los Angeles, where she was a Senior Research Associate at cityLAB.
Agenda
6:00 PM | Lecture by Linda C. Samuels, PhD at Alertus Technologies (Across the street from the Center for Architecture & Design).
7:30 PM | Reception at the Center for Architecture & Design

Thank You to our Generous Sponsors

Capital Sponsor:
BKM*
GWWO Architects*
James Posey Associates, Inc.*
Northpoint Builders*
Potomac Valley Brick & Supply *
Site Resources, Inc.*

Corinthian Sponsor:
Ames & Gough*
BCT Architects
Budova Engineering*
Craig Gaulden Davis Architecture*
DoubleEdge Design*
Hope Furrer Associates*
Monkey in the Metal*
Moseley Architects*+
Southway Builders*
Swirnow Building Systems
Ziger | Snead*
Doric Sponsor:
WCBM

* Denotes 2023 Annual Sponsors
*+ Denotes 2023 Annual Sponsor and Event Sponsor

Achieving Registration Together: ARE 5.0 Study Session -Program/Analysis
2023-04-29 10:00 - 12:00
Saturday, April 22 · 10am – 12pm EDT
The Center for Architecture & Design 100 North Charles Street P101 Baltimore, MD 21201
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Preparing for the AREs? You are not alone! Join AIA Baltimore’s Emerging Professionals for ARE 5.0 study sessions.
Preparing for the AREs? Don’t know where to start or need some motivation? Looking for a study buddy or guidance from licensed peers? Join AIA Baltimore’s Emerging Professionals for ARE 5.0 study sessions from March to May 2023.
Each session will be organized around a specific ARE 5.0 exam division and led by members of the Emerging Professionals Committee to include those who’ve recently passed exams and/or subject matter experts. Two-hour sessions will include:
– An in-depth review of resources on specific topics including recommended chapters, videos etc.
– Q & A
– Quiz Games!
These will be conducted in groups and might be a great place to meet the perfect study buddies. A light breakfast and coffee will be provided during each session.
Saturday, March 4: Introduction
Saturday, March 11: Practice Management (PcM)
Saturday, March 25: Project Management (PjM)
Saturday, April 8: Construction and Evaluation (CE)
Saturday, April 29: Programming and Analysis (PA) **rescheduled from April 22
Saturday, May 6: Project Planning and Design (PPD)
Saturday, May 20: Project Development and Documentation (PDD)

Baltimore's Road Wars
2023-04-28 13:00 - 13:30
Friday, April 28 · 1 – 1:30pm EDT
Online
FREE
REGISTER HERE
Join Baltimore Architecture Foundation and Baltimore Heritage for a special virtual history presentation…
On April 28, join historian and author Ev Paull as he discusses his book, Stop the Road, an up-close-and-personal account of Baltimore’s epic 40-year battle over expressway plans. Meet the unsung heroes, a ragtag band of neighborhood activists, preservationists, and environmentalists who saved Baltimore from its own leadership, thereby protecting Baltimore’s historic waterfront communities of Federal Hill, Fell’s Point, and Canton. But that glorious and unlikely win must be tempered with the equally compelling but inglorious story behind the disastrous Highway to Nowhere. This is Baltimore unmasked and laid threadbare for the most momentous decisions since the building of the B&O Railroad.
Meet the Speaker
Northwest Baltimore resident E. Evans Paull spent 45 years as a city planner working in Baltimore and nationally on urban redevelopment issues. He began his career in the Baltimore City Department of Planning as a generalist planner before specializing in the redevelopment of brownfields. After starting and managing Baltimore’s Brownfields Initiative, he tackled these same issues at a national level, working first for Northeast-Midwest Institute before becoming director of the National Brownfields Coalition and finally running his consulting business, Redevelopment Economics. Although now retired, many of his published articles and papers still appear on the Redevelopment Economics website.

The Role of an Architect in Resilience (1.0 LU|HSW)
2023-04-25 16:00 - 17:00 | Morgan State University’s Center for Built Environment and Infrastructure Studies, 5299 Perring Parkway, Baltimore, Maryland, 21214
April 25, 2023 4:00pm
Morgan State University’s Center for the Built Environment & Infrastructure Studies
5201 Perring Parkway, Baltimore
1.0 LU AIA approved for in-person attendees only

NextGen Connections: 11th Street Bridge Project
2023-04-20 18:00 - 20:30 | Alertus Technologies, 10 N. Charles St., Baltimore, MD, 21201, United States
Photo Courtesy of OLIN
April 20, 2023
6:00 -8:30 PM
Alertus Technologies
AIA 1.5 LU, HSW Approved
1.5 LACES Approved
This lecture will explore a joint project by Olin and OMA, the 11th Street Bridge Park in Washington, D.C.. This project addresses a set of entrenched divisions that dominate many cities—disparities of income and investment that all too often align with race and are reinforced by geography. D.C. was planned around the confluence of two rivers, the Potomac and the Anacostia. While the more recognized Potomac defines its organic southwestern edge with Virginia, the Anacostia cuts through the city, dividing its southeastern quadrant from the rest.
The west side of the Anacostia River is defined by Pierre Charles L’Enfant’s classical plan, crisscrossed with diagonal avenues whose intersections—called Reservations—mark the locations of civic buildings and public spaces. The east side is less formally organized, with a terrain of hills that fragment its street grid and a riverfront that is bucolic in comparison to the industrialized western bank. The west is dominated by D.C.’s practical and symbolic role as the nation’s capital, while the largely African-American east side is home to more native D.C. residents than any other neighborhood. Today, the west is high income while the east has the lowest income levels in the district.
Over the last fifteen years, the post-industrial Capitol Riverfront along the west bank has become a thriving mixed-use area, while the east side has long been excluded from the city’s economic progress. OMA+OLIN’s winning design for the 11th Street Bridge Park Competition connects two historically disparate sides of the Anacostia River with a series of rooms and active zones, including two sloped ramps that elevate visitors to maximized look-out points to landmarks in either direction. Each ramp terminates in a waterfall that visually reconnects the ramps to the river below. In addition to demonstrating how plants cleanse captured rainwater, the waterfalls above the bridge deck provide cooling breezes and a calming sound. The waterfall below the structure collects surface river water and drops it back into the river, emphasizing the need for river aeration and higher oxygen levels. To encourage visitors to the bridge and neighboring communities, the design includes amenities for comfort and refreshment and an open plaza for markets, festivals and theatrical performances. The form of the bridge creates an iconic encounter, an “X” instantly recognizable as the river’s new image.
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About the Speakers:
Hallie Boyce
A Partner since 2009, Hallie’s focus is the design and planning of landscapes that weave together the elements of art and ecology, creating greater social and physical resiliency for cultural institutions and communities both in the US and abroad. Her passion is creating educational opportunities through the medium of landscape that engage current and future generations towards promoting their stewardship of our world and addressing its key issues of climate change, equity, and environmental justice.
Hallie’s award-winning work includes the design of courtyards, plazas, gardens, parks, campuses, and waterfronts. Recent projects include the Brandywine Conservancy and Museum of Art, the National Gallery of Art, and the National Museum of American History. Hallie has led the design of the grounds of the Folger Shakespeare Library on Capitol Hill; the design of the National Geographic Headquarters Base Camp, a landscape focused on world biomes and biodiversity; the 11th Street Bridge Park, a destination landscape focused on the health of the Anacostia River and its adjacent neighborhoods; and Currie Park, a resiliency hub on the Intracoastal Waterway in West Palm Beach, Florida. Her realized projects include the new U.S. Embassy in London as well as the National Veterans Memorial and Museum and Spirit of Women Park in Columbus, Ohio.
Jason Long
Jason Long is a Partner at OMA who leads its New York office and diverse portfolio in the Americas. Since joining the firm in 2003, Jason has brought a research-driven, interdisciplinary approach to a wide range of OMA’s projects internationally.
A number of projects under Jason’s direction take a creative approach to adaptive reuse and preservation, including POST Houston, the transformation of a former post office warehouse into a mixed-use hub; the conversion of a historic parking garage in New York City into a new synagogue; the renovation of the historic Fitzgerald Building at University of Toronto into the university’s administration center; the adaptive reuse of Jersey City’s historic Pathside Building into Centre Pompidou x Jersey City; and LANTERN, the reimagination of a former commercial bakery into a community arts hub in Detroit.
Jason also leads projects in Washington D.C. that provide an innovative approach to recreation, public health, and equitable development at varying scales: a streetscape design for Washington D.C.’s convention center, the 11th Street Bridge Park connecting disparate communities on either side of the Anacostia River, and a masterplan for the RFK Stadium Armory Campus.

Agenda
6:00 PM | Lecture at Alertus Technologies
7:30 PM | Reception at the Center for Architecture & Design

Thank You to our Generous Sponsors

Capital Sponsor:
BKM*
GWWO Architects*
James Posey Associates, Inc.*
Northpoint Builders*
Potomac Valley Brick & Supply *
Site Resources, Inc.*
Corinthian Sponsor:
Ames & Gough*
BCT Architects
Budova Engineering*
Craig Gaulden Davis Architecture*
DoubleEdge Design*
Hope Furrer Associates*
Monkey in the Metal*
Moseley Architects*+
Southway Builders*
Swirnow Building Systems
Ziger | Snead*
Doric Sponsor:
WCBM
* Denotes 2023 Annual Sponsors
*+ Denotes 2023 Annual Sponsor and Event Sponsor

Tough Sites with Julie Bargmann (1.0 LU)
2023-04-18 16:00 - 17:00 | Morgan State University’s Center for Built Environment and Infrastructure Studies, 5299 Perring Parkway, Baltimore, Maryland, 21214
April 18, 2023 4:00pm
Morgan State University’s Center for the Built Environment & Infrastructure Studies
5201 Perring Parkway, Baltimore
1.0 LU AIA approved for in-person attendees only

Demystifying AIA Fellowship
2023-04-18 12:00 - 13:30
April 18, 2023
12:00 – 1:30 PM
Virtual
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Join us for an informal session on preparation for the AIA Fellows application process. Emerging Professionals are encouraged to attend.
AIA Fellows are recognized with the AIA’s highest membership honor for their exceptional work and contributions to architecture and society. Architects who have made significant contributions to the profession and society and who exemplify architectural excellence can become a member of the AIA College of Fellows.
Resources:
AIA Fellowship Information page
Frequently asked questions
Learn more about the AIA College of Fellows here.
Questions?
For questions please email Suzanne Frasier at Suzanne.Frasier@morgan.edu

NextGen Connections: Baltimore Greenway Trails Network: investing in connectivity, wellness, and urban vitality
2023-04-13 18:00 - 20:30 | The Center for Architecture and Design, 100 N Charles St, Baltimore, MD, 21218, United States
April 13, 2023
6:00 PM
The Center for Architecture & Design
AIA 1.5 LU, HSW Approved
1.5 LACES Approved
The Baltimore Greenway Trails Network is a vision for a 35-mile world-class network of urban trails that will link together the diverse neighborhoods, cultural amenities and outdoor resources that make up the landscape of Baltimore City.
When complete, the trail network will connect the city’s popular institutions and destinations—including universities, hospitals, museums, parks, schools, waterfronts and employment centers—with Baltimore’s diverse communities. The trail network will transform the public realm by providing equitable, healthy, low-stress access to open space and reliable transportation and recreation for people of all ages and abilities.
The panelists will share their own perspectives on the proposed connection trails that are needed to complete the network’s loop, and on parks, greenways, community resilience, health, and equity. They will also analyze the logistical and social challenges that face this project.
REGISTER HERE

Meet the Speakers
Moderator
Klaus Philipsen, FAIA
Klaus Philipsen, FAIA, is president of ArchPlan Inc., an architecture and urban design firm in Baltimore specializing in community revitalization, adaptive re-use, historic preservation and transportation planning since 1992. He has been named a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects for using his profession to affect communities through advocacy.
Klaus is or has been engaged in the nonprofit sector such as a statewide growth management group which he helped found (1994-2016) an urban land trust for which he is president, a non-profit design center in Baltimore which he co-founded, as chair of the Urban Design Committee of both the local Chapter of the American Institute of Architects until 2017, (AIA) and the national Regional and Urban Design Committee of AIA (RUDC); He was for 10 years a member of a Borough Council in Stuttgart. He currently chairs the Housing Subcommittee of the Social Determinants of Health Task Force at UMB.
Klaus earned a Master’s degree of Architecture in Stuttgart, Germany in 1975. He has also worked as an architect and planner in Stuttgart, Germany and London, England and has resided in the US since 1986. He has taught architecture and urban design as adjunct faculty at two local universities, writes the blog “Community Architect”, is a frequent speaker at conventions and events and a contributor to a statewide radio show in matters of urban design and transportation. He wrote a monthly architecture review in a local business paper, wrote the book “Baltimore, Reinventing an American Legacy City” and regularly publishes articles on his blog “Community Architect.”

Panelist
Theo Ngongang
Theo currently serves as Deputy Director and Chief of Policy for Baltimore City Department of Transportation (BCDOT). A close advisor to the Director and member of the senior leadership team, Theo is responsible for setting the overall policy direction for BCDOT. He manages several divisions, including planning, transit, sustainable mobility, citywide bike master planning and supervised the development of the first Complete Streets ordinance and its manual.
Prior to returning to Government, Theo was the Director of Design, Planning + Economics covering Maryland for AECOM. In that role, he was responsible for business development, recruitment, and marketing activities, with a focus on growing the urban planning practice of the firm in Maryland. In that capacity, he successfully secured and managed two planning contracts totaling over $500K Theo has served in various leadership capacities in City and State governments, from Assistant Director at the Department of Planning to Chief of the Planning and Project Development Division of the Baltimore Department of Transportation (DOT).
Earlier in his career, Theo acted as Central Business District Planner in the Baltimore City Department of Planning and as Regional Planner for the Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT). Theo started his career in the design field in Chicago, Illinois, working for several architectural firms.
Theo brings more than 20 years of experience in the public and private sectors in city/regional planning, transportation planning, public policy, and public administration. He holds a Master in Public Administration (MPA) from Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government, a Master in Urban Planning and Town Management (DESS) from Université de Paris-XII (Institut d’Urbanisme de Paris) and a Bachelor in Architecture (Diplome d’Architecte DESA) from Ecole Speciale d’Architecture in Paris, France. He serves on numerous boards and is a graduate of the Greater Baltimore Committee’s LEADERship program class of 2014.

Panelist
Steve Preston
Steve Preston serves as the Park Design and Construction Manager at Parks & People. He oversees the design and delivery of park projects in Baltimore, including such efforts as the renovation of Henrietta Lacks Park, renovation of school yards throughout the city, and creation of numerous post-demolition parks, all of which equate to 17 acres of park space created/restored, with another 14 acres in the works this year alone.
Steve works closely with the communities he serves on, each project aiming to realize their vision; He is proud to be able to connect residents to new and reinvigorated parks and green space. To date, this effort has reconnected 20% of city residents within the underserved “Black Butterfly” with these invaluable resources. Steve has Master’s and Bachelor’s degrees in Landscape Architecture from Penn State University and has worked for the Parks & People foundation for the last 8 years.

Panelist
Maitreyi Roy
Maitreyi Roy serves as Executive Director for Bartram’s Garden, home of famed 18th century botanist John Bartram (1699-1777). Since 2012, Maitreyi has worked with the board, staff and community leaders to restore and transform Bartram’s Garden as a historic and cultural asset, advancing an ambitious strategic action plan and establishing the Garden as a vibrant civic commons and outdoor living room and class space for the Southwest Philadelphia community.
Maitreyi has served as senior vice president at the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society overseeing its nationally recognized urban greening programs and as a landscape architect with the Boston Parks & Recreation Department on revitalizing and restoring its neighborhood parks.
As a 2007 Eisenhower Fellow, Maitreyi traveled to urban centers in Europe to study best practices in urban open space policies and landscape design.
Trained as an architect in India, Maitreyi’s interest in open space issues took her to the Design School at Harvard University where she earned a master’s degree in Landscape Architecture.

Panelist
Kate Foster
Kate Foster serves as the Mid-Atlantic Director of Trail Development for the Rails-to-Trails Conservancy, based out of the Baltimore field office. In that role, Kate’s focus is on advancing RTC’s TrailNation projects in the Philadelphia/Camden region, Baltimore and Washington, D.C.
Kate is an ordained Presbyterian minister, and has served churches in Memphis, TN and Baltimore. Prior to joining RTC, she founded and ran a mission and service-learning program that offers community engagement training for church leaders and places volunteers from all over the country with Baltimore-based community and neighborhood groups. She is particularly interested in equitable development and ensuring that historically excluded voices are centered in the process of designing and developing public spaces.
Kate is an avid hiker, gardener, and fitness enthusiast (who also sometimes rides her bike). She holds a Master of Divinity from Columbia Theological Seminary and a B.A. from Wesleyan University. She has been published in numerous publications, including Duke Divinity School’s Faith and Leadership and The Huffington Post.

Panelist
Kyle Leggs

Kyle Leggs serves as the Planner for Southwest who has worked for the Department of Planning for 25 years. Throughout his tenure, he has managed the capital budgeting process, represented the department in the areas of Transportation Planning, Emergency Preparedness, and has worked extensively over the years as a District Planner for Southwest Baltimore. He is also a retired Army Lieutenant Colonel holds an M.S. in Transportation from Morgan State University, a B.S. in Social Science from Coppin State University, and is a graduate of the United States Army Command and General Staff College.

Agenda
6:00 PM | Panel Presentation + Discussion
7:30 PM | Reception

Thank You to our Generous Sponsors

Capital Sponsor:
BKM*
GWWO Architects*
James Posey Associates, Inc.*
Northpoint Builders*
Potomac Valley Brick & Supply *
Site Resources, Inc.*
Corinthian Sponsor:
Ames & Gough*
BCT Architects
Budova Engineering*
Craig Gaulden Davis Architecture*
DoubleEdge Design*
Hope Furrer Associates*
Monkey in the Metal*
Moseley Architects*+
Southway Builders*
Swirnow Building Systems
Ziger | Snead*
Doric Sponsor
WBCM*+

* Denotes 2023 Annual Sponsors
*+ Denotes 2023 Annual Sponsor and Event Sponsor
