AIA Baltimore/Baltimore Architecture Foundation

Baltimore SketchWorks 2023 Workshops
2023-04-01 10:00 - 12:00 (America/New_York)
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.”
This session, led by Jerome Gray, will be part of the Urban Sketchers meet-up for sketchers at all experience levels and backgrounds. The main theme is how sketching can help us explore and understand historic buildings and public spaces and their importance to a community. For more information, please visit urbansketchers.org
Workshop 4 – Deciphering Building Design and History through Urban Sketching
Date: Saturday, April 1
Time: 10:00am – noon
Location: This session will take place in the neighborhood of Fells Point. The precise meeting location will be sent to registrants.
Bring: pens, pencils or watercolors along with sketch and/or watercolor paper
On Saturday morning, April 1st, Jerome Gray, AIA, will direct a sketching workshop called “Deciphering Building Design and History through Urban Sketching”. The meet-up– the fourth in the Baltimore SketchWorks monthly sketch sessions– will provide beginners and the more experienced with tools to use sketching and historic research resources to understand how buildings and places are designed and methods of documenting histories on online encyclopedias and social media (and to just enjoy creating art!).
Limited to 20 participants. To sign up, please contact either Eric Jenkins (ericjenkinsarchitect@gmail.com) or Jerome Gray (jgray@jeromecgrayarchitect.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 - Project Management
2023-03-25 10:00 - 12:00
Saturday, March 25 · 10am – 12pm EDT
The Center for Architecture & Design
100 N. Charles St., Suite 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 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 SketchWorks 2023 Workshops
2023-03-25 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 once-a-month sketching workshops in and around Baltimore. While AIA Baltimore will release a complete schedule soon, the workshops will include “Light, Shade, and Depth” with Carlos Almeida and “Deciphering Building Design and History through Urban Sketching” with Jerome Gray.
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 3 – Deciphering Building Design and History through Urban Sketching
Date: Saturday, March 25
Time: 10:00am – noon
Location: see sign-up information below
Bring: pens, pencils or watercolors along with sketch and/or watercolor paper
On Saturday morning, March 25th, Jerome Gray, AIA, will direct a sketching workshop called “Deciphering Building Design and History through Urban Sketching”. The meet-up– the third in the Baltimore SketchWorks monthly sketch sessions– will provide beginners and the more experienced with tools to use sketching and historic research resources to understand how buildings and places are designed and methods of documenting histories on online encyclopedias and social media (and to just enjoy creating art!).
Limited to 20 participants. To sign up and learn the exact meeting location, please email either Eric Jenkins (ericjenkinsarchitect@gmail.com) or Jerome Gray (jgray@jeromecgrayarchitect.com).
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.

Ghost Signs of Baltimore
2023-03-24 13:00 - 13:30
Friday, March 24 · 1 – 1:30pm EDT
Virtual Event
FREE
REGISTER HERE
Have you ever noticed the fading signs painted on buildings all around Baltimore and wondered what they used to say or why they were on a certain building? They are called ghost signs and photographer Lashelle Bynum has been meticulously researching and documenting them over the last few decades. She has photographed nearly 300 ghost signs in Baltimore to date. Please join us to hear Lashelle talk about her quest to discover and uncover the history of Baltimore’s ghost signs.
Meet the Speaker
Lifelong Baltimorean Lashelle Bynum is a photographer and researcher of her city’s ghost signs and Black history. She is also a board member of Baltimore Heritage and has contributed as a guest in several of the organization’s Five Minute Histories videos.

Allied Members Committee Meeting
2023-03-09 16:00 - 16:30
The Allied Professionals Committee extends the spectrum of membership to those in allied professions and services and reinforces collaboration between AIA Baltimore and allied professional organizations.
Contact a co-chair to join:
Shante Fields Marshall Fields Consulting
Fallon Williams Pella Mid-Atlantic

Achieving Registration Together: ARE Study Sessions
2023-03-04 10:00 - 12:00 | AIA Baltimore & BAF Center for Architecture and Design, 100 North Charles Street, Baltimore, MD, 21201, United States
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.
Register for one or all sessions. AIA Baltimore members $10; non-members $15.
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)

The AIA Baltimore Health & Wellness Committee’s 7th Annual Design Showcase
2023-03-01 18:00 - 20:00 | The Center for Architecture and Design, 100 N Charles St, Baltimore, MD, 21218, United States
The AIA Baltimore Health & Wellness Committee will be hosting its 7th Annual Design Showcase- Good Design=Good Health.
[REGISTER HERE]
The AIA Baltimore Health & Wellness Committee will be hosting its 7th Annual Design Showcase- Good Design=Good Health on Wednesday, March 1st, 2023 from 6-8 PM. This exhibition is intended to be a fun way for architects, engineers, urban planners, interior designers, contractors, and others to show the local community how they have been creating healthy spaces. The goal of this exhibition is to showcase designs that promote health and wellness in a variety of ways.
The theme of the showcase, Good Design=Good Health, paints a broad stroke of healthy design. Cities and communities that foster healthy living, mental well-being and social connectedness don’t just happen. It takes forward thinking and innovative designers to create spaces that elevate a community’s way of life. For our showcase, we are encouraging architects, engineers, general contractors, landscape architects, urban planners, and artists to submit projects and designs that broadly speak to community health. From the urban planner who designed new bike lane routes throughout the city, to the landscape architect’s healing garden for children, to the contractors bringing the adaptive reuse vision to life, to the architect’s design of community schools bringing to life one’s vision of academics and healthcare access coming together under one roof- everyone brings their own idea of a healthy environment and how to create it.
What you can look forward to: The AIA Baltimore Health & Wellness Committee is interested in bringing members of the design community together with a forum to showcase their designs with peers, while also being afforded the opportunity to observe the creative work of others. On this night we will come together to celebrate our successes, share best practices, strategize solutions, and discuss adaptation.
Continuing education credits: approved for1.5 LU|HSW for AIA CES and ASLA LACES
Heavy hors d’oeuvres, beer, and wine will be provided.
Submissions: We are seeking submissions from the design and construction community for projects that speak to the idea of a healthy city or healthy environment. The promotion of good health comes in so many shapes and sizes; we want to celebrate them all!
• Eligibility: Projects must have been designed or constructed within the past 3 years. Projects may be of any size or value.
• Format: A suggested template for the PowerPoint/PDF slides is attached. These are to be submitted electronically to AIA Baltimore one week prior to the event (Wednesday, February 22nd). Firms may make up to two submissions if interested.
Entry forms can be submitted to admin@aiabalt.com
AIA Baltimore will provide access to upload files as entry forms are received.

Thank You to our Generous Event Sponsors
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Watercolor Painting Workshop
2023-02-25 14:00 - 16:30 | AIA Baltimore & BAF Center for Architecture and Design, 100 North Charles Street, Baltimore, MD, 21201, United States
This workshop is an introduction to classic watercolor techniques used for botanical subjects such as color mixing, reserving paint and glazing. Participants will work on completing a painting of a beautifully colored and textured houseplant and will learn how they can create their own botanical paintings at home! Join us for an evening workshop designed to help you slow down, look closely, and let your creative juices flow. Ages 8+ welcome. All workshop materials plus an afternoon snack are included in the ticket price.
Suzy Kopf is an artist, art writer, and college professor. She teaches water media, museum studies and professional development for artists at MICA and Johns Hopkins University. As a writer for BmoreArt, she interviews and writes about the contemporary art of Baltimore. She is a multidisciplinary artist who scrutinizes the paper ephemera of midcentury consumer culture to probe the enduring mythos of the American Dream. Conscious of how much byproduct can result from art-production, Suzy strives to have a “no waste” practice, recycling materials back into her work and making her own paint.
Houseplant subjects are on loan from Baltimore small business, Stem & Vine and will be available for purchase following the workshop. Take your new green friend/art model home with you!
Register here. Friends of Baltimore Architecture Foundation $65; general public $75.

Baltimore + Rotterdam: Designing Cities Conversation Series
2023-02-14 12:00 - 13:00 | Hosted on Zoom
This series is a sequel to the previous webinar series from spring 2022. The spring 2023 theme is: Infrastructure as a Barrier. The 2023 series intends to critically look at the theory gained through the 2022 series and provide practical input to current urban challenges.
Architects, designers, and researchers from Baltimore (Maryland, USA) and Rotterdam (the Netherlands), discuss “How do architects design spaces for people?” together with the audience — in 4 round tables facilitated by international moderators. Each round table dynamically explores designs that value infrastructures, cities, public spaces, communities, and individuals. Each webinar will explore a specific theme. This is a unique opportunity to hear how different types of firms approach design in two cities with similar historical legacies (working class cities with port industries).
This series is designed and coordinated by Cristina Murphy, Assistant Professor at Morgan State University School of Architecture + Planning (MSU SA+P) and Adjunct Professor at Virginia Tech School of Architecture + Design’s Washington-Alexandria Architecture Center.
Dates: Every Tuesday from February 14 to March 7, 2023, 12pm ET (US) / 18.00 CET (NL)
Format: Online webinar — moderated panel discussion and Q&A.
AIA continuing education credits: 1.0 AIA LU|HSW per webinar.
Registration: Admission is free but donations to support student travel to Rotterdam are appreciated (donation page accessible via link above).
February 14 Urban Ecology: Approaches for Environmental + Social Justice
Urbanization is domesticating our ecosystems. Cities are spatially heterogeneous, complex adaptive systems. Furthermore, contemporary cities tend to be big in size and ecological footprint, fast in growth in population and land, and irregular in landscape configuration. Although the dynamic trajectory of cities can never be controlled, its evolution can be guided toward desirable directions through planning and design that are based on urban ecological knowledge and sustainability approaches. Register here.
February 21 Collective Reuse: The Art of Reuse through Community Participation
Adaptive Reuse is the use of buildings and materials for purposes other than originally intended. Although adaptive reuse has a long tradition in arts and crafts, more recently environmental awareness and design for sustainability have revitalized the role of a trash-to- treasures approach, providing a wide array of contemporary urban design which is an important part of today’s city sustainability. In this session, we will explore the roles of adaptive reuse in the urban environment, focusing on repurposed objects (also) found in urban public spaces in order to (re)define the city. Register here.
February 28 The Generous City: Infrastructure and the Highway to Nowhere

Cities and infrastructure can have an incredible impact on the lives of people. In the 1950s, the United States undertook an ambitious national interstate highway project with the goal of building roads to connect American cities. The design was, however, intertwined with racial prejudice creating segregation and impoverishing communities. In the Netherlands, cities like Rotterdam were rebuilt after the war and focused on cars as opposed to people. Urban highways have largely had a negative impact on urban life. This is the opposite of a “generous city”. In this session, architects from the Netherlands and the US will discuss how cities and their infrastructures can consciously contribute to empower people through generosity-by-design. Register here.
March 7 The Power of Design! Working with Stakeholders to Design Human Spaces
In order to improve the way we live, we ought to design healthier and safer cities and smarter buildings. To do so, collaboration is key. Our world faces challenges that are too great to be tackled by a single discipline. Baltimore and Rotterdam, like many cities around the world, face challenges related to food segregation, water resiliency, and poverty (also connected to homelessness), to name a few. More than ever, inviting users, customers, governance, and other stakeholders into the process of design is fundamental. These “new” stakeholders need to be brought in as active co-designers, to confront the big issues and develop actionable ways to improve experiences and to co-create new solutions. How can we, the designers, guarantee the welfare of citizens, through the creation of the built environment? Collaboration is discovering and using unique perspectives and benefiting from collective exploration. Register here.

AIA Baltimore Mentorship Roundtable
2023-02-07 18:00 - 19:30 | Morgan State University’s Center for Built Environment and Infrastructure Studies, 5299 Perring Parkway, Baltimore, Maryland, 21214
Join architecture professionals for a portfolio review session + networking opportunity at Morgan State University.
AIA Baltimore is bringing architecture professionals to Morgan State University for a portfolio review session + networking opportunity! If you are a student, or an industry professional interested in reviewing, register to join us.
We welcome reviewers at any point in your career. Are you a recent Morgan State grad? Emerging or Senior Professional? Your feedback is valuable.
[REGISTER HERE]

SOLD OUT! Groundhog Day Party
2023-02-04 19:00 - 23:00
Come and party in Penn Station’s analog Switch Room which formerly controlled all regional rail traffic.
Join fellow BAF members, local history buffs, and party-goers to celebrate another year with festive music and dancing in a unique and usually off-limits venue. This year’s annual BAF party will be held in the former Switch Room located in Baltimore’s iconic Penn Station.
Music, food, and beverage will be provided to full-price ticket holders.
This event is SOLD OUT!

Thank You To Our Generous Event Sponsors
Major Sponsor

Walter Shamu

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WBCM
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Baltimore SketchWorks 2023 Workshops
2023-01-21 10:00 - 12:00 | The Center for Architecture and Design, 100 N Charles St, Baltimore, MD, 21218, United States
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 once-a-month sketching workshops in and around Baltimore. While AIA Baltimore will release a complete schedule soon, the workshops will include “Light, Shade, and Depth” with Carlos Almeida and “Deciphering Building Design and History through Urban Sketching” with Jerome Gray.
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 2 – Light, Shade, and Depth
Date: Saturday, February 11, 2023
Time: 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon
Location: The Center for Architecture and Design, One Charles Center
100 N. Charles Street P101, Baltimore, MD 21201 (entrance on W. Fayette Street)
Bring: pen/ink, pencil, watercolors (beginner sets are fine, but brands such as Daniel Smith are Winsor & Newton very good)
This session, led by Carlos Almeida, is for both beginners and those with more experience and will focus on three-dimensional, spatial sketching. Starting with a brief discussion about pens, ink, and paper, Carlos will discuss different sketching techniques to see, capture and perhaps understand space. Carlos’ work can be found on Instagram @sketchviews and Facebook Sketchviews Carlos Almeida.
For more information, please contact Carlos Almeida Sketchviews@gmail.com

40TEN Site Tour: Baltimore's First Modern Mass Timber Construction
2023-01-17 16:30 - 18:00
January 17, 2023
4:30 PM – 6:00 PM EST
4010 Boston Street Baltimore, MD 21224
REGISTER HERE

Come join us for a construction walkthrough of 40Ten, the first mass timber office building in Baltimore.
Come join us for a construction walkthrough of 40Ten, the first mass timber office building in Baltimore. We’ll talk about heavy timber structural systems, embodied carbon impacts, and construction methods. This building also uses one of the fist local examples of electrochromic glass.
This unique educational event will provide an in-depth look at Baltimore’s first modern mass timber office building. Projected to open in early 2023, the building will feature exposed timber structure, expansive glass lines, 15’ high floor to ceilings, expansive common area amenity space and a roof top deck all designed to meet the needs of the modern office environment.  The 4-story building will feature three stories of mass timber construction above a concrete podium, with Glulam post & beam framing supporting DLT panels.  Attendees will tour the site with members of the project team, who will share information on detailing and construction techniques utilized throughout the building.
The Project Team
28 Walker Development – Developer
Moseley Architects – Architecture & MEP
StructureCraft – Structure & Timber Build
Harrison Acoustics – Acoustical consultant
About the Stage – Lighting Consultant
Chesapeake Contracting Group – Contractor
Kimley Horn – Civil
After the event, join us at Love and Regret around the corner for a drink.
Please note everyone will have to sign a waiver before coming to the site (this will be emailed to all registrants). Hard hats, vests, and closed-toed shoes are mandatory.
1.0 AIA LU|HSW approved

40TEN Site Tour: Baltimore's First Modern Mass Timber Construction
2023-01-17 16:30 - 18:00 | 4010 Boston Street, Baltimore, MD 21224, 4010 Boston Street, Baltimore, MD, 21224, United States
Come join us for a construction walkthrough of 40Ten, the first mass timber office building in Baltimore. We’ll talk about heavy timber structural systems, embodied carbon impacts, and construction methods. This building also uses one of the fist local examples of electrochromic glass.
This unique educational event will provide an in-depth look at Baltimore’s first modern mass timber office building. Projected to open in early 2023, the building will feature exposed timber structure, expansive glass lines, 15’ high floor to ceilings, expansive common area amenity space and a roof top deck all designed to meet the needs of the modern office environment.  The 4-story building will feature three stories of mass timber construction above a concrete podium, with Glulam post & beam framing supporting DLT panels.
The Project Team
28 Walker Development – Developer
Moseley Architects – Architecture & MEP
StructureCraft – Structure & Timber Build
Harrison Acoustics – Acoustical consultant
About the Stage – Lighting Consultant
Chesapeake Contracting Group – Contractor
Kimley Horn – Civil
After the event, join us at Love and Regret around the corner for a drink.
Please note everyone will have to sign a waiver before coming to the site (this will be emailed to all registrants). Hard hats, vests, and closed-toed shoes are mandatory.
1.0 AIA LU|HSW approved
Register here.

Baltimore Design School Portfolio Review - volunteers needed
2022-12-20 12:00 - 14:00 | AIA Baltimore & BAF Center for Architecture and Design, 100 North Charles Street, Baltimore, MD, 21201, United States
Join the Future Architects Resources (FAR) Committee for a Portfolio Review event Tuesday, December 20th 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.
Come at noon for light lunch and networking. Portfolio review begins at 1:00pm.
Sign up to participate here.

Climate Priority Setting for 2023
2022-12-13 17:00 - 20:00 | Phillip Merrill Education Center, Chesapeake Bay Foundation, 6 Herndon Avenue, Annapolis, MD, 21403, United States
Join AIA Baltimore’s Committee on the Environment, AIA Maryland, and the Chesapeake Bay Foundation for a structured conversation on 2023 legislative priorities around climate action. We’ll discuss the wins of 2022, and the opportunities for 2023. Our conversation will include:

changes the Climate Solutions Now act made to Maryland’s climate priorities
ideas that were not included in the final Climate Solutions Now act, and what potential changes could be made in 2023
other building performance and climate focused bills that will be a priority this session
the legislative process and key delegates and senators that may be instrumental in passing climate-focused legislation

After the discussion, stay for a tour of the Phillip Merrill Education Center, headquarters of the Chesapeake Bay Foundation. The center, which opened in 2001, is one of the world’s most energy-efficient buildings, incorporating natural elements into a fully functional workplace which has minimal impact on its Bay- and creek-front surroundings. The first building to receive the U.S. Green Building Council’s Platinum rating for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED), the center and its sophisticated systems have won international acclaim as a model for energy efficiency, high performance, and water conservation. Our tour will focus on the MEP systems and talk about building electrification and water reduction and how these 20-year-old systems are performing.
5:00 – 5:30pm networking
5:30 – 6:30pm discussion
6:30 – 7:30pm building tour
1.0 AIA CEU|HSW approved
Register here.

2022 AIA Baltimore & BAF Annual Meeting & Holiday Party
2022-12-09 12:00 - 14:00 | The Center for Architecture and Design, 100 N Charles St, Baltimore, MD, 21218, United States
Register Here

Celebrate The Season. This event is an opportunity to celebrate the holidays, network with fellow AIA Baltimore members and Baltimore Architecture Foundation (BAF) supporters, and learn how to become more involved in the chapter and BAF programs.
Enjoy networking with fellow professionals in the field and see the Baltimore Center for Architecture and Design, the new home of AIA Baltimore and The Baltimore Architecture Foundation, along with other professional design organizations. This event will feature delicious local fare and lunchtime refreshments.
Parking At The Center: The most convenient place to park for our event is the Southway Parking Garage located at: 100 W Fayette St, Baltimore, MD 21202. For more convenient parking options near One Charles Center click here.
Agenda:
12:00 – Annual Meeting
1:00 – Networking
2:00 – End of Program
Donations:
Please consider making a donation to The Center Fund and the Maryland Architects PAC.
Sponsor This Event
Major Sponsor ($500) – Company logo included on PowerPoint; website; marketing materials; Company banner/signage can be displayed at registration.
Sponsor ($250) – Company name included on PowerPoint; website; marketing materials
To become a sponsor, please contact Margaret Stella Melikian at mstella@aiabalt.com

USGBC MD Presents: Lexington Market Building Tour
2022-12-01 08:30 - 22:30
December 1, 2022,
8:30 AM – 10:30 AM EST
Lexington Market 400 W Lexington Street, Baltimore, MD 21201
REGISTER HERE

See how sustainability has played a central role in the redevelopment of the longest continuously operating indoor public market in the U.S.
AT-DOOR REGISTRATION WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE FOR THIS TOUR. REGISTRATION CLOSES NOV. 30 AT NOON.
See how sustainability has played a central role in the redevelopment of the longest continuously operating indoor public market in the U.S. at USGBC Maryland’s tour of Lexington Market! Located in West Baltimore and tracing its origins to 1782, the 60,000+ square foot facility recently hosted its soft launch opening at the end of October and is currently tracking LEED certification.
Sustainability strategies include:

Emphasis on walkability, bike-ability, and utilizing preexisting multi-modal transportation infrastructure
Cultivating community resilience through infill development
Maintaining open space
Heat island effect reduction
Light pollution reduction
Indoor and outdoor water efficiency measures
Enhanced commissioning

Don’t miss this opportunity to see sustainable innovation at work at this historic redevelopment!
Speakers

Jon Constable – Development Director, Seawall Development
Peter Di Prinzio – Development Director, Seawall Development
Ben Holland – Assistant Project Manager, Lorax, LLC

In-person Health and Safety Statement
The safety and well-being of our community is our top priority. USGBC continues to monitor policy and procedures and is working actively to remain in compliance with federal, state, and local agencies to implement best practices aimed at managing the spread of COVID-19.
To protect the health and peace of mind of our attendees, USGBC has implemented the following preventive measures:

All in-person attendees of USGBC in-person events must be vaccinated in advance to participate. Full vaccination is defined as having received two shots of the Pfizer or Moderna COVID vaccine or one shot of the Johnson & Johnson product (or a comparably approved vaccine for international attendees) and must be dated at least 14 days in advance of the event.
Facial mask wearing is required for all indoor activities and encouraged for outdoor activities except when actively eating or drinking.
Attendees are asked to observe social distancing protocols and respect other’s personal space
All attendees are required to review and agree to USGBC’s Event Attendee Release & Liability Waiver (included in the registration)

Additional measures may be implemented as necessary. Direct any inquiries related to USGBC’s commitment to fostering a safe environment for all USGBC event participants to Leigh DeWitte (ldewitte@usgbc.org).
Visit the links below for more information about federal, state, and local mandates and recommendations to maintain safety.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
World Health Organization

CEU Week: The Impact of Biophilic Design on Student Success
2022-11-21 18:00 - 19:30 | AIA Baltimore & BAF Center for Architecture and Design, 100 North Charles Street, Baltimore, MD, 21201, United States
Biophilia is the theory that human beings are innately connected to nature and living organisms. It is a universally human reaction to feel relaxed and more sensory aware in natural spaces. Through evolutionary adaption we now find beauty and calmness in the natural elements that once nourished and protected our remote ancestors. Biophilic design applies cues from nature to the build environment to achieve an enhanced sense of well-being and improved performance. Decades of research studies have proven biophilic design has produced significant user benefits; for example, shorter hospital stays for patients, improved cognition in children and restored attention.
Biophilic design has never been assessed in learning spaces, until now. Craig Gaulden Davis Architects assembled a multi-disciplinary team of scientists, educators and designers in an AIA-funded study to determine the contribution of biophilic design to student stress reduction and academic performance in a 6th grade Math class at a Baltimore City charter school.
1.0 LU HSW AIA approved
Register here. AIA Baltimore members $10; non-members $20 (plus Eventbrite fee)

CEU Week: Lunchtime Learning "Designed to Protect"
2022-11-17 12:00 - 13:00 | AIA Baltimore & BAF Center for Architecture and Design, 100 North Charles Street, Baltimore, MD, 21201, United States
1.0 LU|HSW, 1.0 PDH LACES
Site security is a major concern in today’s unpredictable world. Public spaces and facilities are susceptible to accidental as well as deliberate vehicle infringement. Although design professionals must now be increasingly sensitive to site safety and security, these requirements also provide opportunities to enhance the design and functionality of a space.
This course covers the essentials of selecting security bollards that provide adequate protection while adding exceptional aesthetic value to a project. This course first examines the needs of a modern outdoor environment and how an assessment can be completed to evaluate a project’s security needs. Next, the course will cover common testing standards as well as the necessary foundation engineering options required to meet those standards. Finally, the course highlights lighting and material options that can be selected to integrate seamlessly into the design of a landscape.
This program is presented as part of Maryland ASLA’s Lunchtime Learning series. Tickets are available for virtual or in-person attendance. Lunch will be provided for in-person attendees.
If you have any questions, please email Katherine Somerville, Education & Outreach Manager.
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CEU Week: Designing Flexible Interiors with Sliding Doors & Movable Walls
2022-11-16 16:00 - 17:00 | Hosted on Zoom
With more workers shuttling between home office and hybrid offices, both spaces need to accommodate flexible layouts that quickly adjust to changing functional needs. Sliding Doors and Movable Walls provide ideal solutions that support wellness and enhance the functionality of interior spaces. This CEU covers the range of Sliding Door and Movable Wall typologies, their suitability, and their specification process.

Learning Objective 1:
Boost health, safety and wellness aspects of interior spaces with sliding doors and walls
Learning Objective 2:
Understand functionality of different door and wall options and how to select the proper system for a spatial requirement
Learning Objective 3:
Understand material and design options
Learning Objective 4:
Maximize design goals while staying on budget
1.0 LU|HSW approved
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CEU Week: AIA Seminar + Happy Hour: Basics of Brickwork Detailing [Baltimore]
2022-11-15 16:00 - 18:30 | Brickworks Design Studio, 600 South Broadway, Baltimore, MD, 21231, United States
AIA credited (1 LU/HSW credit) 4:00-5:00pm AIA Seminar 5:00-6:30pm Wine Tasting Happy Hour
Appetizers and beverages will be provided.
Our events are open to architectural, design, and building industry professionals only.

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Basics of Brickwork Detailing
Water penetration is responsible for many of the problems encountered in masonry walls today. The successful performance of a masonry wall depends on limiting the amount of water penetration and controlling any water that does enter the wall system. Water penetration resistance and control in brick veneer is the focus of this presentation. The concept behind the ‘brick veneer drainage wall’ is discussed in detail, as well as, the proper materials to specify in order to maximize a wall’s water penetration resistance. The various elements and materials which make up a building are in a constant state of motion. All building materials expand and contract due to changes in temperature; some materials move with changes in moisture content. Each building material also changes dimensions due to stress and some materials tend to flow when subjected to sustained loads. These major causes of movement: thermal, moisture, deflection and creep, along with the proper way to control these movements are the focus of this presentation.
Other topics included in this presentation are —

Workmanship: What to expect from the mason.

Airspaces: Why is the airspace so important and what are the minimum requirements for proper performance.

Colorless Coatings: When should they be used? Are they always effective?

Flashing and Weepholes: Which types are most effective?

Expansion Joints, Control Joints, Building Expansion Joints: Is there really a difference, or is it just semantics.

Joint Spacing: Is there an appropriate ‘Rule of Thumb’ – or can such a rule lead to cracking?

Compressible Fill: Where should it be used and why.

Shelf Angle Details: What must occur at shelf angles to allow for the expected movements?

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CEU Week: Interdisciplinary Perspectives: Health & Design
2022-11-15 16:00 - 17:00 | Morgan State University’s Center for Built Environment and Infrastructure Studies, 5299 Perring Parkway, Baltimore, Maryland, 21214
This in-person conversation will review the technical and institutional context in which the design of hospitals, clinics, and health support spaces take place; describe how material selection aids the work of healthcare providers and fosters improved health outcomes among the patients and their families; and share their visualization techniques that test spatial characteristics where medical treatment occurs.
Three speakers from CRGA Design will explain the unique disciplinary features of each of their professional roles, as well as the education backgrounds that led to their success.
Presented as part of Morgan State’s SA+P’s fall lecture series with the cooperation of AIA Baltimore’s Health and Wellness Design Committee.

There is no pre-registration for this event. See you there!
1.0 LU|HSW approved

Windy Gates Estate (now Devon Hill) and its Olmsted Gardens
2022-10-21 01:00 - 13:30
Join BAF and Baltimore Heritage for a special Virtual History presentation!
Image: Windy Gates country home from front in 1905 and from west terraced garden circa 1914
(Image on the left courtesy of the US Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site and on the right courtesy Smithsonian Archives of American Gardens, Thomas Warren Sears photograph collection)
ABOUT THIS PRESENTATION:
The Windy Gates country estate of the Jenkins family from 1882 to 1981 was the centerpiece of a much larger property that in its heyday, lolled down the rolling hills stretching along Lake Avenue from Roland Avenue to Falls Road. On the heels of their work on the Roland Park neighborhood to the south, the Olmsted Brothers were employed from 1902 through 1906, to do extensive landscaping design for the property, producing a detailed plan for the estate and specifications for approximately 150 different planting beds.
When the heirs wished to sell the unique 20-acre property forty years ago, they offered a unique contest awarded to the developer presenting the most inspired and pleasing plan. Based on designs prepared by Peterson and Brickbauer Architects, the Azola Company was selected to redevelop the site into the Devon Hill Residential Community. They saved much of the historic landscaping, converted the historic Queen Anne-style country house and its carriage house and barns into condominium units and residential homes, and added additional residential buildings in keeping with the scale and historic character of the site.
This presentation by Thom Rinker will draw on the extensive material, vintage drawings, and photographs found in the records of the Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site, the Library of Congress, the Smithsonian Archives of American Gardens, the Jenkins family archives, and the surveying firm of S.J. Martenet & Company. He will share unique insights into this Baltimore County treasure that still retains a quiet serenity and gentility over the landscape.
This special program is hosted in partnership with the Maryland Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects in celebration of their 50th anniversary and the Friends of Maryland’s Olmsted Parks & Landscapes (FMOPL) as part of their Olmsted 200 programming, a nationwide celebration of the firm’s work and influence, on the Bicentennial Anniversary of Frederick Law Olmsted’s birth. There will be an in-person tour of the site on Sunday, October 2, 2022 as part of Architecture Month with Doors Open Baltimore – see separate registration at: https://www.doorsopenbaltimore.org.
ABOUT THE PRESENTER:
Thom Rinker and his wife lived in Devon Hill for over 15 years and is the author of a recently released three-volume book set entitled Devon Hill: The Pleasure of Living in an Historic Landscape. The books present a detailed narrative of the evolution of the landscape and architectural history of the property as it has evolved over its 175 years. Volume I covers the 100-year period the Jenkins family and its decients owned Windy Gates, Volume II covers the subsequent period after 1983 when the Devon Hill community has maintained and enhanced the property, and Volume III contains a review of the correspondence, field notes, and landscape plans in the Olmsted Brothers’ project files.
ABOUT THIS SERIES:
The Baltimore Architecture Foundation and Baltimore Heritage, Inc. have been hosting this Friday Virtual Histories Series of live lunchtime presentations and virtual tours since the start of the pandemic as a way to share an understanding of architecture, preservation, and history of the Baltimore region with the public. Tickets are donation based. We encourage you to give what you can to support these organizations to help make up for lost tour and program revenue from the pandemic and create more virtual programs like this.
Upon registering you will receive an email confirmation and a Zoom link. If you do not receive a link, please contact mhudson@aiabalt.com. If you do not contact us at least 1 hour prior to the start of the program, we cannot guarantee admittance.
Hope you can join us!

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Masonry Retrofit Passive House Tour
2022-10-20 16:00 - 17:30
Construction Tour
Thursday, October 20, 2022, 4:00 – 5:30 pm
Location: 2239 Kirk Avenue, Baltimore, MD
Street parking is available
The Compound is a non-profit founded in 2010 with the goal of turning a derelict forklift factory in the distressed East Baltimore Midway neighborhood into a hub for community engagement and the arts. Today, the vibrant community includes light industrial space for five companies, a performance space, a community garden, a classroom, and a library. Soon, affordable housing will join this mix. Four adjacent, existing rowhouses are to be retrofitted to Passive House level. The design by Quinn Evans Architects has been pre-certified by PHIUS, and is expected to be the first masonry retrofit Passive House in Baltimore City.
Please join BEC-Baltimore for a tour of the project under construction to review the high-performance detailing of existing masonry structures with new construction additions.
One AIA LU is anticipated for attendees.
Space is limited. Non-skid closed-toe shoes are required.
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USGBC MD Presents: Merriweather Neighborhood Development Tour
2022-10-19 17:00 - 19:30
Join USGBC Maryland for a tour of the Merriweather District LEED Neighborhood Development, the 5th LEED ND project in the US!
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About this event
Join us for an in-person tour of the Merriweather District Area 3 – the first project in Maryland to earn LEED for Neighborhood Development certification under LEED v4 and only the 5th in the U.S. Part of the larger Merriweather District in downtown Columbia, each building in Area 3 is individually pursuing LEED certification. When completed, Area 3 will include over 800 dwelling units, more than half a million square feet of office space, as well as a variety of retail spaces and parking. Members of the project team, including the owner/developer, architect, and LEED consultant, will lead the tour, which will highlight design approaches related to achieving LEED credits for neighborhood patterns (walkable and tree-lined streets, connected and open community) and green infrastructure. Team members will share lessons learned from the LEED ND certification process and relate how neighborhood-scale green initiatives supported individual buildings seeking certification.
The tour will end with networking at the High Note on the rooftop of 6100 Merriweather.
Speakers:

Greg Fitchett, Vice President of Development, The Howard Hughes Corporation
Hailee Griesmar, Junior Principal, Senior Project Manager, Lorax Partnerships
Jamie Pett, Principal, JP2 Architects
Tom Noll, Senior Director, Design & Construction Management, The Howard Hughes Corporation

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In-person Health and Safety Statement
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All in-person attendees of USGBC in-person events must be vaccinated in advance to participate. Full vaccination is defined as having received two shots of the Pfizer or Moderna COVID vaccine or one shot of the Johnson & Johnson product (or a comparably approved vaccine for international attendees) and must be dated at least 14 days in advance of the event.
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2022 AIA Baltimore and BAF Excellence in Design Awards Celebration
2022-10-14 17:00 - 21:00
Join us in celebrating the architectural and design community at the 2022 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.
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Enjoy networking with fellow professionals in the field and see the Center for Architecture and Design, the home of AIA Baltimore and The Baltimore Architecture Foundation, along with other professional design organizations. This event will feature delicious local fare and an open bar highlighting the best of Baltimore’s culinary and craft beverages.
See The Center: This event gives attendees a unique opportunity to mingle and network while exploring our Center for Architecture and Design. The Center for Architecture and Design serves as a high-profile, visible space to showcase the important role of architectural practice and design, and as a dynamic hub to engage professionals, students, and the public. Shared exhibition and gallery spaces, and event spaces will offer engaging new programming on architecture, urban design, neighborhood history, historic architecture and new design projects, and the role of design in shaping the city’s future. Learn More
Parking At The Center: The most convenient place to park for our event is the Parkway Parking garage located at: 100 W Fayette St, Baltimore, MD 21202. For more convenient parking options near One Charles Center click here.
For Your Safety:
AIA Baltimore and the Baltimore Architecture Foundation (BAF) guidelines for events will evolve to serve the health, safety, and welfare of all participants. At this time, we are following Baltimore City’s guidance regarding COVID-19.

We support those who wish to wear a mask. However, we do not require masks based on the end of Baltimore City’s mask mandate on March 1, 2022. This policy is subject to change.
Please stay home if you are currently experiencing symptoms of COVID-19, have had symptoms within the past two weeks, or have been recently exposed to a known case.

Read Our Full 2022 COVID-19 Event Policy Here.
By registering for this event, you agree to comply with our Covid policy and to terms of the event waiver.
Attire: Creative Festive: dress to show off your design creativity and celebrate the night’s winners!
Agenda:
5:00 – Doors Open – Check-in
6:00- Awards Ceremony, Followed by Reception
9:00- Event Concludes
This event is an opportunity to gather with 300+ members of the design and construction industry for networking, recognition of outstanding design projects and to appreciate the important role of design in our built environment and its importance to businesses, institutions, and communities.
We are excited to announce AIA Baltimore’s Design Awards jury from AIA East Bay. The Design Awards Celebration promotes great design in Baltimore and beyond and is a staple program for Baltimore Architecture Month.
Please consider sponsoring this annual event; by doing so, you are not only supporting AIA Baltimore but the architecture profession and our outstanding local design talent. We encourage you to sign up early to maximize your exposure and enhance your visibility as we begin promoting this event.
Meet The Jury
AIA East Bay Jury

Jury Chair
Laura Hartman, FAIA
Laura was born in West Virginia. She received a B.A. in Art from Smith College, and a M. Arch from the University of California at Berkeley. Before joining Richard Fernau in 1981 to form Fernau & Hartman Architects, she worked with Esherick, Homsey, Dodge, and Davis in San Francisco and with Schneibli e Associati, Architetti in Switzerland. In addition to her wide design experience, Laura is also an adept teacher; she has taught at UC Berkeley, the University of Utah, and the University of Oregon. She is currently on the Sea Ranch Design Committee, Georgia Tech’s Planning & Design Committee and the Wood Design Editorial Board. In dialog with her architectural practice, Laura has continually explored painting and collage and exhibited her artwork most recently in, Reading Materials, Constructions by Laura Hartman at 871 Fine Arts in San Francisco. Laura also has both a personal and academic interest in vernacular architecture and has a long-term project investigating the mining structures in Appalachia.
As a principal at Fernau & Hartman, Laura has been envolved in all phases of the firm’s projects, from initial planning and programming through construction, working at many scales, from furniture design to master planning. The firm’s projects find points of departure in the specific circumstances of each site and the particular needs of each client. They combine remarkable sensitivity to historical and vernacular buildings, deep understanding of human scale, and great attention to materials and detailing. This can be seen in Richard Fernau’s book about their work, Improvisations on the Land; Houses of Fernau + Hartman.

Ursula Currie, AIA
Ursula Currie is a licensed architect practicing in the Bay Area since 1990.
Although of Irish descent, Ursula earned her architecture degrees from The Glasgow School of Art, and The University of Dundee, Scotland. Her professional career has focused on designing and managing civic, institutional and educational facilities.
Ursula is a Senior Associate at Perkins & Will, San Francisco. As an AIA East Bay board member she is committed to supporting all ecological endeavors within our profession, to help ensure a healthier planet.

Susi Marzuola, AIA, LEED AP BD+C
Susi’s passion for the particular and the greater good is the driving force behind her leadership at Siegel & Strain Architects. Her commitment to community collaboration is evidenced in the practice and all its work. Susi Marzuola focuses her considerable energy on the design of projects that are rooted in place and community, marry vision to design solutions, capture imagination, and achieve the highest levels of performance. Her collaborative leadership is central to the firm’s profile on advocacy issues; she speaks regularly in the community, within industry groups, and beyond. Susi is active with the Berkeley Climate Action Coalition’s Electrification Working Group and has taught at the University of California, Berkeley.

Mark Steppman, AIA
Mark is a licensed architect with over 38 years of experience in the design and construction of a wide variety of project types including: educational, institutional, civic, commercial, student housing, cleanrooms, with much of his career focusing on multi-family and mixed use residential projects. Mark was the chair of the Professional Practice Forum at the East Bay Chapter from 2010-2016 and has been sitting on the Board of Directors for the last 6 years and recently concluded a 2 year run as President leading the chapter into new times with a change at the Executive Director position. His goal for presidency was focusing on the practice of architecture and how the AIA can further assist the profession and the public.

Rob Zirkle, AIA
Rob Zirkle is the founding principal of brick. A born strategist, he guides the brick team in a rigorous, value-driven design process to deliver a wide variety of project types in architecture, interiors and urban design.
Rob studied with noted Pritzker prize-winning architect Glen Murcutt, and brings a sensitivity to the details of design that make memorable architecture transcend the everyday. Through the benefit of two prestigious traveling fellowships in architecture, Rob’s extensive travels bring a well-rounded, global perspective to how urban design and architecture shape our cities’ spaces of social and cultural exchange.
Rob leads brick’s initiatives in design, client satisfaction, new project acquisition and company culture. His entrepreneurial approach has built brick into a thriving 34-person team with $450m of current projects under construction ranging from commercial office, life science, housing and higher education.

Residential Design Jury

Delbert Adams
Delbert L. Adams grew up in Cleveland, Ohio working on properties throughout his youth within his parent’s real estate business. These experiences fostered his love of construction and remodeling. After graduating from Babson College in Wellesley, Massachusetts, he began his career in construction in the early 1980s in Baltimore. He currently is the founder and co-owner of Delbert Adams Construction Group. The company operates in the high-end custom/luxury residential market, building, and remodeling homes, and enjoys a reputation in the commercial construction market remodeling specialty and often historic commercial structures. Additionally, DACG offers property management/improvement and repair for an established client base.
Delbert also co-founded and co-owns Sunnyfields Cabinetry, a high-end design solution cabinetry and millwork showroom. In a national competition, Sunnyfields was awarded best showroom of the year in 2019 by the NKBA. Delbert serves on the Board of Preservation Maryland and Greater Baltimore Medical Center. He enjoys golf, ice hockey, hiking, and family time with his wife and three grown children.

Martin Marren, AIA
Mr. Marren is active in the revitalization of Baltimore neighborhoods and has served as Principal-in-charge and lead design architect for full-block historic renovations and full-block infill developments in East Baltimore and South Baltimore. He has designed assisted living facilities, co-working spaces, private homes, and condominiums, winning awards for design excellence from AIA Baltimore and for Historic Preservation from Baltimore Heritage. His current focus is on multi-family mixed-use projects in historic neighborhoods in Baltimore and Atlanta.
Mr. Marren serves as the chair of the Design Awards Committee for the Baltimore chapter of the American Institute of Architects. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the Baltimore Montessori Public Charter School and chairs the the Facilities Committee. He is also the Vice President of the Baltimore Duffer’s Club.
He is accredited by the American Institute of Architects and the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards and is licensed in Maryland, Georgia, and New York.

Brittany Williams, AIA
Brittany L. Williams, AIA LEED AP BD+C is a registered architect and educator. Britt’s interests lie at the intersection of environmental stewardship and building craft.
As a practicing architect at Gardner Architects LLC in Silver Spring, Maryland, Britt focuses on a detail-oriented, multidisciplinary approach to the synthesis of sustainable active and passive strategies at the residential scale. Most recently Gardner Architects won a Merit Award from the AIA Potomac Valley 2019 Design Awards in recognition of the TreeHouse Shed and a 2019 AIA DC Washingtonian Design Award in recognition of Canal House. Her previous professional experiences include a broad range of institutional projects from government buildings to schools and churches.
Britt is also a Clinical Assistant Professor in the School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation at the University of Maryland, College Park where she leads design studios. Many of Britt’s academic pursuits, including her experiences with the Solar Decathlon, an international design-build collegiate competition, have centered on the integration of environmental stewardship in the architectural curriculum. Britt served as one of the faculty advisers for WaterShed, the University of Maryland’s first place entry into Solar Decathlon 2011.

Social Equity

Caitlin O’Hara
Caitlin is an urban designer and planner with 15 years of professional experience that focuses largely on creating lasting and meaningful places. She believes that the built environment has a profound impact on how people live and interact and seeks to foster economically viable and sustainable communities through smart growth development practices and informed, collaborative design. Her professional experience at Urban Design Associates in Pittsburgh, Design Collective in Baltimore, and now as a business owner at CO-Design Studio has provided her the opportunity to work on a variety of domestic and international projects. Her portfolio includes neighborhood revitalization plans, mixed-use urban inﬁll, transit-oriented developments, mixed-income and affordable housing initiatives, waterfronts, brownﬁeld redevelopment sites, and corridor reinvestment efforts.
Caitlin graduated from the University of Notre Dame, earning a Bachelor’s degree in Architecture. In her spare time, Caitlin is an active community volunteer who feels strongly about leveraging her experience to support the communities she lives in. She currently serves as a Board Member for the Neighborhood Design Center (NDC), providing strategic planning and business development support. She has also been an active volunteer with the NDC design assistance program, participated in the AIA Future Architects Resources (FAR) program, and has been a guest juror at Morgan State University.

Lawanda Williams, MPH, LCSW-C

Lawanda Williams has been employed with Health Care for the Homeless (HCH) for 11 years and serves as its Chief Behavioral Health Officer. At the downtown Baltimore site, she provides oversight and vision for the behavioral health, case management, community health, outreach and psychiatry departments. She also serves staff-led for the Staff Racial Equity and Inclusion (REI) Committee. During her tenure at HCH, she has served in a number of roles with increasing levels of responsibility and program oversight, including clinical case manager, lead case manager, program coordinator and director. Prior to coming to HCH, Lawanda spent 7 years in long-term care, as both social services staff and department director. Lawanda has delivered workshops at the American Public Health Association and with the National Health Care for the Homeless Council’s (NHCHC), focusing on the topics of housing as a structural intervention to reduce HIV viral load, advocacy as self-care, clinical benefits of advocacy, racial equity, wellbeing during COVID-19, Harm Reduction, Permanent Supportive Housing, and Trauma Informed Care. She is the past-chair of the NHCHC’s Clinician’s Network Steering Committee, working on public health initiatives that help assess the needs of the Council’s member agencies, establish annual priorities, provide technical assistance and produce responsive deliverables. Lawanda also teaches Mental Health First Aid with the Mental Health Association of Maryland and previous served as an adjunct professor at Morgan State University’s School of Social Work.
As a native of Baltimore, Lawanda has an enduring love for this city. She has strong ties to the community and deep commitment to seeing all of its citizens included. Towards this end, Lawanda intentionally pursued academic experiences that would enrich her understanding of the urban environment and the challenges and strengths that accompany these landscapes. She obtained her Associate Degree in Human Services, with a concentration in substance abuse counseling. She was later afforded an opportunity to pursue an urban-focused education at Morgan State University (MSU), where she obtained BSW, MSW and MPH degrees.
Lawanda is a strong advocate for client inclusion and practices that center around client choice. Her strengths-based and harm reduction approaches exemplify her core belief that everyone has inherent assets that can be leveraged towards self-defined recovery. Hope is a principle that undergirds her work, that the mere demonstration of the belief that someone can get better is an important predictor of success.

Tamir Ezzat, AIA, NCARB, LEED AP BD+C
Tamir Ezzat is a licensed Architect in the State of Maryland, Virginia, and District of Columbia with strong design and construction background. Tamir has been immersed in construction most of his life, so his approach to architecture always keeps practicality and budget in mind. Tamir opened ddbWorkshop in 2015 after working at prominent architectural firms in Baltimore, D.C., and Bethesda. His experience provided him with a strong and broad background in the market, design trends, design documentation and coordination, and real estate development entitlement processes.
Tamir attended the University of Maryland, earning a Bachelor of Science in Architecture and a Masters of Architecture with a Certificate in Urban Design.

Good Design = Good Business

Lauren Hamilton
Lauren Hamilton is the Chief Marketing Officer at the Downtown Partnership of Baltimore, overseeing Marketing, Economic Development, Business Development and Events for the non-profit community benefits district. After starting with DPOB in 2011, she has served as the Director of Marketing and Communication and Vice President of Marketing, where she worked on incredible initiatives including Baltimore Restaurant Week, BOOST, Pratt Street Market, Charles Street Promenade, Double Down on Downtown Baltimore campaign and economic development project, the installation of Downtown Digital Kiosk Network, and the North Harbor Area of Special Sign Control.
A believer in all things possible, a champion of cities, and a person who really loves talking about brand strategy and placemaking over happy hour, Lauren is graduate of the International Downtown Association’s Emerging Leadership Fellowship program. Prior to Downtown Partnership, she worked at the Bethesda Urban Partnership for nearly a decade. She currently serves on the Charles Street Development Executive Committee, Visit Baltimore Marketing Committee, and was previously a board member for the Montgomery County Arts & Humanities Committee.
When she isn’t talking about urban development and planning events, she is on the sidelines watching her three children play soccer, baseball, and basketball. She is also co-owner of Hamilton Hospitality Group with her husband, Garth Hamilton, which operates High Five, an acai bowl and ice cream shop in Laurel, MD, and the High Five Food Truck, which can be found at festivals and sports tournaments throughout Maryland. Hamilton Hospitality also offers customer service training, restaurant management consulting, and event services.

Dominic Wiker, LEED AP
Dominic Wiker is real estate development professional with over 15 years of experience in managing large-scale urban development projects. As the Vice President and Director of Development for the Baltimore based Washington Place Equities (WPE), Dominic is responsible for overseeing the company’s development activities. In recent years he oversaw the development of highly successful multifamily projects such as 520 Park, 500 Park and the Fox Building along with the locally groundbreaking Mount Vernon Marketplace artisanal food hall. As WPE’s footprint grows, Dominic is currently developing mixed-use projects in Lancaster, PA and Wilmington, DE.
Prior to working with the WPE, he managed the development of McHenry Row, a $150 million mixed-use project in Baltimore’s Locust Point neighborhood and was a Senior Development Director with Struever Bros. Eccles & Rouse overseeing such urban in-fill, mixed use projects as 1209 North Charles, Village Lofts and Johns Hopkins’ $80 million Charles Commons. Dominic received a Bachelor’s degree from Johns Hopkins University and a Master’s degree in urban policy and planning from Carnegie Mellon University’s H. John Heinz School. Dominic and his family live in the historic Baltimore neighborhood of Federal Hill.

Frank Fantauzzi
Frank Fantauzzi received his undergraduate degree from Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada and his graduate degree from Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.
He has taught in numerous programs in Canada, the United States, and Finland. His research focuses on the question of alternative forms of critical architectural practice. Parallel to teaching, Fantauzzi has also been engaged in an active art practice, which began in 1989. His work is often collaborative and focuses on large-scale installations and outdoor constructions. It has been exhibited and published internationally. Fantauzzi’s work is multidisciplinary in nature and probes the built environment to explore the cultural dimensions of society and the parallels between social and tectonic structures. He is a founding member of the icebergproject.org collaborative.

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Bricktoberfest [Baltimore]
2022-10-13 17:30 - 19:00
Our events are open to architectural, design, and building industry professionals only.
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Event Details
We are bringing together the architectural community and our distributor partners for a fun evening we like to call Bricktoberfest. This is a happy hour event that will be kicked off with a short presentation about the Design Studio and what it has to offer.
There will be themed food and drinks from around the world including the US, Australia, Italy, Germany, and Ireland.
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Idlewylde, a Balt. Co. Community on the City Line: History & Architecture
2022-10-07 13:00 - 13:30
About this event
Idlewylde, a community of more than 700 homes situated on the Chinquapin Run and Herring Run-B watershed, is the oldest of the suburban neighborhoods of South Towson. The community has a mix of housing styles characteristic of the development of suburban neighborhoods during the time of its growth, ranging from 1920s bungalows and small Cape Cods to brick Colonials and Mid-Century Modern designs. Its development differed greatly from that of its younger neighbors, Anneslie and Stoneleigh, chiefly owing to the development of The Alameda as an arterial road terminating in Idlewylde and to the northward extension of Baltimore City in 1918 to Idlewylde’s southern border.
The Idlewylde neighborhood partially occupies land that was once Beulah, the estate of Joshua Regester (1816-1906), a Baltimore brassfounder whose bells graced Baltimore City Hall and other buildings of note. Beulah once extended north to Stevenson’s Woods (now the Country Club of Maryland golf course), south almost to today’s City-County line, west to the Birckhead estate (“Anneslie”) and the Brown estate (“Stoneleigh”) and east to the Herring Run tributary. The family’s farmstead and summer home, built in 1853, is the oldest building standing in south Towson. It and the Idlewylde United Methodist Church from 1917, the oldest house of worship in the area, are listed on the Maryland Inventory of Historic Properties.
This special program is hosted in partnership with the Friends of Maryland’s Olmsted Parks & Landscapes as part of their Olmsted 200 programming, a nationwide celebration of the firm’s work and influence, on the Bicentennial Anniversary of Frederick Law Olmsted’s birth. In 1928 the developer contacted the Olmsted Brothers, the renowned landscape architects responsible for designing the City neighborhoods of Roland Park and Homeland, to commission a street layout for the undeveloped northern section contoured by the ravines of Herring Run, but the project was nipped in the bud by the stock market crash and ensuing Great Depression. However, Idlewylde turns out to have an unexpected connection to Frederick Law Olmsted.
Come learn of this as well as celebrate the heritage of this unique community as shared by two Idlewylde community members who will be available to answer participants’ questions after the presentation.
ABOUT THE PRESENTERS:
Paul Romney is a longtime resident of the Idlewylde Community and serves as the newsletter editor and secretary of the Community Association. He is a professional historian specializing in the history of Canada.
Bryan Fisher, AIA, NCARB, is a registered architect and a historic preservation specialist. He has contributed significantly to numerous important architectural projects including work for the U.S. Capitol, the National Archives, the Smithsonian Institution, dozens of National Park Service sites throughout the U.S., the GSA, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, NAVFAC, Washington College, and the Maryland Historical Society. In his spare time he enjoys sailing, exploring Idlewylde, and working on his Mid-Century Modern home.
ABOUT THIS SERIES:
The Baltimore Architecture Foundation and Baltimore Heritage, Inc. have been hosting this Friday Virtual Histories Series of live lunchtime presentations and virtual tours since the start of the pandemic as a way to share an understanding of architecture, preservation, and history of the Baltimore region with the public. Tickets are donation based. We encourage you to give what you can to support these organizations to help make up for lost tour and program revenue from the pandemic and create more virtual programs like this.
Upon registering you will receive an email confirmation and a Zoom link. If you do not receive a link, please contact mhudson@aiabalt.com. If you do not contact us at least 1 hour prior to the start of the program, we cannot guarantee admittance.
Hope you can join us!

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Doors Open Baltimore 2022
2022-10-01 08:00 - 2022-10-02 17:00
Dates: Oct. 1 & 2
Launched in 2014, Doors Open Baltimore is the citywide festival of architecture and neighborhoods, hosted by the Baltimore Architecture Foundation. Doors Open Baltimore celebrates Baltimore’s architecture and neighborhoods, and encourages residents and visitors to explore the Baltimore. Open House tours return October 1, 2022, along with guided tours on October 2.
With over 40 sites participating in the Open House portion of Doors Open Baltimore on Saturday, October 1, there is something for every interest and age level!
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Volunteering Code of Conduct
Doors Open Baltimore is an event that celebrates architecture and its ability to unite and inspire the citizens of Baltimore City. As such, we ask that DOB volunteers make every effort to be pleasant, courteous, and helpful in all of their interactions with participants. Volunteers must arrive 15 minutes before their assigned shifts and remain on site for the duration. During DOB, volunteers are representatives of Doors Open Baltimore and AIA Baltimore/Baltimore Architecture Foundation. The following activities are prohibited during a volunteer’s shift:

Physical or verbal harassment of or discourtesy towards a staff member, fellow volunteer, or other participant.
Possession or use of alcoholic beverages or illegal drugs at any participating DOB sites, or arriving for a shift under the influence of drugs or alcohol.
Bringing to a shift dangerous or unauthorized materials such as explosives, firearms, weapons, or other similar items.
Conduct endangering the life, safety, health, or well-being of others.

COVID-19 Policy
In response to COVID-19 we prefer that you are vaccinated but are no longer requiring proof. If you’re more comfortable masked, you may choose to do so.
