AIA Baltimore/Baltimore Architecture Foundation

Demystifying the Financial Stressors Faced by Your Clients (PMC)
2021-03-16 08:30 - 09:30 (America/New_York)
Is there something you can do as an architect or a builder to help your client smooth out the process?

1.0 AIA LU
It’s the day before that big deadline and your phone rings. The project on your screen is about to change yet again – the fifth change you’ve been asked to make this month. Your fees aren’t structured for this, and neither is your patience.
What really happens behind the scenes on your client’s end? Why do they make what seem like endless and erratic decisions about scope and schedule? Is there something you can do as an architect or a builder to help your client smooth out the process? Do you feel helpless each time a project stalls or dies for economic reasons? And what exactly do all those finance terms mean anyway?
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We Are Living in a Materials World: Examining How Building Materials Age
2021-03-12 13:00 - 13:30
Visualizing the future of an urban environment through a discussion of how building materials age

This program is hosted on Zoom. Upon registering you will receive an email confirmation and a Zoom link. If you do not receive a link, please contact ndennies@aiabalt.com. If you do not contact us at least 1 hour prior to the start of the program, we cannot guarantee admittance.
Tickets to all Virtual Histories are donation based. Your support helps us make up for lost tour and program revenue from COVID-19 and create more virtual programs like this. Donations will be split between BAF and Baltimore Heritage.
The choices we make in building materials determine the lifespan and efficacy of any building, outdoor sculpture, or monument. Taking a look through some case studies of some of the most well known landmarked monuments, sculptures and buildings in NYC, DC and Baltimore; we can see how materials have changed, and what steps we can take to respect, conserve and maintain metals and masonry. Case Studies include Baltimore City Hall, the Roland Water Tower, the U.S. Capitol Building, and Louise Nevelson’s monumental sculpture Night Presence IV in NYC.
Involved in the international conservation community for over 20 years, Christine specializes in the conservation of architectural building materials and outdoor sculpture. She received a MS in Historic Preservation from the School of Architecture, Planning & Preservation at Columbia University, and worked with City of New York for fourteen years as a conservator for their collection of historic houses, outdoor sculpture and monuments.
Christine relocated to Baltimore in 2016 and is currently the Conservator for the City of Baltimore overseeing the exterior restoration of City Hall and ongoing preservation projects throughout the city. She continues to serve as a consultant and research associate with the Monument Conservation Collaborative based in North Adams, Massachusetts.

2021 AIA Baltimore & BAF Spring Lecture Series: Architecture, Identity, & Place
2021-03-10 18:00 - 19:30
Cover Photo: New Beginnings Homeless Transition Village Fayetteville, UACDC
1.5 AIA LU, 1.5 LA/CES LU Available
Architecture is a manifestation of culture. On the occasion of AIA Baltimore’s 150th anniversary, the AIA Baltimore and Baltimore Architecture Foundation 2021 Lecture Series will explore how the built environment simultaneously reflects and influences culture, in Baltimore and beyond. Each lecture will expose how cultural values shape design. The three lectures are focused around themes with specific local resonance in Baltimore, a city in which the arts and culture are key to community identity, history, and future vitality: Architecture and Identity, Art and Architecture, Architecture and Social Justice. Visiting and local speakers will examine and highlight the built environment and its relationship with the arts, community initiatives, sustainability goals, preservation, equity, the vernacular, and more, as we reflect on how these have been shaped by design practice throughout AIA Baltimore’s 150-year history.
Our first lecture will explore the overall theme and how architecture and the built environment are directly influenced by cultural values. It will examine this through the lens of community-based design initiatives nationally and projects specific to Baltimore.
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Stephen Luoni, Associate AIA, Director of University of Arkansas Community Design Center will address public-interest design and its role in producing public goods, the very definition of what it means to be a professional. Placemaking platforms in housing and food will be discussed through urban design projects underway.
Architects are asked with greater frequency to solve for complex public-interest problems, or “wicked problems” with multi-variate challenges characterized by social complexity. The University of Arkansas Community Design, a teaching office with professional staff, has developed building blocks for a new ecology of the city. A repertoire of eight placemaking platforms triangulates public policy, best practices, and design in agricultural urbanism, missing middle-scale housing, context-sensitive street design, development-oriented transit, watershed urbanism, and low impact development. Our focus on expansive problem-solving through new design tools and pattern languages address the public good in addressing the grand challenges that enlarge the design professions.

Greenmount West Bright Lane: Community Design Workshop
Becky Slogeris, Associate Director at the Center for Social Design at Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) will present Made You Look: Design as if People Mattered.
The Center for Social Design at Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) is dedicated to demonstrating and promoting the value of design in advancing equity and social justice, and to inspiring and preparing the next generation of creative changemakers. In July 2018, a team of students and staff at the Center launched Made You Look, an ongoing initiative to create a safer Baltimore for pedestrians and bicyclists. In collaboration with community stakeholders and the support of Maryland Department of Transportation, Made You Look aims to make Baltimore a safer place for pedestrians and bicyclists by increasing visibility on two levels: (1) raising the visibility of individuals walking or biking in the city and (2) making local safety concerns visible to policymakers.
About the Presenters
Stephen Luoni
Stephen Luoni is Director of the University of Arkansas Community Design Center (UACDC) where he is the Steven L. Anderson Chair in Architecture and Urban Studies and a Distinguished Professor of Architecture. UACDC is one of a few university-based teaching offices in the United States dedicated to delivering urban design work. His work at UACDC specializes in interdisciplinary public-interest design combining ecological, urban, and architectural design. UACDC has developed several place-making platforms to shape civic design and public policy, including work in missing middle housing, agricultural urbanism, transit-oriented development, context-sensitive street design, watershed urbanism, and low impact development.
Under his direction since 2003, UACDC’s work has won more than 175 awards for urban design, research, and education, including Progressive Architecture Awards, American Institute of Architects Honors Awards for Regional and Urban Design, Charter Awards from the Congress for the New Urbanism, American Society of Landscape Architecture Awards, Environmental Design Research Association Awards, American Architecture Awards, and the international LafargeHolcim Awards.
Luoni directed production of the center’s books: Houses for Aging Socially, Conway Urban Watershed Framework Plan, and Low Impact Development: a design manual for urban areas—which has been translated into Chinese. His work has been published in Architectural Record, Landscape Architecture, Progressive Architecture, Architect, Places, and in international journals. He was appointed a 2012 United States Artists Ford Fellow. Luoni has a BS in Architecture from Ohio State University and a Master of Architecture from Yale University.
Becky Slogeris
Becky Slogeris is Associate Director at the Center for Social Design at Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA), where she brings MICA students together with outside partners to advance equity and social justice through design. Her work touches many of the most pressing challenges in Baltimore – from hearing healthcare for older adults to underage drinking prevention, reproductive justice for women to smoke free homes, HIV stigma to pedestrian and bicyclist safety. She is a graduate of MICA with a BFA in graphic design and an MA in Social Design.
Quinton Batts & Vilde Ulset are Associates at MICA’s Center for Social Design and graduates of the MA in Social Design program. As leads of the Center’s Made You Look initiative in collaboration with the Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT) Highway Safety Office, they work to equip communities with the tools needed to create safer places for pedestrians and bicyclists.

Thank You To Our Generous Sponsors!

Major Sponsor

Supporting Sponsor

Capitol Sponsor
Shaw
Corinthian Sponsor
GWWO Architects
James Posey Associates
Mueller Associates
Murphy Dittenhafer Architects
Mohawk Group
Northpoint Builders
Potomac Valley Brick & Supply
Site Resources
STV Inc.
Ionic Sponsor
APA Maryland
American Cedar & Millwork
Ames & Gough
Budova Engineering
Cianbro
Craig Gaulden Davis Architects
DoubleEdge Design
Hope Furrer Associates
Morabito Consultants
Moseley Architects
Pella Mid-Atlantic
Plano Coudon
Quinn Evans
Southway Builders
Suzanne Frasier, FAIA
T3XTURE
Ziger|Snead

This project was made possible by a grant from Maryland Humanities, with funding received from the Maryland Historical Trust in the Maryland Department of Planning. Maryland Humanities’ Grants Program is also supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities and private funders. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in the Spring Lecture Series do not necessarily represent those of Maryland Humanities, Maryland Historical Trust, Maryland Department of Planning, or National Endowment for the Humanities.

Dead Architects Society Meeting
2021-03-08 17:00 - 18:00
March 8, 2021 at 5:00 pm | Free Event
In addition to discussing the ongoing celebration of 150th Anniversary of AIA Baltimore, Jillian Storms, AIA will virtually share how researchers can tap the vast treasure trove of primary materials on the Olmsteds’ work in Baltimore ahead of Olmsted 200 – the Bicentennial of Frederick Law Olmsted’s birth.
For zoom access email Jillian Storms, AIA at jillian.storms@maryland.gov
As part of AIA Baltimore’s and BAF’s response to the coronavirus (COVID-19), this committee meeting is only accessible via tele-conference. The call in information is only sent out via email. If you are not on the list serve for this committee reach out to BAF staff, Margaret Stella Mstella@aiabalt.com, for call in information.

A vessel for change: Floating Office Rotterdam (Morgan State/Baltimore-Rotterdam Sister City Committee)
2021-03-08 13:00 - 14:20
Moored at Rijnhaven port in Rotterdam, the Floating Office Rotterdam (FOR) for the Global Center on Adaptation is a building for a new age. Built in timber, it’s off grid and carbon-neutral, it will float – rather than flood – if water levels rise due to climate change. Fun as well as functional, it also forms a key element in a newly redeveloped port environment by providing public waterside space – and even a swimming pool. Powerhouse Company designed the floating office to reflect the values of its inhabitants: the Global Center on Adaptation. This Rotterdam NGO aims at promoting planning, investment and technology to mitigate climate change. With its own solar energy source and water-based heat-exchange system, the Floating Office Rotterdam is completely self-sufficient.
TIME & REGISTRATION
1pm ET Maryland time, which is 19.00 CET Netherlands time. The lecture is approximately 1 hr, followed by 20 min panel discussion with Q&A.
Open to the public. Admission is free. Donations are optional; proceeds will be used for architecture education programs.
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AUDIENCE
The lecture is geared towards architects, developers, construction companies, engineers, and students.
About the speaker
As associate and design director at Powerhouse Company, Albert Takashi Richters heads the so-called pitch-team where initial design concepts are conceived ranging in scales from villas all the way up to urban strategies. In 2016 Albert joined Powerhouse Company after winning the competition for the Çanakkale broadcasting tower and visitor center in Turkey for which he was part of the collaborating design team at IND [Inter.National.Design].
In his work as an architect, Albert understands the architect’s role as one of mediation between parties. As such he has been involved in various competitions and large-scale urban strategies such as the recently presented Codrico Masterplan for the Rijnhaven in Rotterdam. A masterplan that demands a good balance between the place’s history, the city’s needs and the developer’s requirements by means of an architectural ensemble.
This holistic approach is one that is carried through in the architecture projects that Albert has been worked on, where an understanding of ambitions, feasibility and technical solutions becomes a way to mediate between design and a project’s further development. It is here where the Floating Office Rotterdam fits in as a design that is part of larger ambitions of the city whilst being a design that requires a representative and elegant building that is efficient, sustainable and of course, buoyant.
As a TU Delft graduate Albert has been a design tutor at the TU Delft for the Chair of Complex Projects under Prof. Kees Kaan and currently is tutoring at the Rotterdam Academy of Architecture and Urban Design.
About Powerhouse Company
We give meaning to space through profound form and function.
We are Powerhouse Company, an award-winning architecture office based in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Our story begins in 2005. Newly founded back then, we operated from kitchen tables in Rotterdam and Copenhagen. We have since grown into a multidisciplinary office of around 100 professionals, with international studios in Beijing, Oslo and Munich. Along the way we have won a number of prizes, including the Dutch Design Award, the Maaskant Prize and the World Architecture Festival Award.
Some things don’t change however. We are still led by founder Nanne de Ru, these days along with Paul Stavert, Stijn Kemper, Stefan Prins, Sander Apperlo (Munich) and Johanne Borthne (Oslo).
Our mission is to create meaningful spaces that enhance people’s lives.
We shape our projects through the collective intelligence of our dedicated team, plus our in-depth research into the historical and future context. We love to be close to our clients, thinking along with them so that we can embrace their social, economic and sustainability goals. Our multi-disciplinary team and collaborative ethos allow us to take full responsibility for any project, from sketch to construction.
We pride ourselves on the sensorial richness of our work, which results from our constant search for the sweet spot between constraints and possibilities. This process enables us to make conscious design decisions that enhance the subconscious design experience. Our approach to function is based on our belief that every inch in and around a building should enrich the overall sensation it creates. This is how we intertwine context, aesthetics and function. The outcome is the serene clarity that people sense in all our projects.
We are Powerhouse Company. We give meaning to space.
About this lecture series
This lecture is one of a series of lectures in 2021 organized by Cristina Murphy, Assistant Professor at Morgan State University School of Architecture + Planning (MSU SA+P), with assistance from Baltimore-Rotterdam Sister City Committee (BRSCC). The lecture series includes speakers from the U.S.A. about Baltimore’s cityscape and urban design, and speakers from the Netherlands about innovative construction materials and circular design systems such as reuse, remanufacturing, and recycling in the built environment. Special thanks to Jeremiah Ekoja, Graduate Assistant at MSU SA+P, for his help with coordinating the lecture series.

History of the Edgar Allan Poe House
2021-03-05 13:00 - 13:30
Director Enrica Jang will provide a brief history of this important site and its significance to Edgar Allan Poe’s life.

This program is hosted on Zoom. Upon registering you will receive an email confirmation and a Zoom link. If you do not receive a link, please contact ndennies@aiabalt.com. If you do not contact us at least 1 hour prior to the start of the program, we cannot guarantee admittance.
Tickets to all Virtual Histories are donation based. Your support helps us make up for lost tour and program revenue from COVID-19 and create more virtual programs like this. Donations will be split between BAF, Baltimore Heritage, and the Poe Baltimore.
The remnant of a N. Amity Street duplex built in 1830’s is the last surviving home in the city of Baltimore where Edgar Allan Poe lived with his family. The house is a National Historic Landmark and a United for Libraries Literary Landmark, the first designated as such in the State of Maryland. The house, now a popular museum, is open to visitors and operates within the bounds of one of the oldest public housing projects in the United States. House museum Director, Enrica Jang, will provide a brief history of this important site, including the significance of the house to Edgar Allan Poe’s history. She will share how Poe House survived development in the early part of the 20th century and discuss the future of Poe House as further development continues in the modern day.

2021 Economic Aid Act Impact on Small Businesses (Better Business Bureau)
2021-03-04 08:30 - 09:30
The Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 has wide-ranging impacts on individuals and small businesses for this year and beyond, as well as retroactively for 2020.
Many business leaders have questions regarding how this legislation affects them and what they can do to leverage the financial opportunities within the new laws.
Representatives from the BBB Accredited accounting firm, KatzAbosch, will explore:

How the Act affects individuals, including unemployment benefits, charitable deductions, and expanded tax credits
Tax strategies for your business to accommodate these new legislative opportunities
About the Employee Retention Tax Credit for businesses, now available to PPP borrowers
Documentation best practices to mitigate issues for PPP compliance and reporting

Come ask questions and learn about how this legislation could benefit your business’s financial future.
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Aligning Budgets with Energy Conservation Goals
2021-03-03 12:00 - 13:00
Join AIA Baltimore in “Aligning Budgets with Energy Conservation Goals”…

1 AIA LU/HSW
Identifying energy efficiency strategies while balancing real-world constraints such as budget can be challenging when designing a building. Take part in this interactive course that demonstrates how energy-efficiency goals—when addressed beginning early in design—can be successfully achieved, saving valuable resources such as design time and client budgets. The session begins with an overview of comparative analysis towards achieving energy conservation goals alongside factors that drive energy use. A real case study forming the basis of the charrette will be presented, including an overview of conservation strategies available for consideration. Participants will utilize live polling to assemble “bundles” of selected energy efficiency measures to play out what-if scenarios. Facilitators will run real-time energy modeling simulations to show the results of bundled measures and discuss the merits and challenges of each. Charrette results will be revealed alongside energy-savings trends, dispelling common misconceptions about the link between budget and energy savings. Actual energy performance of the case study building will be reviewed.
Learning Objectives
• Recognize the value early energy analysis provides to the design process and client decision-making
• Identify a range of energy-efficiency options and their impacts on energy outcomes during various stages of design
• Interpret building performance and financial information provided by energy analysis results
• Understand how decisions made early in design can increase energy savings opportunities

Baltimore Architecture Madness
2021-03-01 - 2021-04-12
Baltimore Architecture Foundation is celebrating AIA Baltimore’s 150th anniversary with a March Madness tournament of Baltimore buildings built between 1870 and 2021. Public voting will determine which buildings advance to each round of the tournament.
Congratulations to Architecture Madness Champion:
American Visionary Art Museum – Alex Castro, Rebecca Swanston, and Davis, Bowen & Friedel (1995), Diane Cho, Cho Benn Holback + Associates (2004)
View Championship Voting Results
VIEW THE ARCHITECTURE MADNESS BRACKET

Visit Our Championship Match-Up Page

View Early Round Voting Results:
See Round of 64 voting results
See Round of 32 voting results
See Sweet 16 Match-Up Page!
See Sweet Sixteen Voting Results
See Quarterfinals Voting Results

How We Selected the Building Nominations
BAF sought to include a diverse selection of buildings built over the course of AIA Baltimore’s history. 10 buildings were selected from each decade. AIA Baltimore and BAF committee leaders led the effort to select buildings using sources such as the AIA Baltimore Design Awards, The Architecture of Baltimore: An Illustrated History, A Guide to Baltimore Architecture, and National Register listings. Public voting then determined which buildings were entered into the tournament.
The following rules were used:

Buildings must be in the Baltimore region (AIA Baltimore zone)

Baltimore City, Baltimore County, Howard County, Harford County, Carroll County, Cecil County

Buildings must be built within AIA Baltimore’s lifespan (1870-2021)
Buildings must be extant

For the most part, BAF avoided including single-family homes to protect the privacy of current homeowners.
Why Create an Architecture March Madness Tournament?
The tournament is intended to celebrate 150 years of architecture since the founding of AIA Baltimore in 1871. This is not a definitive ranking of the ‘best’ buildings in Baltimore. We want to see which buildings you love and learn why you love them. BAF’s overall goal is to spread more awareness about Baltimore architecture. As the tournament goes on we will be including articles about the buildings and from experts about the features of architecture that stand the test of time.
Please direct questions and comments to Nathan Dennies at ndennies@aiabalt.com.

Design for Distancing: Reopening Baltimore Together
2021-02-26 13:00 - 13:30
Learn how local designers are working to make public spaces safer during the pandemic

This program is hosted on Zoom. Upon registering you will receive an email confirmation and a Zoom link. If you do not receive a link, please contact ndennies@aiabalt.com. If you do not contact us at least 1 hour prior to the start of the program, we cannot guarantee admittance.
Tickets to all Virtual Histories are donation based. Your support helps us make up for lost tour and program revenue from COVID-19 and create more virtual programs like this. Donations from this program will also be split with Baltimore Heritage and the Baltimore Museum of Industry.
Hear from three local design teams – Envirocollab, Graham Projects and Living Design Lab – who are working to adapt public spaces for COVID-19 and how Baltimore’s Design for Distancing program can serve as a model for other cities. This program is presented in partnership with Neighborhood Design Center, AIA Baltimore/Baltimore Architecture Foundation, the Maryland Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects (MD ASLA) and the Baltimore Museum of Industry.
Design for Distancing is a program of the City of Baltimore, Office of the Mayor and the Baltimore Development Corporation, in partnership with local nonprofit the Neighborhood Design Center. Developed in the summer of 2020 in response to COVID-19 and the challenges faced by local businesses, the Design for Distancing program called on Baltimore’s world class design and public health communities to develop innovative approaches to safe, physically distant gathering.

Food Insecurity and Community Sustainability in Baltimore
2021-02-23 17:00 - 18:00
Sponsored by the AIA Baltimore Committee on the Environment + Resilience

One in eight people in Maryland, and one in four in Baltimore City, are food insecure. Many children in the Baltimore region are hungry when they arrive to school, and many have not eaten a full meal since they left school the day before.*
According to the USDA, as of 2016 there are at least 13 million children who live in food-insecure homes in the United States. Due to the pandemic, over 18 million children this year could be facing food insecurity.
Join us in a discussion with community leaders as we dialogue on current efforts and new innovative solutions to food insecurity and sustainability efforts in Baltimore.
Speakers:
Sha’Von Terrell
Black Church Food Security Network
Holly Freishtat
Food Policy Director
City of Baltimore │Department of Planning
Baltimore Food Policy Initiative
Monica Guerrero Vazquez, MPH, MS
Executive Director
Centro SOL
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Moderator: Peter Doo, FAIA, Architect and Principal, Doo Consulting
Thank You to our Generous Sponsor!
Doo Consulting
*Source: St. Vincent De Paul Food Service Program

Vanishing Heritage: Baltimore County’s Historic African American Communities (Preservation Alliance of Baltimore County)
2021-02-20 15:00 - 16:00
Preservation Alliance of Baltimore County presents: Carolyn Greenfield Adam, Historian & Preservation Alliance Board Member
Vanishing Heritage: Baltimore County’s Historic African American Communities
Baltimore County’s forty historic African American communities developed based on Maryland’s history of coexisting slave and free Black populations and the resulting legal and social segregation. The existence of these communities and their buildings helped to preserve their mostly overlooked history. But development and societal changes are adversely impacting these historic places. In rural Northern Baltimore County many have already disappeared leaving few traces. You have probably driven past or even lived nearby many of them without even realizing it. Those that do remain are important for what they can teach us about this largely undocumented part of Maryland’s history.
This presentation will give an overall view of that history and look at several of the remaining communities or structures in more detail.
Topic: Baltimore County’s Historic African American Communities
Time: Feb 20, 2021 03:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
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Achieving Registration Together: ARE 5.0 Study Sessions
2021-02-20 10:00 - 12:00 | Virtual Webinar
Join AIA Baltimore in preparing with these essential ARE study sessions, tips, and practice with fellow emerging professionals!

2021 is the year to get started or revisit your quest to becoming a registered architect!
To help you on the path to licensure, AIA Baltimore Emerging Professionals Committee organizes Achieving Registration Together (ART), a series of ARE study sessions with tips, discussions and practice led by fellow EPs who have recently completed the exams.*
Joining a virtual study group is an effective strategy to maximize your time as you prepare for your exam. Group members are stronger together because we each can share unique insights and talents and because we set goals together and hold each other accountable.
*Please note, during the COVID-19 pandemic all AIA Baltimore board, committee, and individual meetings have been rescheduled as virtual events.
Schedule 2021 ARE 5.0 Study Sessions
January 2020 – June 2021
$5 AIA members
$10.00 Non-members
Study sessions are scheduled for Saturdays from 10 AM to Noon and are hosted virtually on Zoom.
Practice Management (PcM) — January 23, 2020
Project Management (PjM) — February 20, 2020
Construction Evaluation (CE) — March 20, 2020
Programing and Analysis (PA) — April 17, 2020
Project Planning and Design (PPD) — May 8, 2020
Project Development and Documentation (PDD) — June 5, 2020

Olmsted Brothers Vision for Wyman Park and the Stony Run Stream Valley
2021-02-19 13:00 - 13:30
The presentation will focus on the Olmsted vision and what remains today.

This program is hosted on Zoom. Upon registering you will receive an email confirmation and a Zoom link. If you do not receive a link, please contact ndennies@aiabalt.com. If you do not contact us at least 1 hour prior to the start of the program, we cannot guarantee admittance.
Virtual Histories are back in 2021! The Baltimore Architecture Foundation (BAF) and Baltimore Heritage present a series of 30 minute live virtual tours and presentations focusing on Baltimore architecture, preservation and history.
Tickets are donation based. We encourage you to give what you can to support BAF and Baltimore Heritage. Your support helps us make up for lost tour and program revenue from COVID-19 and create more virtual programs like this. A portion of donations will also go to Friends of Maryland’s Olmsted Parks & Landscapes (FMOPL).
Wyman Park and the Stony Run Stream valley demonstrate the premier design work of the Olmsted Brothers from 1903 to 1947. The influential landscape architecture firm was established in 1898 by brothers John Charles Olmsted and Frederick Law Olmsted Jr., sons of the eminent landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted. The Municipal Art Society hired them to produce the City’s first comprehensive park system plan in 1904, the Development of Public Grounds for Greater Baltimore Report. The Wyman family had donated land for Johns Hopkins University in 1902 for use as a northern campus and that same year, the University gave the remainder of the land to the City of Baltimore to serve as a public park.
In the 1904 Report, the Olmsted Brothers identified Wyman Park, with its old beech trees and bold topography, as one of the finest single passages of scenery to be so near a large city and advocated for it to become a stream valley reserve and extended north and south Bookending the University to the southeast and fitting into the City grid is the intact Wyman Park Dell, a 16-acre public park noted for its steep enclosing slopes and a large, sweeping lower lawn, fully realized and conceived by the Olmsted Brothers. The presentation will focus on their vision and what remains today from Stony Run’s headwaters at the city’s northern border to where the stream joins the Jones Falls River to the south.
In addition to the Baltimore Architecture Foundation (BAF) and Baltimore Heritage, Inc., this Virtual History is co-sponsored by the Friends of Maryland’s Olmsted Parks & Landscapes (FMOPL) and the Maryland Society of Landscape Architects.
Presenters’ Bios:
Since 1986, Sandy Sparks, founding president of the FMOPL, is strongly committed to the non-profit organization’s involvement in streetscape, park system and watershed planning, in addition to its significant archive of Olmsted drawings. Since the 1990s, Sandy has served as the designer/editor of The Olmstedian monograph series focused on Olmsted designs in the Baltimore region. A strong believer in the value of stakeholder-based parks friends groups, Sandy launched the Friends of Wyman Park Dell (1983), Friends of Mt. Vernon Place (2000) and Friends of Stony Run (2011). With support from the Central Baltimore Partnership, she led the launch of the Friends of the Jones Falls, becoming the group’s first President in 2019. A graduate of the University of Illinois (BFA) and Maryland Institute of Art (MFA), Sandy remains an active leader in Charles Village, where she has lived since 1966 and continues to design/edit The Charles Villager.
Jillian Storms, AIA, is an architect in the School Facilities Branch of the Maryland State Department of Education. She once served on the Board of Directors and Inventory Committee of FMOPL. She is a former President of the BAF and now serves as co-chair of its research committee, the Dead Architects’ Society. She received BAF’s Roger Redden Award and Preservation Maryland’s George T. Harrison Volunteer Award in recognition of her extensive architectural research and public programming and has already graced us with a couple of Virtual Histories focused on that research

Finding Eutaw Farm: The Herring Run Archaeology Project
2021-02-12 13:00 - 13:30
Join us to learn about how Eutaw Farm was discovered and its role in Baltimore history

This program is hosted on Zoom. Upon registering you will receive an email confirmation and a Zoom link. If you do not receive a link, please contact ndennies@aiabalt.com. If you do not contact us at least 1 hour prior to the start of the program, we cannot guarantee admittance.
Virtual Histories are back in 2021! The Baltimore Architecture Foundation (BAF) and Baltimore Heritage present a series of 30 minute live virtual tours and presentations focusing on Baltimore architecture, preservation and history.
Tickets are donation based. We encourage you to give what you can to support BAF and Baltimore Heritage. Your support helps us make up for lost tour and program revenue from COVID-19 and create more virtual programs like this.
Jason Shellenhamer and Lisa Kraus are the co-directors of the Herring Run Archaeology Project, a free public archaeology program in the City of Baltimore. Jason, Lisa and their team of volunteers have spent the last 6 years exploring the remains of Eutaw Farm, an 18th and 19th century estate located in modern Herring Run Park. The house at Eutaw Farm burned down in 1865, and vanished from memory, but it was never really gone. Join us to learn about how Eutaw Farm was discovered, the roles it played in Baltimore’s history, and the fascinating people who once called Eutaw home.

AIA Baltimore Equity Committee + Morgan State AIAS
2021-02-11 12:00 - 13:00 | Virtual Webinar
Architects, designers, volunteer list for a portfolio review of Morgan SA+P students.

Join the Equity Committee and AIAS and take part in a virtual portfolio review of projects by architecture students at Morgan State School of Architecture and Planning.

Reinventing the Industrial Legacy City: Baltimore (Baltimore-Rotterdam Partnership)
2021-02-08 14:00 - 15:00
On 8 February, 2021 at 2pm EST Maryland time (8pm CET Netherlands time), Klaus Philipsen will give a lecture about Baltimore’s urban planning and the city’s challenges & opportunities. This webinar is hosted by the Rotterdam Academy of Architecture and Urban Design, Cristina Murphy from Morgan State University School of Architecture and Planning, and the Baltimore-Rotterdam committee.
This is a free event, open to the public. Advance registration required.
More info & registration:
https://philipsen-baltimore-2021.eventbrite.com

The Preserve the Baltimore Uprising Project: A People's Archive
2021-02-05 13:00 - 13:30
Dr. Denise Meringolo describes the processes, values, and ethical considerations underlying the creation of Preserve the Baltimore Uprising

This program is hosted on Zoom. Upon registering you will receive an email confirmation and a Zoom link. If you do not receive a link, please contact ndennies@aiabalt.com. If you do not contact us at least 1 hour prior to the start of the program, we cannot guarantee admittance.
Virtual Histories are back in 2021! The Baltimore Architecture Foundation (BAF) and Baltimore Heritage present a series of 30 minute live virtual tours and presentations focusing on Baltimore architecture, preservation and history.
Tickets are donation based. We encourage you to give what you can to support BAF and Baltimore Heritage. Your support helps us make up for lost tour and program revenue from COVID-19 and create more virtual programs like this.
Preserve the Baltimore Uprising began as a digital repository designed to preserve and make accessible original content captured and created by individual community members, grassroots organizations, and witnesses to the protests that followed the death of Freddie Gray on April 19, 2015. It is a people’s archive. For the people. By the people. Owned by all.
Public Historians strive to be both responsible and responsive. As scholars, we are responsible for upholding the highest standards of intellectual inquiry. As public servants, we are committed to responding to the needs, interests, and desires of our audiences and stakeholders. Sometimes it is difficult to balance these two demands. In this talk, Dr. Denise Meringolo, Professor and Director of Public History at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, describes the processes, values, and ethical considerations underlying the creation of Preserve the Baltimore Uprising, a crowd-sourced digital collection.

How To Build A Black Architect (African Diaspora Nation)
2021-02-05 12:00 - 13:00
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Groundhog Day Architecture Trivia Night
2021-02-02 18:00 - 19:00
Architecture Trivia Night is back with a Groundhog Day special!

Trivia Night will be held via Zoom. Upon registering you will receive an email confirmation and a Zoom link. If you do not receive a link, please contact omiles@aiabalt.com
We’re hosting a virtual trivia night for our annual Groundhog Day Party and Fundraiser. Join in on the fun and compete against fellow architecture lovers with questions about Baltimore architecture and history, world architecture, architectural pop culture, Guess the Building and more.
Prizes available and bragging rights on the line. Play as an individual or as a team. Prizes available for both the individual with the highest score and the team with the highest average score. Teams can have up to 6 players.
Festive attire encouraged. Dust off those party clothes, dig out the costume jewelry, fiddle with those pocket squares. We’ll be greeting Punxsutawney Phil in style.
Featured Brewery – Peabody Heights Brewery
It’s not trivia night without a delicious cold beverage! We’ll be drinking beers from one of our favorite local breweries: Peabody Heights Brewery. Peabody Heights offers carry out, and delivery for Baltimore City residents.
The individual winner of Architecture Trivia Night will win a $25 Peabody Heights Brewery gift card and a pint glass.
Tickets are donation based. This program is a major fundraiser for BAF. We encourage you to give what you can. Your support helps us make up for lost tour and program revenue from COVID-19 and supports programs like Doors Open Baltimore and our Virtual Histories series.
Upon joining the event on Zoom you will be given instructions on how to play the trivia game.
Sponsorship
BAF invites you to sponsor our virtual Groundhog Architecture Trivia Night. BAF holds a fundraiser each year on Groundhog Day to support programs like Doors Open Baltimore and Kids in Design. BAF continues to adapt to COVID-19 with virtual programs like our Virtual Histories Series. Your support is crucial this year as we begin another challenging year, while taking on new initiatives such as launching the SAY IT LOUD Maryland exhibition which will spotlight the works of minority architects and designers practicing in in the state, and a major research project to document buildings designed by Maryland’s early women architects for the National Register of Historic Places.
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Doors Open Baltimore Committee Meeting
2021-02-02 17:30 - 18:30 | Virtual meeting
Organizes the annual Doors Open Baltimore, the citywide festival of neighborhood and architecture.
Co-Chairs:
Margaret De Arcangelis
Baltimore Museum of Industry
Keith Mainhart
Reach out to Nathan Dennies at ndennies@aiabalt.com for meeting Zoom info.

Kohler@Home: Product Demos & Panel Discussions
2021-02-02 - 2021-02-03
Kohler@Home is your exclusive access to 80+ new products, 5 engaging panel discussions, and 2 featured conversations. Make the most of your Kohler@Home experience by registering today
Discover the cultural dynamics driving changes in market conditions and consumer expectations, and get a first look at a range of new
products designed to help kitchen and bath professionals thrive in 2021 and beyond.
Register or view all sessions: Kohler.com/AtHome
Questions? Email us: AtHome@Kohler.com | #kohlerathome
David Kohler – Kohler Co.
Megon Hill-Washington
Kohler Co.
2021 Product Introductions
10:00 am – 11:15 am CST
Creating a Smarter Home
12:00 pm – 12:45 pm CST
With consumers spending more time than ever at home, the
boundaries between spaces and tasks are breaking down.
Explore the meaningful benefits technology can bring to the kitchen
and bathroom, and learn about key trends in smart plumbing.
Carley Knobloch
Tech Lifestyle Expert
Brad Leavitt
AFT Construction
Johnathan Bradley
Kohler Co.
Jordan Cooper
WhizCribs
Designing for Wellbeing
11:15 am – 12:00 pm CST
Consumers’ desire for holistic wellbeing continues to grow, and
they’re increasingly seeking homes that can help transform their
state of mind and facilitate everyday wellbeing. Discover how the
bathroom and kitchen play critical roles in this journey.
Anna Kaiser
Anna Kaiser Studios
Bryan Mason
AphroChic
Ashley Kohler
Kohler Co.
Amy Lau
Amy Lau Design
The Impact of Clean
12:45 pm – 1:30 pm CST
With so many stressors in the outside world, consumers want a space
that enhances control, comfort, and confidence—and cleanliness is
fundamental to those goals. Learn how this desire for cleanliness and
hygiene will extend beyond the pandemic and how to create spaces
that meet these consumer needs.
Lori Paranjape
Mrs. Paranjape
Design + Interiors
Casey Flanagan
Kohler Co.
Shawn Booth
Kohler Co.
J. Walker Smith
Kantar
2 FEB
Featured Conversation
Energizing Teams & Transforming
Customer Experience
1:30 pm – 2:05 pm CST
Learn about the present and future of retail and customer
experiences, and the role human energy plays in leading
businesses of all sizes. Bonnie Choruby
President, ANN SACKS
Angela Ahrendts, DBE
Former SVP, Apple Retail
and CEO, Burberry
David Kohler
President and CEO, Kohler Co.
3 FEB
Day 2 of Kohler@Home includes two design topics, a look at Kohler’s Believing in Better platform
and a featured conversation about leadership and cultural transformation within an organization.
Highlighting the innovation Kohler brings to pressing global
environmental and social issues, this session will explore our
Believing in Better platform and demonstrate how purpose leads
to smart design and a competitive edge.
View all sessions: Kohler.com/AtHome | Questions? Email us: AtHome@Kohler.com | #kohlerathome
Believing in Better Laura Kohler – Kohler Co. ®
Personalized Design:
Color, Material, & Finish
10:45 am – 11:30 am CST
With consumers spending so much time at home, they want to feel
like the space is uniquely theirs — aesthetically and functionally.
Explore how combinations of color, material, and finish can help you
create more personalized spaces.
Defying Trend Cycles Through
Timeless Design
11:30 am – 12:15 pm CST
In a world driven by flash trends and micro-attention spans,
consumers are looking for products and spaces that stand the test
of time. Learn why durability and sustainability in manufacturing are
increasingly important, and how to meet these consumer demands.
Featured Conversation
Championing Cultural
Transformation & Leadership
12:15 pm – 1:00 pm CST
Creating a strong, healthy culture is one of the most difficult and
delicate tasks in leading an organization. This featured conversation
will discuss leadership, motivating employees, overcoming personal
and professional obstacles, and championing cultural transformation
within an organization.

The Early Black Architects of Baltimore
2021-01-29 13:00 - 13:30
Participants will discover the unique heritage of Early Black Architects whom helped shape Baltimore.

This program is hosted on Zoom. Upon registering you will receive an email confirmation and a Zoom link. If you do not receive a link, please contact ndennies@aiabalt.com. If you do not contact us at least 1 hour prior to the start of the program, we cannot guarantee admittance.
Virtual Histories are back in 2021! The Baltimore Architecture Foundation (BAF) and Baltimore Heritage present a series of 30 minute live virtual tours and presentations focusing on Baltimore architecture, preservation and history.
Tickets are donation based. We encourage you to give what you can to support BAF and Baltimore Heritage. Your support helps us make up for lost tour and program revenue from COVID-19 and create more virtual programs like this.
Early Black Architects have been practicing in Baltimore and Maryland since at least 1901. This rare presentation will feature the Early Black Architects whom practiced prior to 1970 in Baltimore. Participants will discover the unique heritage of Early Black Architects whom helped shape Baltimore, influenced the early generation of Black Architects and established early Black architectural firms.
About the Presenter
Dale Glenwood Green is a Professor of Architecture and Lead Faculty for Historic Preservation at Morgan State University School of Architecture and Planning. He has been teaching and leading research on Black Architects since he developed the Black Architects seminar in 2010. He is also Partner in the architectural firm of Sulton Campbell Britt & Associates, PC founded in 1964 by pioneering Black Architects.

Urban Design Committee - Meeting
2021-01-27 18:00 - 19:00 | Virtual
The Urban Design Committee (UDC) meets every fourth Wednesday at 6:00 pm. New members are always welcome.
Please note, during the COVID-19 pandemic all board, committee, and individual meetings have been rescheduled as virtual meetings.
For access to the virtual meeting, please contact, Zevi Thomas zthomas@aiabalt.com
Committee co-chairs:
Sam Lynch, Assoc. AIA: slynch@ci-designinc.com
Ren Southard, Assoc. AIA: renata.southard@gmail.com

Rethinking Health and Opportunity through Healthy Housing
2021-01-26 17:00 - 18:00
Join us in a discussion with community leaders as we dialogue on environmental justice and its effect on the built environment…

Sponsored by the AIA Baltimore Committee on the Environment + Resilience
This presentation will address environmental justice issues and how they affect the built environment in Baltimore. Presenter Ruth Ann Norton will discuss neighborhood environmental health, the proximity of pollution sources to specific communities, as well the transformational impact healthy housing has on a path to lowering racial and health disparities and opening better life opportunities for all.
Speaker: Ruth Ann Norton, President & CEO of Green & Healthy Homes Initiative
Ruth Ann Norton serves as President & CEO of the Green & Healthy Homes Initiative (GHHI), a national nonprofit founded in 1986 dedicated to the elimination of childhood lead poisoning and the creation of healthy, safe and energy efficient housing for America’s children. A dedicated advocate for healthy housing, she broadened the mission of the organization, formerly the Coalition to End Childhood Lead Poisoning, by designing a groundbreaking national program built on a framework of cross-sector collaboration to efficiently deliver green, healthy and safe homes in communities throughout the United States.
Moderator: Peter Doo, FAIA, Architect and Principal, Doo Consulting
Peter Doo, FAIA, LEED Fellow, is the founder and a Principal of Doo Consulting LLC and a recognized leader in sustainability. An early LEED Accredited Professional, he now works with a variety of rating systems including LEED, Green Globes, the Living Building Challenge and National Green Building Standards.

Achieving Registration Together: ARE 5.0 Study Sessions
2021-01-23 10:00 - 12:00 | Virtual Webinar
Join AIA Baltimore in preparing with these essential ARE study sessions, tips, and practice with fellow emerging professionals!

2021 is the year to get started or revisit your quest to becoming a registered architect!
To help you on the path to licensure, AIA Baltimore Emerging Professionals Committee organizes Achieving Registration Together (ART), a series of ARE study sessions with tips, discussions and practice led by fellow EPs who have recently completed the exams.*
Joining a virtual study group is an effective strategy to maximize your time as you prepare for your exam. Group members are stronger together because we each can share unique insights and talents and because we set goals together and hold each other accountable.
*Please note, during the COVID-19 pandemic all AIA Baltimore board, committee, and individual meetings have been rescheduled as virtual events.
Schedule 2021 ARE 5.0 Study Sessions
January 2020 – June 2021
$5 AIA members
$10.00 Non-members
Study sessions are scheduled for Saturdays from 10 AM to Noon and are hosted virtually on Zoom.
Practice Management (PcM) — January 23, 2021
Project Management (PjM) — February 20, 2021
Construction Evaluation (CE) — March 20, 2021
Programing and Analysis (PA) — April 17, 2021
Project Planning and Design (PPD) — May 8, 2021
Project Development and Documentation (PDD) — June 5, 2021

Lake Clifton High: The Story of Baltimore's Most Ambitious Modernist School
2021-01-22 13:00 - 13:30
Lake Clifton was Baltimore’s crown jewel of a massive school building effort. What happened?

This program is hosted on Zoom. Upon registering you will receive an email confirmation and a Zoom link. If you do not receive a link, please contact ndennies@aiabalt.com. If you do not contact us at least 1 hour prior to the start of the program, we cannot guarantee admittance.
Virtual Histories are back in 2021! The Baltimore Architecture Foundation (BAF) and Baltimore Heritage present a series of 30 minute live virtual tours and presentations focusing on Baltimore architecture, preservation and history.
Tickets are donation based. We encourage you to give what you can to support BAF and Baltimore Heritage. Your support helps us make up for lost tour and program revenue from COVID-19 and create more virtual programs like this.
This presentation will outline the history of Baltimore’s Lake Clifton High School. Completed in 1971 as the crown jewel of a massive school-building effort, the sprawling and state-of-the-art campus was expected to stimulate racial integration and ease school overcrowding. However, white students immediately rejected the school and the campus’ huge capacity was never filled. Lake Clifton developed a poor reputation around the city, and recently closed for good after years of restructuring and physical dilapidation. The campus is likely to soon be acquired and demolished by Morgan State University; thus, now is an ideal time to examine and commemorate Lake Clifton’s role in a tumultuous period of Baltimore’s history.
Julian Frost, grew up in Baltimore and graduated from Baltimore City College in 2019 and is currently a sophomore at Haverford College. He is majoring in the Growth and Structure of Cities program at Haverford’s sister school, Bryn Mawr. Over the past year Julian has developed a great interest in the history of Baltimore’s built environment, and is currently thinking about how to direct this interest into productive, creative, and potentially professional avenues. Julian started an Instagram page (@baltimorebuilthistory) as a repository for his casual research and findings.

Virtual Tour of Baltimore's Historic Early 20th Century School Buildings
2021-01-15 13:00 - 13:30
Meg Fairfax Fielding will share stories of Baltimore schools built in the early 20th century.

This program is hosted on Zoom. Upon registering you will receive an email confirmation and a Zoom link. If you do not receive a link, please contact ndennies@aiabalt.com. If you do not contact us at least 1 hour prior to the start of the program, we cannot guarantee admittance.
Virtual Histories are back in 2021! The Baltimore Architecture Foundation (BAF) and Baltimore Heritage present a series of 30 minute live virtual tours and presentations focusing on Baltimore architecture, preservation and history.
Tickets are donation based. We encourage you to give what you can to support BAF and Baltimore Heritage. Your support helps us make up for lost tour and program revenue from COVID-19 and create more virtual programs like this.
Baltimore is a city filled with a wide range of architectural treasures. Some of the city’s most beloved treasures are its historic school buildings, from the castle-like City College to the modernist Patterson Park High. The best architects in the city competed to design these impressive and important public buildings.
Leading this architectural adventure is Meg Fairfax Fielding, a past-president of BAF. Meg loves to explore Baltimore and the surrounding areas. By day, she is the head of the History of Maryland Medicine at MedChi, which was founded in 1799, but on weekends, you might find her on a lonely road on the Eastern Shore searching for a small, ancient church. Follow her on Instagram at PigtownDesign.

FAR/Kids in Design Committee Meeting
2021-01-13 17:30 - 18:30 | AIABaltimore Gallery (lower level) 11 1/2 West Chase Street, Baltimore, MD, United States
Future Architects Resources (FAR)/Kids in Design serves as a vehicle for collaboration among professionals and educators (middle and secondary schools) towards the education of future architects and enlightened citizens of the built environment.
For access to the virtual meeting, please contact, Zevi Thomas.
Contact the committee chair for information about joining:
Lonna Babu, Assoc. AIA, Design Collective
Emily Lodato, Assoc. AIA, Design Collective

AIA Baltimore 150th Celebration!
2021-01-13 16:00 - 17:00
AIA Baltimore Celebrates 150 years of supporting Baltimore’s architecture community

Let’s toast to 150 years! During this very special birthday party, you’ll hear from city and cultural leaders on the impact of Baltimore architecture and architects, learn about upcoming 2021 AIA Baltimore programs and opportunities, and enjoy a night of memorable toasts, history, and trivia!
Follow Us on Facebook and Instagram so you can keep up with all our exciting 2021 programs. We will be presenting various fundraisers, trivia nights, lectures, and networking events. Stay in the loop by giving us a follow!
Check out our Youtube Channel that hosts various lectures, virtual tours, historical overviews, and more! Become a Subscriber to see all our upcoming 150th Programs virtually from the comfort of your home!
As we enter our 150th year, consider giving a gift to The Center Fund. A monumental move for us means monumental opportunities, and we need your help to make the exciting opportunities ahead of us a reality. Our aim is to raise $1 million for The Center Fund, our capital campaign to sustain the Baltimore Center for Architecture and Design. Your individual contribution or firm/corporate sponsorship will match these funds to sustain costs for the design and construction and ongoing operations of the Center.
Contribute to the Center Fund by making a check out to “AIA Baltimore” and mailing it to:
AIA Baltimore
The Center for Architecture and Design
One Charles Center
100 N. Charles Street
Suite P-101
Baltimore, MD 21201
Learn more about our 2021 annual sponsorship opportunities here.
Speakers:
Baltimore City Mayor Brandon Scott
2021 AIA President Peter Exley, FAIA
2021 AIA Baltimore President Scott McGovern, AIA
Walter Schamu, FAIA, Past President, AIA Baltimore and Founder, Baltimore Architecture Foundation
Jennifer Goold, Neighborhood Design Center
