AIA Baltimore/Baltimore Architecture Foundation

Energy Models – What Are They Good For Anyway? A Guide For Beginners
2021-04-27 17:00 - 18:00 (America/New_York)
1.0 AIA/LU/HSW
Join The AIA Baltimore Committee on the Environment for a webinar exploring energy modeling…

Join Committee Co-Chair Ben Roush as he and other energy modelers discuss energy models, their uses, their limitations, and what architects can do in house. The presentation will include showing several modeling tools, how to parse results, and how to “reality check” your energy model results.
Learning objectives:
• Learn about the uses and limitation of energy models
• Will cover multiple energy modeling tools, limitations and appropriate uses
• Will use the concept of Energy use Intensity (EUI) to talk about how architects can reality check energy model results
• Will discuss the phases of project, where energy model input is important, and what architects can and should do in house to improve their building designs for energy performance.
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Celebrating Culture and History Of Baltimore Through The Evolution of Space
2021-04-28 12:00 - 13:00
Join us for our 3rd and final Lunch Lecture as part of the 43rd AIA Baltimore/BAF Spring Lecture Series

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.
Baltimore is one of the oldest cities in America. Its development and neighborhoods are not only an impression of its past but a reflection of its present and future. Today, many of our present spaces and buildings pay homage to the many years of life, people, and culture that preceded this moment. The Frederick Douglass- Isaac Myers Maritime Park, the Chick Webb recreation center in the Perkins/Somerset/Olde Town redevelopment project, and the Pennsylvania Arts District are examples of the evolution of how that culture is expressed in community development.
On its face, it may seem that these are extremely different, but they both represent pivotal points, and the importance of the African-American presence, commerce, culture, and development of Baltimore. Today we celebrate them in place and design for all to experience through not only historical interpretation, but allowing their stories to continue by breathing new life into the buildings and sites. The Frederick Douglass- Isaac Myers Maritime Park, the Chick Webb recreation center, and the Pennsylvania Arts District represent the intersection of how the built environment meets everyday life, the arts, community design, preservation, and the evolution of equity and social justice in a 21st Century Baltimore.
About Our Presenters
Chris Ryer, Director of Baltimore City Department of Planning
Chris Ryer began working in community development over 30 years ago as an intern at the Baltimore Planning Department. After ten years as a community planner with the Department, he moved to the non-profit sector where he worked for the Trust for Public Lands and a community-based organization in southwest Baltimore.
In 2002 he returned to the Baltimore Planning Department where he served as Chief of Comprehensive Planning and Deputy Director. After a short period at the Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development, he served as the Director of the Southeast Community Development Corporation for over ten years before returning to the Planning Department as Director in 2019.
Tamara Woods, Chief of Urban Design, Baltimore City Department of Planning
Tamara Woods has been with the Department of Planning since 2002. As a Planning, Redevelopment and Policy Administrator she combines her expertise in land use planning and neighborhood planning to work primarily on land use policy initiatives and regulatory writing, such as working extensively on the zoning code rewrite. In addition, she focuses on project development and management of large-scale or complex development efforts that are multi-phased and/or have high neighborhood transformation impacts.

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Thank You To Our Generous Sponsors!
Major Sponsor
Ayers Saint Gross
Hord Coplan Macht
Maryland ASLA
Willdan
Supporting Sponsor
Oak Contracting
Design Collective
Gensler
inPLACE Design
JMT Architecture
Merritt Construction
Price Modern
TW Perry
Vision Technologies
Whiting-Turner
Wohlsen

Capitol Sponsor
Shaw
Corinthian Sponsor
GWWO Architects
James Posey Associates
Murphy Dittenhafer Architects
Mohawk Group
Northpoint Builders
Potomac Valley Brick & Supply
Site Resources
Mueller Associates
Ionic Sponsor
Hope Furrer Associates
Craig Gaulden Davis Architects
APA Maryland
American Cedar & Millwork
Ames & Gough
Budova Engineering
Craig Gaulden Davis Architects
DoubleEdge Design
Morabito Consultants
Moseley Architects
Plano Coudon
Quinn Evans
Southway Builders
Suzane 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.

Virtual Tour of the Cloisters
2021-04-30 13:00 - 13:30
Join us for an on location virtual tour of the Cloisters, Baltimore’s slice of medieval Europe

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.
The Baltimore Architecture Foundation (BAF) and Baltimore Heritage present the Virtual Histories Series: 30 minute live virtual tours and presentations focusing on Baltimore architecture, preservation and history. Hosted every Friday at 1:00 pm EST.
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.
Settled high on a hill in Lutherville among 60 acres of secluded woods, The Cloisters reflects the beauty and grandeur of medieval Europe, with delicately carved wood, exquisitely detailed stained glass, and ornately designed wrought iron.
Sumner and Dudrea Parker designed the castle to highlight their extensive collection of medieval artwork and artifacts. Today, the Cloisters is managed by BOPA and its unforgettable setting is used for special events like weddings, parties, and business receptions.
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Business of Architecture (PMC)
2021-05-04 10:00 - 11:00 | Virtual Webinar
Legal Considerations for the Evolving Workplace – post-COVID. Wright, Constable & Skeen, LLP.

Legal Considerations for the Evolving Workplace – COVID, Social Issues and the Biden Administration are bringing about seismic changes in the workplace. This presentation will address how to navigate the legal implications of those changes. Topics addressed will include: FLSA, EEO and practical implications of a “post-COVID” workplace; Changes at the Department of Labor, National Labor Relations Board and EEOC that will affect the workplace, expansion of LGBTQ protections, and immigration law changes.
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The Robert F. Kennedy Funeral Train: The People’s View from Baltimore
2021-05-07 13:00 - 13:30
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.
The Baltimore Architecture Foundation (BAF) and Baltimore Heritage present the Virtual Histories Series: 30 minute live virtual tours and presentations focusing on Baltimore architecture, preservation and history. Hosted every Friday at 1:00 pm EST.
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.
On June 8 1968, the Robert F Kennedy Funeral Train rode through Baltimore, on its way to Washington D.C., carrying the body of Senator Robert F Kennedy. On board the train was photographer Paul Fusco, who during the journey photographed the many bewildered mourners paying their final respects. A cross-section of American society—Black and White, city-dwellers and country folk—all stared at the slowly passing train.
We hope you’ll join us to hear photographer Rein Jelle Terpstra talk about his project to search for the reverse photographic perspective: pictures and films made by the bystanders that stood along the railroad that day. Here, the mourners do not merely play a role in someone else’s pictures, but are the photographers and filmmakers themselves. With their cameras, they gazed back at the train and recorded it in their own fashion. On his research trips, Terpstra visited almost all of the places that the funeral train passed through in an effort to track down people who took photographs of the train passing. This project is entirely based on memories, snapshots, home movies, and sound, recorded by bystanders standing along the tracks that day.
The project was on show at the Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, in Les Rencontres D’Arles (France 2018), the International Center of Photography (New York City 2018) and the Nederlands Fotomuseum, Rotterdam (2019).

About the Speaker:
Rein Jelle Terpstra teaches fine arts and photography at Minerva Art Academy, Groningen (NL). After a residency at the Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten (Amsterdam), he began investigating the relationships between perception, memory and history by making slideshow installations and books. His work is held in various collections, including the collection of the SFMOMA (San Francisco), MoMA Library (New York), EYE Film Museum (Amsterdam), Nederlands Fotomuseum (Rotterdam), The Royal Museum of Arts (Brussels), Yale University Library (New Haven), and the Getty Research Institute (Los Angeles). During the spring of 2017, Terpstra undertook a Smithsonian Artist Research Fellowship in Washington, D.C. to work on the subject of this lecture.

Designing the AVAM – Winner of Baltimore Architecture Madness
2021-05-21 13:00 - 13:30
AVAM Founder and Director Rebecca Hoffberger, and architects Rebecca Swanston and Diane Cho celebrate the design of this Baltimore treasure

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.
The Baltimore Architecture Foundation (BAF) and Baltimore Heritage present the Virtual Histories Series: 30 minute live virtual tours and presentations focusing on Baltimore architecture, preservation and history. Hosted every Friday at 1:00 pm EST. This special program is hosted in partnership with the American Visionary Art Museum (AVAM). Follow them on Facebook and Twitter: @theavam and Instagram: @the_avam.
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.
The American Visionary Art Museum (AVAM) was crowned winner of BAF’s Architecture Madness Tournament, which included 64 exceptional Baltimore buildings built between 1870 and today, hosted in celebration of AIA Baltimore’s 150th anniversary.
We’ll be joined by AVAM founder and director Rebecca Hoffberger and architects Diane Cho and Rebecca Swanston to celebrate and reflect upon the design of Baltimore’s most beloved building of the past 150 years.
Completed in 1995, AVAM is a brilliant example of sculptural expression. Architect Rebecca Swanston, FAIA and designer Alex Castro incorporated the curving Trolley Works building and enlarged it with an addition that echoes its curves and creates a strong sense of motion. Its playful, eye-catching facade, created by youth in the Maryland Department of Juvenile Services as a way to provide them with tangible skills and personal development, was an echoing sentiment from Rebecca Alban Hoffberger, Founder/Director and Primary Curator of AVAM that “social justice is life’s highest performance art”. The shimmering and whimsy exterior mirrors the artworks found inside by self-taught individuals that make AVAM one of the city’s most beloved institutions. Architect Diane Cho, AIA of Cho Benn Holback + Associates (today Quinn Evans) led the 2004 expansion of the museum transforming an old whiskey barrel warehouse into AVAM’s Jim Rouse Visionary Center. Both projects are stellar examples of adaptive use – the creative repurposing of historic buildings.
When asked to describe why they voted the way they did, Architecture Madness voters emphasized how AVAM’s architecture embodies the museum’s spirit. As one voter put it, “It feels alive. It feels like a building that embraces all people and inspires creativity and a sense of wonder.”
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Regenerative Design and Development
2021-05-25 17:00 - 18:00
Join the AIA Baltimore Committee on the Environment + Resiliency for a webinar on regenerative design and development…

Rendering Courtesy of Onion Flats Architects
1.0 AIA LUs/HSW Available
Our regenerative design team is comprised of a mission-driven developer, a community partnership facilitator, a regenerative-minded architect, and a sustainability and energy consultant. Together we will define regenerative community development and its process for design and implementation. We will open up our regenerative toolbox to share tips for successful, community-integrated, and radical neighborhood development. Then we will shift from theory to practice to discuss our current multi-family development project on West North Avenue.
Learning Objectives:
1. Have an understanding of Regenerative Community Development (RCD)
2. Learn about the Regenerative Development Process
3. Have 4 tools/tips to implement from our Regenerative Toolbox
4. Be able to see RCD in action

About Our Presenters

Brendan Schreiber, LEED AP BD +C
Brendan Schreiber is an expert in residential construction management and sustainable development, with over a decade of experience in the field. In 2015 he founded Schreiber Brothers Development, an affordable housing and community development company focused on achieving social and environmental justice. As local leaders in the environmental justice movement, in 2020 Schreiber Brothers committed to making all future residential projects zero-energy to advance affordability, public health and climate change.

Candace Chance
Candace is a Baltimore City native and founded The V.P.I. Firm (Vision, Performance, & Impact): a process and strategy design firm for community development. She also co-founded Momo|Wucha (an equity real estate development firm), and is launching, Build Beyond the Hustle (bringing strategy, structure and systems to support BIPOC and women founders). Over the past decade, she has been developing strategies to serve the development of regenerative and self-determined communities.

Carri Beer, AIA, PDC
Carri Beer, AIA is owner of CommONEcology Regenerative Design Studio in Baltimore, Maryland. Carri became one of Maryland’s first LEED Accredited Professionals in 2001 and consulted on several of the region’s early LEED projects. She received her Permaculture Design Certificate from Charm City Farms in 2017 and an Advanced Permaculture Social Systems Design from the Permaculture Women’s Guild in 2020. She is Project Architect and Manager on new high performance, healthy homes and small community buildings, permaculture-based landscape design, and regenerative neighborhood planning. Carri focuses on creating architecture and places that are whole restorative systems and address high energy performance, building science, healthy indoor air quality, natural materials, resiliency, site and water restoration and social equity.

Michael Hindle, MFA, CPHC
Michael Hindle is founder and principal of Passive to POSITIVE, a Building Enclosure and Energy Efficiency consulting firm specializing in PASSIVE HOUSE, Zero Energy, Low Carbon and Resilient Design. He is also co-founder and principal of Common Ecology, a regenerative and permaculture-based design company, focused on regenerative community redevelopment projects. Michael became one of the nation’s first Certified Passive House Consultants (CPHC) in late 2009. He has consulted on Passive House, zero-energy, and Living Building Challenge projects that include single-family and multi-family residential, mixed-use, and small commercial projects from Washington DC to New Hampshire. He has experience in both new construction and retrofits, and is committed to low toxicity, low Global Warming Potential, and carbon sequestering building methods.

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Morgan State University: National Treasure and Model for Preservation
2021-05-28 13:00 - 13:30
On its five-year anniversary as a designated National Treasure, we will hear about the University’s stewardship of its historic buildings.

In this Virtual Histories Series, the Baltimore Architecture Foundation (BAF) and Baltimore Heritage host weekly 30-minute lunchtime live presentations on Zoom focusing on Baltimore architecture, preservation, and history. Upon registering, you will receive an email confirmation and a Zoom link. If you do not receive a link, please contact ndennies@aiabalt.com at least 1-hour prior to the start of the program or cannot guarantee admittance.
Reservations 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 is also co-hosted by Morgan State University and the Baltimore Chapter of the National Organization of Minority Architects.
About this Presentation:
In May 2016, the nation’s leading preservation organization, the National Trust for Historic Preservation, designated Morgan State University a National Treasure. The designation served to recognize the University’s significance as an HBCU (Historically Black College and University) and as a compelling example of the challenges that colleges across the country face in stewarding their historic buildings while redeveloping their historic campuses.
Founded in 1867 as one of the nation’s earliest institutions to offer post-secondary education for African Americans and the largest in the state of Maryland, Morgan State University’s urban campus has an impressive collection of historic buildings. The University’s varied built landscape features 20 contributing structures—ranging from Classical and Italianate to Modern and Brutalist—eligible for listing on the National Register. Buildings on the campus were designed by pioneering and celebrated black architects such as Albert Cassell, Hilyard Robinson, Louis Fry, and Leon Bridges. In addition, the University is home to one of six HBCU accredited architecture programs and the only one accredited in historic preservation.
In its effort towards preserving the rich cultural legacy of HBCUs, the National Trust joined forces with the University to envision a forward-thinking stewardship strategy for preserving HBCU campuses. The partnership aimed at developing a campus heritage preservation plan for Morgan State University – a critical tool to inform campus master planning – that could be applied at other HBCUs across the country.
On its five-year anniversary as a designated National Treasure, we will hear about the University’s progress to create a preservation roadmap that stewards the many historic buildings on campus, while planning wisely for the university’s long-term, sustainable future.
About the Presenter:
Dale Glenwood Green is a descendant of Reverend Samuel Green, Sr. (a Visionary Founder of Morgan State University), Morgan Alumnus (a inaugural student of the Morgan undergraduate architecture program), and 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 Morgan’s campus heritage since he joined the faculty in 2008. He along with his faculty colleagues and students have collaborated with the University and the National Trust for Historic Preservation on preserving the campus and individually listing the University Memorial Chapel on the National Register of Historic Places. He has been leading the Preservation in Practice summer program with the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, National Parks Service and the National Trust for Historic Preservation.
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Equity in Public Schools: Supporting our Communities through School Design
2021-06-02 12:00 - 13:30
Join the AIA Baltimore CAE, AIA DC, and AIA North Virginia for a webinar exploring the equity in education systems and communities…

1.5 AIA LUs/HSW Available
This event is in partnership with AIA Baltimore, AIA DC, and AIA Northern Virginia.
This virtual event will explore equity in the education systems, communities, and school facilities of three local public school districts – Alexandria City Public Schools, Baltimore City Public Schools, and Prince George’s County Public Schools – each with distinctive challenges, demographics, populations, and settings. We will hear presentations from school system leaders facing challenges of inequity and resource disparity in their communities and schools, and the unique strategies established by each for the planning, design, and procurement of school facilities, followed by a facilitated discussion.
This event will focus on:
• The specific equity goals of each local school system
• Considerations and strategies for the allocation of resources to optimize educational equity and support surrounding communities
• Approaches to community engagement and distinct impacts of improved neighborhood connections
• Strategies to overcome diversity and inclusion obstacles in our education systems
For special accommodations to this event, please contact Olivia Miles, AIA Baltimore Communications at omiles@aiabalt.com

About Our Presenters:

Dr. Gregory C. Hutchings, Jr., Superintendent, Alexandria City Public Schools
As an experienced educator and administrator, Dr. Hutchings served as a teacher and in leadership roles at the middle and high school levels as well as in central office administrative positions. He began his teaching career in Manassas at Prince William County Public Schools and then served as an assistant middle school principal with Chesterfield County Public Schools, near Richmond. In Nashville, Tennessee, he was promoted from an assistant high school principal to middle school principal. He was named Tennessee Middle School Principal of the Year by the Tennessee Association of Middle Schools for his role in increasing student achievement and becoming thenumber one middle school in metropolitan Nashville based on value-added.
Dr. Hutchings holds a bachelor’s degree in interdisciplinary studies from Old Dominion University and a master’s in educational leadership from George Mason University. He earned a doctorate in educational policy, planning and leadership in 2010 from the College of William and Mary.

Cyndi Smith, Director of Facilities Design and Construction, Baltimore City Public Schools
Cyndi Smith is the Director of Facilities Design and Construction at Baltimore City Public Schools in Baltimore, Maryland. Prior to this, she was the Senior Educational Facilities Planner for City Schools. In her Director role, she oversees the design and construction of all of the City Schools Capital projects across the portfolio of 156 buildings, which is approximately 20-30 projects and about $35 – $45M per year of work. In addition, she is involved in the 21st Century Schools initiative which City Schools is currently undertaking.
Cyndi received her Bachelor’s degrees in Architectural Engineering and Civil Engineering with a Structural Concentration from Drexel University. She also holds a Master’s degree in Technical Management from Johns Hopkins University as well as an Advanced Graduate Certificate in Educational Facilities Planning from San Diego State University’s National Center for the 21st Century Schoolhouse. Cyndi is a registered Professional Engineer (P.E.) in Maryland, a Project Management Professional (PMP), and an Accredited Learning Environments Professional (ALEP).
Cyndi is active in the Association for Learning Environments (A4LE), the Structural Engineering Institute (SEI) and the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), and she has been recognized as a Fellow in both SEI and ASCE for her contributions (F.SEI, F.ASCE). Cyndi has served on both the Northeast Region Board of A4LE as well as the Chesapeake Bay Delaware Valley Chapter Board.

Dr. Alicia J. Hart, Executive Director of Facilities and Operations, Alexandria City Public Schools
Dr. Hart has been with ACPS since December 2019. She joined the organization in the role of Director of Educational Facilities where she was responsible for the management and execution of non-capacity Capital Improvement projects. In December 2020, she was promoted to Executive Director of Facilities and Operations. In her role as Executive Director, she oversees multiple support operations for the division, to include Transportation, School Nutrition, Safety and Security, Maintenance and Custodial Services, and Capital Projects.Prior to joining ACPS, she held the post of Assistant Director of Public Works, Maintenance and Operations with Prince William County. Within this role, she handled the planning, operation and execution of the Buildings and Grounds Division administering a divisional budget in excess of $14 million dollars annually and managing a staff of 82 employees. Before her time in Prince William County, she held the capacity of Administrative Budget Manager for Maryland National Capital Parks and Planning Commission where she developed, managed and administered an annual operating budget of $250M for the Department of Parks and Recreation. Some of her early career positions included Facilities Coordinator with Portsmouth Public Schools and Assistant Director of General Services with the City of Portsmouth.Dr. Hart holds a doctorate in Business Administration from Walden University, a masters in Business Administration from Strayer University and a bachelors in Business Management from Hampton University.

Erika Gulick, Director of Capital Programs, Planning, and Design, Alexandria City Public Schools
Erika Gulick is the Director of Capital Programs, Planning and Design for Alexandria City Public Schools (ACPS), and has been working as part of the ACPS Facilities and Operations team since 2015. Some of her main responsibilities with ACPS include developing the Capital Improvement Program with a team annually, acting as a liaison to City departments, planning for and leading major new facilities projects through design and construction, facilitating enrollment projections and conducting capacity and utilization analyses. Prior to coming to ACPS, Erika worked as an environmental scientist on redevelopment sites for an engineering and planning consultant firm in her home-state of New Jersey. She also has her Geographic Information Systems Professional (GISP) license from GISCI and her American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP) certificate from American Planning Association.

Jason Washington, Director of Public-Private Partnerships Program, Prince George’s County Public Schools
Since beginning his career as a teacher, Jason has always sought out opportunities that can have a direct impact on the lives of others. From practicing law to working in community development and in his current position, leading the development and implementation of the Nation’s first K-12 bundled schools concessionaire model, he has sought positions that allow him to serve and create dynamic programs.
Prior to leading this effort, he was executive director of the National Council for Public-Private Partnerships, vice president of Business and Economic Development at Corvias and he led the Metropolitan Washington Community Wealth Building Initiative at City First Enterprises as senior vice president. Jason has also served as a White House fellow, assigned to U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, where he supported the Hurricane Sandy Rebuilding Task Force. Previously, he was senior policy advisor to the mayor of Baltimore, and served as chair of the Mayor’s School Construction Task Force. Prior to joining city government, Jason practiced law as a corporate associate at Kirkland & Ellis LLP.
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Learn More About The Committee on Architecture in Education
The CAE is a forum for the exploration, discussion, and dissemination of ideas on educational facilities. CAE strives to bring together diverse stakeholders interested in creating, building and implementing great learning environments.
Learn more about CAE and its mission here.

Benefits: How to Help Your Bottom Line, Recruitment and Retention
2021-06-15 08:30 - 09:30
1.0 AIA/LU
For some employers’ the biggest pain points are rising healthcare costs and the recruiting and retaining of valuable employees.

About The Presenters

Debra D. Rock, Senior Client Executive of RCM&D
As a Senior Client Executive and Client Service Team Leader specializing in Health & Welfare Plans, Debi helps clients develop and implement benefits programs and strategies that meet both their financial and employee engagement objectives.
She works extensively with senior corporate decision-makers – in both Human Resources and Finance – to ensure their employee benefit offerings provide a holistic approach to meet her client’s strategy and budget to improve employee health, well-being and retention.
Debi currently serves on RCM&D’s Wellness Committee, focused on improving the health and well-being of RCM&D employees and families.

Cheryl Abrams, Sales Executive of RCM&D
Cheryl Abrams is a Sales Executive for the RCM&D Employee Benefits Division. With 25 years of experience in
this type of position, she brings a passion for helping clients and building lasting partnerships.
In this role, Cheryl is responsible for generating, qualifying and nurturing new sales leads. Additionally, Cheryl
actively maintains her client relationships, working on client’s renewal strategies, regularly analyzing additional
risk, coverage amounts and increased exposures. She has extensive experience providing and implementing
service solutions related to her client’s technology and Human Capital Management needs and processes. Cheryl
continues to focus on building and strengthening partnerships through community and business involvement.
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POSTPONED: The Underground Railroad in Baltimore County
2021-06-18 13:00 - 13:30
This week’s virtual history is canceled. We plan to reschedule with Mr. Louis Diggs later this year.
In the meantime, please join us next week for our Virtual History about the Enoch Pratt Central Library.
Thank you for understanding.

Historian Louis Diggs will discuss Underground Railroad sites in Baltimore County

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.
The Baltimore Architecture Foundation (BAF) and Baltimore Heritage present the Virtual Histories Series: 30 minute live virtual tours and presentations focusing on Baltimore architecture, preservation and history. Hosted every Friday at 1:00 pm EST. This special program is hosted in partnership with the George Peabody Library.
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.
In observance of Juneteenth, historian and write Louis Diggs will tell the story of the journey to freedom through Baltimore County revealing sites in the area that were part of the Underground Railroad.
Louis Diggs is a chronicler of African American history specializing in Baltimore County. His work illuminates the historic past of its Black communities. He is the author of ten books focusing on African American history in the Baltimore region. Diggs was honored by the State of Maryland for his contributions in preserving the history of Maryland’s Black communities. Diggs led the effort to restore the Cherry Hill African Union Methodist Protestant Church in Granite, Maryland and convert it to the Diggs/Johnson Mini-Museum on African American History.
Photo: Emmarts United Methodist Church. Courtesy Emmarts United Methodist Church.
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Hillandale Gateway Case Study: Large Mixed Use/Multi-Family Passive House
2021-06-22 17:00 - 18:00
Hillandale Gateway is a mixed-use project targeting ambitious sustainability goals including LEED, Passive House, EnergyStar, and NZE.

The Hillandale Gateway Project is a new multi-building, mixed use, mixed income development located in eastern Montgomery County, Maryland. The project is prominently located adjacent to the Capital Beltway (I-495) affording it excellent visibility. Such prominence offers an opportunity to set a highly visible example of exceptionally sustainable development within the region. This Project represents a partnership formed in 2015 between two long-term community stakeholders with deep roots in Montgomery County: The Housing Opportunities Commission of Montgomery County and The Duffie Companies as represented by sustainability focused partner PS Ventures, LLC.
As long-term holders of real estate, the ownership team has recognized the values of quality, durability, and resilience from the very beginning. Hillandale Gateway will seek achievement of a variety of third-party certifications demonstrating the team’s commitment to setting new standards in sustainability and resiliency. The Project is targeting certifications including LEED for Homes Platinum, Energy Star for Multi-Family, Passive House (via Passive House Institute US – PHIUS), and Net Zero Energy (on one of the two residential buildings). Each of these ‘above code minimum’ standards offers a different focus which will be briefly explored during the session.
Such ambitious goals require the coordinated efforts of many professionals all working together and pulling in the same direction. Early in the entitlement process the Hillandale team was assembled (from all over the Country) for a number of design charrettes where Project goals were outlined, significant obstacles were identified, and various design approaches were discussed and challenged. The importance of assembling the correct team and ensuring that efforts are coordinated early in the development process will be a focus of this session.
HIllandale Gateway will feature two separate residential structures connected by a common above ground parking structure. The design team worked together to identify products and systems which would allow for the achievement of our sustainability goals as close to cost parity with a code minimum approach as possible. The team’s methodology, which favors use and adaptation of reliable systems, iteration, and a focus on simplicity will be discussed. The major systems being employed in Hillandale will be outlined and discussed (i.e. structure, envelope, heating/cooling, ventilation, & water heating).
Finally, with a long-term perspective, the team has also demonstrated a “best value” vs purely “first cost” approach throughout the design and development process. The advantages of refocusing on the question of “Is it worth it?” compared to the far more common “How much does it cost?” will be explored.
Learning Objectives:
1. Understand what the Passive House Standard is (PHIUS) and how it differs from LEED.
2. Recognize the value of early design team coordination in the implementation of a large-scale multi-family passive house project.
3. Recognize the benefits of research, adaptation, iteration, and simplicity in the design of systems.
4. Understand the challenges and lessons already learned in the selection of products and systems utilized on the Hillandale Gateway Project.
5. Understand the benefits of a “Best Value” vs a pure “First Cost” approach to development.
Presenters:
Shane Pollin – Principal PS Ventures, LLC
Brandon Nicholson – Principal NK Passive

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The History and Award Winning Renovation of the Pratt Central Library
2021-06-25 13:00 - 13:30
Sandra Vicchio and Jillian Storms discuss the design of the Pratt Central Library, one of Baltimore’s most beloved buildings.

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.
The Baltimore Architecture Foundation (BAF) and Baltimore Heritage present the Virtual Histories Series: 30 minute live virtual tours and presentations focusing on Baltimore architecture, preservation and history. Hosted every Friday at 1:00 pm EST. This special program is hosted in partnership with the George Peabody Library.
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.
About this Presentation:
The Pratt Central Library achieved second place in BAF’s Architecture Madness tournament of Baltimore’s best buildings built between 1870 and today and hosted in celebration of AIA Baltimore’s 150th anniversary. In today’s Virtual History, we’ll explore what makes this library so special and how it served as a national model for libraries that followed.
In 1882, Enoch Pratt gave a whopping $1 million gift to Baltimore City to launch the nation’s first free library system, proclaiming, “My library shall be for all, rich and poor without distinction of race or color…” This welcoming vision was echoed in the 1929 design of the system’s new central branch, starting with its street-level main entrance on Cathedral Street, going against the grain of architectural design for grand civic institutions at the time. Architect Clyde N. Friz hoped to give the library “a dignity characterized by friendliness rather than aloofness” avoiding the old-fashioned institutional character of past libraries. When Baltimore’s Central Library opened on Cathedral Street in 1933, it displayed its featured content in large bay windows along its street facade enticing all to enter, much like department stores on nearby Howard Street.
Today, the Central Library serves more than half a million people a year and recently received a $115 million, three-year renovation. Its exterior and interiors were gorgeously restored and fully transformed for the digital age with up-to-date systems and technology masterfully integrated into the historic fabric. Dropped ceilings were removed to reveal fabulous stenciling, decorative molding damaged in prior renovations was restored by artisans, and historically appropriate new lighting was installed to make the rooms feel light and airy. The results are stunning.
Come join us as we hear from our two presenters about this award-winning library, inviting and comfortable for all who enter, and one that will fill you with civic pride. Gordon Krabbe, Chief Operating Officer of the Enoch Pratt Free Library, will be introducing our presenters.
About the Presenters:
Jillian Storms, AIA, has done extensive architectural research on numerous architects who practiced in Maryland, including Clyde N. Friz, AIA, who holds the first architectural licence issued by the State of Maryland. She is a former President of the BAF and now serves as co-chair of its research committee, the Dead Architects’ Society. She serves as a capital programs manager at the School Facilities Branch of the Maryland State Department of Education.
Sandra Parsons Vicchio, AIA, NCARB, LEED AP, is founding principal of Sandra Vicchio & Associates, LLC, with more than 30 years of experience in programming, planning, architecture, and design. Her portfolio includes historic preservation, renovation, and new construction encompassing laboratory, office, academic, administrative, visitor center, library, and museum spaces. She co-authored the 2015 book The Living Library: An Intellectual Ecosystem and served as consulting architect on the Pratt Central Library renovation project team, along with lead architects, Beyer Blinder Belle, and managing architects, Ayers Saint Gross.
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Designs on Victory: Olmsted-inspired Garden City Plans for Historic Dundalk
2021-07-09 13:00 - 13:30
Amy Menzer discusses the design and development of WWI Era Historic Dundalk

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.
The Baltimore Architecture Foundation (BAF) and Baltimore Heritage present the Virtual Histories Series: 30 minute live virtual tours and presentations focusing on Baltimore architecture, preservation and history. Hosted every Friday at 1:00 pm EST. This special program is co-hosted by the Maryland Chapter of American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) and the Friends of Maryland’s Olmsted Parks & Landscapes (FMOPL) as part of Olmsted 200 celebration of the Bicentennial of Frederick Law Olmsted Sr’s birth.
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.
The Bethlehem Steel Mill at Sparrows Point launched an effort to create a Garden City-style town in 1917 just before the US entered WWI. At the same time, the Federal Government began housing production for war workers. Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr. (FLO Jr.) headed the Town Planning division of the new United States Housing Corporation. Several colleagues in the nascent profession of city planning who had worked with FLO Jr. on Roland Park and Forest Hills Gardens were all directly involved in designing Dundalk, including Baltimore architect Edward Palmer, Roland Park Company leader Edward Bouton, and architects Grosvenor Atterbury and Charles Wellford Leavitt. Their plans were inspired by their designs for more affluent areas, including curvilinear streets, separation of uses, green spaces, and restrictive covenants. We will explore how these plans created a new community for workers and managers, but was segregated by race.
Presenters
Amy E. Menzer is executive director of Dundalk Renaissance, a 20 year-old non-profit community development organization, and is deeply interested in planning history and neighborhood change. She also serves as a Board member of the Friends of Maryland’s Olmsted Parks and Landscapes. She previously worked for Citizens Planning and Housing Association on housing and transportation advocacy, and has served as President of the Community Development Network of Maryland, NeighborSpace Baltimore County, the Patterson Park Neighborhood Association, and the Transit Riders League of Metropolitan Baltimore. She holds a Ph.D in Human Geography from Johns Hopkins University.
Joining this presentation is Meg Fairfax Fielding, past president of BAF, and member of BAF’s Dead Architects’ Society. By day, Meg is the head of the History of Maryland Medicine at MedChi, which was founded in 1799, but on weekends, loves to explore Baltimore and the surrounding areas and take deep dives into the historical contributing architects, such as Palmer & Lamdin. Follow her on Instagram at PigtownDesign.
Photo: Admiral Boulevard when first built.

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Architectural & Design Workshop (Schluter Systems)
2021-07-14 08:30 - 17:30
This architectural and commercial workshop will discuss the challenges faced with traditional floor, wall and shower applications. New technologies will be presented to address these issues and improve installations and specifications. Participants will also experience a live demonstration involving Schluter educators and managers along with local contractors/installers.
July 14 – 15, 2021
Charlotte, NC
Embassy Suites by Hilton Charlotte/Ayrsley
1917 Ayrsley Town Blvd, Charlotte, NC 28273
Agenda
Wednesday, July 14
8:00am – 9:00am – Breakfast
9:00am – 12:00pm – Presentation & Demonstration
12:00pm – 1:00pm – Lunch
1:00pm – 5:00pm – Presentation & Demonstration
6:00pm – Dinner
Thursday, July 15
7:00am – 8:00am – Breakfast
8:00am – 12:00pm – Presentation & Demonstration
12:00pm – 1:00pm – Lunch
1:00pm – 3:00pm – Presentation & Demonstration
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The Church of the Redeemer - Baltimore's Beloved Modernist Church
2021-07-30 13:00 - 13:30
Mark Schroeder will discuss the history, design, and lasting impact of the church

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.
The Baltimore Architecture Foundation (BAF) and Baltimore Heritage present the Virtual Histories Series: 30 minute live virtual tours and presentations focusing on Baltimore architecture, preservation and history. Hosted every Friday at 1:00 pm EST. This special program is hosted in partnership with the Church of the Redeemer.
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.
The Church of the Redeemer made it to the semifinals of BAF’s Architecture Madness tournament, which included 64 exceptional Baltimore buildings built between 1870 and today, hosted in celebration of AIA Baltimore’s 150th anniversary. We’ll explore what makes this modernist church so beloved by Baltimoreans.
The Church of the Redeemer was built in 1958 and designed by architect Pietro Belluschi in collaboration with RTKL. It is a Mid-Century Modern, re-interpretive addition to the original 1856 church by R. Snowden Andrews (1830-1903). Its sophisticated design integrates original stone and like materials to create a modern spirituality of the time.
Peitro Belluschi (1899-1994) was born in Italy, and moved to Portland, Oregon in the 1920’s. His churches and residences reflected a Pacific Northwest vernacular of wood and stone, while his seminal commercial work was more modern in its materials vocabulary. We will tour the 1856 historic chapel, and the 1958 church and supporting administration wing and will view some of the original drawings and documentation of the Belluschi work.
This program will be presented by We’ll be joined by Mark Schroeder, Director of Facilities at the Church of the Redeemer.
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Monumental Maryland Marble: The Cockeysville Quarries 1800-1940
2021-09-17 13:00 - 13:30
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.
The Baltimore Architecture Foundation (BAF) and Baltimore Heritage present the Virtual Histories Series: 30 minute live virtual tours and presentations focusing on Baltimore architecture, preservation and history. Hosted every Friday at 1:00 pm EST.
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.
Phillip Lord joins us for a presentation on marble quarries in Cockeysville and the buildings in Baltimore and beyond that were made of stones quarried from these sites. Cockeysville Marble was a major source of marble in the United States, used in the construction of significant buildings in Baltimore and beyond including the Washington Monuments in Baltimore and Washington DC, Baltimore’s City Hall, the United States Capitol Building, and the Fisher Building in Detroit.
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Mapping Baltimore Apartheid (Doors Open Baltimore)
2021-10-01 13:00 - 14:30
Baltimore Architecture Foundation and Baltimore Heritage kick off Doors Open Baltimore and the opening of the SAY IT LOUD Maryland exhibition with Dr. Lawrence Brown, author of The Black Butterfly: The Harmful Politics of Race and Space in America.
This program is hosted on Zoom and Facebook Live. 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 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.
Dr. Brown will put Baltimore under a microscope, looking at the causes of segregation and drawing on extensive research of data and policy. Brown will demonstrate how data visualization can be a tool to distribute resources to communities in need, and speak to the roles of design, planning, and preservation in healing and restoring redlined Black neighborhoods.
Dr. Brown’s presentation will be followed by a discussion and Q&A moderated by author and journalist Elizabeth Evitts Dickinson. Participating discussants include:
Seema Iyer, Ph.D, Associate Director of the Jacob France Institute, University of Baltimore
Tom Liebel, FAIA, Vice-President of Moseley Architects and CHAP Commission Chair
Nakita Reed, AIA, Associate, Quinn Evans Architects
A limited number of signed copies of The Black Butterfly: The Harmful Politics of Race and Space in America are available through the Baltimore Architecture Foundation bookstore at the Baltimore Center for Architecture and Design. Books can be purchased using one of the Eventbrite ticket options, either “Delivery” or Pick Up.” Further details on getting your book will be included in the confirmation email. Questions? Reach out to Nathan Dennies at ndennies@aiabalt.com.
Doors Open Baltimore 2021 includes a month’s worth of virtual and in-person programming. Visit www.doorsopenbaltimore.org for more information.
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The Works of Palmer & Lamdin: Classical with a Twist (Doors Open Baltimore)
2021-10-05 12:00 - 12:30
Suggested Donation: $10
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.
Palmer & Lamdin, an architectural firm working mainly from the 1920’s to the 1940’s, designed some of the most interesting residences in Baltimore, characterized as “classical, with a twist.” Edward Palmer was one of the original architects for the Roland Park Company, but in 1917, went out on his own, acquired a partner, William Lamdin, and proceeded to design more than 300 properties in Baltimore, Delaware, Pennsylvania and North Carolina.
Meg Fairfax Fielding, a past president of the Baltimore Architecture Foundation, is presenting. She is doing a deep dive on Palmer & Lamdin for the Dead Architects Society and writes the blog Palmer and Lamdin Architects.
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Sound and Proclamation: Learning about Henry McShane and his Bells (Doors Open Baltimore)
2021-10-08 13:00 - 14:00
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.
The Baltimore Architecture Foundation (BAF) and Baltimore Heritage present the Virtual Histories Series: 30 minute live virtual tours and presentations focusing on Baltimore architecture, preservation and history. Hosted every Friday at 1:00 pm EST.
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.
Join us and Luke McCusker of the Irish Railroad Workers Museum as we explore Henry McShane, his bell foundry and the churches where they were installed. His work was vital in the proclamation of religious freedom throughout America’s cities and towns. By McShane’s death, his foundry had 1,000 employees. He and his workers had made and shipped over 200,000 bells, supplying 75% of the bells found in America’s churches. Ships and civic memorials also purchased bells from the firm. McShane is also credited with naming Dundalk, having established a factory there and naming it after Dundalk, Ireland where his father was born.
View all Doors Open Baltimore programs at www.doorsopenbaltimore.org
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The History and Development of East Towson (Doors Open Baltimore)
2021-10-13 12:00 - 12:30
Suggestion Donation: $10
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Historic East Towson, an African-American community unique to Baltimore County and the nation, is a thriving, tight-knit enclave adjacent to Towson’s urban core. Descendants of the original settlers – men, women and children formerly enslaved at the nearby Hampton Plantation – still live in the neighborhood today. This presentation focuses on the political events that have had a major impact on Historic East Towson for generations.
Bios:
Carol Allen, creator of, “East Towson: From Jim Crow to Black Lives Matter,” served for over two decades as Executive Director of Historic Towson, Inc. In that role she oversaw the addition of several buildings and districts to the National Register and Baltimore County Final Landmarks List. She is a Past Chair of the Baltimore County Landmarks Preservation Commission. With her rich experience as an historic preservationist, Carol accesses an extensive body of work to advocate for justice, equity and equality for a what remains of a community with a past that offers considerable political context to much of what dominates our attention on the world stage today.
Nancy Goldring is the newly elected President of the Northeast Towson Improvement Association and grand-daughter of longtime and highly esteemed leader of Historic East Towson, the late Adelaide C.V. Bentley. Earlier this year that Nancy learned of her family’s ties to manumitted slaves from the Hampton Plantation. Nancy speaks with us today from her lived experience and a commitment to protect her community’s unique thread in the fabric of American history.
Nancy Horst served on the Baltimore County Landmarks Preservation Commission for twelve years including two terms as Vice Chair. She is a long time community volunteer. Nancy currently serves on the Board of Historic Hampton, Inc. She is the former Executive Director of The Towson Partnership headquartered at the Carver Community Center.
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Virtual Tour of the Peale (Doors Open Baltimore)
2021-10-14 17:00 - 18:00
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.
Take a virtual tour of the historic Peale Museum building, the first purpose-built museum in the country, with Chief Strategy officer, Nancy Proctor, and Chief Experience Officer, David London. Hear some of the many stories the building holds, from its founding by Rembrandt Peale, of the Peale family of artists, innovators, and entrepreneurs, to its role as the first public high school in the state of Maryland to offer a secondary education to African Americans. See vintage gas street lights – a technology introduced to the city by Peale in 1816 – and the oldest still extant public sculpture in America, in the Mimi Cooper Garden. And hear how the Peale is being reinvented today with the city’s communities as a home for Baltimore stories.
Accessibility: The online event includes live human generated captions and American Sign Language interpretation. For more information about transcripts, captioning, and other accessibility resources, please visit the Peale’s accessibility page.
If you have any additional accommodation requests ahead of time, questions or feedback about access, please contact the Peale’s Accessibility Manager Robin Marquis at access@thepealecenter.org.
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Baltimore’s Vernacular Churches
2021-10-15 13:00 - 13:30
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.
The Baltimore Architecture Foundation (BAF) and Baltimore Heritage present the Virtual Histories Series: 30 minute live virtual tours and presentations focusing on Baltimore architecture, preservation and history. Hosted every Friday at 1:00 pm EST.
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.
Along with its famous, architecturally distinguished churches, Baltimore retains many lesser-known but architecturally and socially interesting church buildings. Some are modest, simple structures, some are grander, and probably all of them have been ignored when we think about Baltimore’s architectural heritage. If we stop to look at them, however, we see the evidence of Baltimore’s spatial and population growth in the years before the Civil War. They tell a tale of geographic and social mobility, changing tastes, and even theological change. You can see all this, if you know what you’re looking at.
Michael S. Franch, Ph.D., is a historian, board member and past president of the Baltimore City Historical Society, He is especially interested in Baltimore urban growth and religious community in the early 19th century.
View all Doors Open Baltimore programs at www.doorsopenbaltimore.org
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Eutaw Farm and the Creation of Northeast Baltimore - (Offering In-Person AND Virtual Experience)
2021-10-20 18:00 - 19:00
Archaeologists Jason Shellenhamer and Lisa Kraus will share the results of their six-years of field work and research in Herring Run Park, which has uncovered the remains of one of Baltimore’s largely forgotten great estates, Eutaw Farm. Like most of Baltimore’s homes of the rich (and sometimes famous), including the Carrolls of Homewood and the Garretts of Evergreen, the history of Eutaw speaks to a wealthy white family’s rise and fall. But the archaeology of Eutaw Farm also reveals remarkable and astonishing stories about the development of Northeast Baltimore and the founding families of Baltimore, those you may have heard of and those whose stories have never before been told.
PLEASE NOTE: This HYPRID IN-PERSON + VIrtual EVENT is part of Doors Open Baltimore, a citywide festival of architecture and neighborhoods sponsored by the Baltimore Architecture Foundation. If you have opted for a virtual ticket, you will receive a Zoom link closer to the event.

ABOUT THE SPEAKERS
Lisa Kraus (Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin) and Jason Shellenhamer (M.A.A., University of Maryland) are professional archaeologists with a combined 40 years of experience in historical archaeology. They are also the co-directors of the Herring Run Archaeology Project, a free, community-based archaeology program in Baltimore City. Since 2015, they have conducted excavations, research, and public outreach at the Eutaw Farm site in Herring Run Park and the Ship Caulkers’ Houses in Fells Point.
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2021 AIA Baltimore Excellence in Design [SOLD OUT]
2021-10-29
As the 6th oldest chapter of the American Institute of Architects, AIA Baltimore celebrates its 150th birthday in 2021! Join us in celebrating this milestone with the architectural and design community at the 2021 AIA Baltimore & BAF Excellence in Design Awards. The Excellence in Design Awards promotes AIA Baltimore architects, as well as project contractors, consultants, and owners and recognizes Baltimore Architecture Foundation Golden Griffin and Roger Redden Award recipients who have contributed significantly to Baltimore’s built environment.
Enjoy networking with fellow professionals in the field 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 open bar highlighting the best of Baltimore’s culinary and craft beverages.
Tour of The Center: Starting at 5pm
Live Music: Enjoy LIVE music by our very own allied professional from APCO signage, Marie White, by her band REMEDY, specializing in classic rock covers from the 60’s-70’s.
A Special Cause: Join us in celebrating the life of late AIA Baltimore member and CANStruction advocate Ken Dill, by bringing canned foods for our Food Drive.
See The Center: This event gives attendees a unique opportunity to mingle and network while being one of the first to explore our recently opened Baltimore 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 SP Parking garage located at: 100 W Fayette St, Baltimore, MD 21202. For more convenient parking options near One Charles Center click here.
To take advantage of this special guided tour opportunity, please select our free 4:30 pm tour ticket, after you have purchased your event tickets.
For Your Safety We Are:

Requiring Proof of Vaccination
Requiring Masks/Social Distancing
Hosting our Event Outdoors on the One Charles Center Terrace: this beautiful space designed by Mies van der Rohe is a covered outdoor terrace and rooftop deck with fountains and plentiful outdoor seating overlooking Center Plaza and the downtown Baltimore skyline
Offering a Virtual Experience
Limiting capacity to 150 patrons
Food and Drink Served with Social Distancing and Minimal Contact

Read Our Full 2021 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 to celebrate AIA Baltimore’s 150th!
Agenda:
4:30- Tour Check-In
5:00-6:00 Guided Tour of The Baltimore Center of Architecture & Design Begins
6:00- Awards Ceremony (virtual program begins), Followed by Reception
9:00-Event Concludes

Sponsor This Unique Event
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.
See sponsorship opportunities here

Thank You to Our Generous Sponsors
150th Year Sponsor

Multivista
Keystone

Marvin

Pella Mid-Atlantic
Capital
ABC Baltimore
JC Porter Construction
North Point Builders
Penza Bailey Architects, a studio of PRIME AE Group
Southway Builders
Bar
Murphy & Dittenhafer Architects
Rockwool
Schluter Systems
Pedestal
3-Form
Marren Architects
Palindrome Design Associates
Site Resources, Inc.
Swirnow Systems
Foundation
APCO Signs
JJ Flooring
Kibart
MAG Lighting Design
Mahan Rykiel
Sub Zero Group-Mid Atlantic
Lighting Sponsor

Lighting Environments
Thank You to Annual Sponsors
Platinum Sponsors

Ayers Saint Gross

Hord Coplan Macht

WILLDAN
Gold Sponsors

Design Collective

inPlace Design

Gensler

Gutierrez Studios

JMT Architecture

Merritt Construction Services

Nate Smith Photography

TW Perry

Vision Technologies

Whiting-Turner

Wohlsen Construction
Silver Sponsors
GWWO Architects
James Posey Associates, Inc.
Mueller Associates
Northpoint Builders
Potomac Valley Brick & Supply Co.
Site Resources, Inc.
STV Inc.
Bronze Sponsors
American Cedar & Millwork
Ames & Gough
Budova Engineering
Cianbro
Craig Gaulden Davis Architects
DoubleEdge Design
Hope Furrer Associates
Morabito Consultants
Moseley Architects
Pella Mid-Atlantic
Quinn Evans
Southway Builders
Ziger | Snead

Exploring the Prince George’s County Civil Rights Trail
2021-11-05 13:00 - 14:00
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.
The Baltimore Architecture Foundation (BAF) and Baltimore Heritage present the Virtual Histories Series: 30 minute live virtual tours and presentations focusing on Baltimore architecture, preservation and history. Hosted every Friday at 1:00 pm EST.
Tickets are donation based. We encourage you to give what you can to support BAF, Baltimore Heritage and the Anacostia Trails Heritage Area. Your support helps us make up for lost tour and program revenue from COVID-19 and create more virtual programs like this.
The Prince George’s County Civil Rights Trail is a hybrid online and sign trail tour that illuminates the most affluent African American majority county in the nation with a legacy of civil rights activism. It is a joint project of Anacostia Trails Heritage Area and the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission’s Black History Program with funding from the Maryland Heritage Areas Authority and the National Park Service. The project will include an interactive website, the installation of on-site interpretive signage, and educational workshops. Executive Director of Anacostia Trails Heritage Area, Meagan Baco, will share new research and archival photos from nine sites across the county, including Bowie State University, Laurel Municipal Pool, Ridgeley Rosenwald School, the Cole Field House at UMD, and more during this Virtual Histories presentation.
Meagan Baco (they/them) is Executive Director of Anacostia Trails Heritage Area, Prince George’s County’s state-certified heritage tourism area. Previously, Meagan was Director of Communications at Preservation Maryland where they managed diverse public history projects including about labor history, women’s suffrage and voting rights, and LGBTQ history. Meagan is a fellow of ARCUS Preservation Leadership and recently completed the Northwestern Kellogg Allstate Foundation Nonprofit Leadership Program. Meagan holds an M.S. in Historic Preservation from Clemson University and the College of Charleston, and a B.A. in Environmental Design from SUNY Buffalo. They live with their partner and house plants in Charles Village.
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Webinar: Follow the Energy Rich Road to PV - Lessons Learned from Three Zero Energy
2021-11-09 08:30 - 09:30
1.5 LU/HSW Available
Planning a Zero Energy building can seem daunting, but this session will demystify a successful design and construction process that can put anyone on the path to Net Zero Energy. This session will cover the cost-shifting strategies of energy-efficient design with a focus on zero energy operation for Maryland’s first three new Zero Energy public schools: Wilde Lake MS, Holabird Academy ES/MS, and Graceland Park-O’Donnel Heights ES/MS. Prioritizing energy efficiency is possible, for any school district that is looking to provide world-class schools that can integrate teaching, learning, and equitable sustainable design,. The panelists from two architecture firms, Grimm + Parker Architects and TCA Architects, will share challenges, opportunities, and lessons learned for zero energy strategies, user behavior outreach, and ongoing occupant training. In light of concerns from the COVID-19 pandemic, the panelists will also discuss what measures can be taken to balance indoor environmental quality and deep energy savings.
Learning Objectives
*Explore fundamentals of design to achieve Zero Energy operation within new public buildings through the examples of equitable design, cost-effective construction details and energy-efficient mechanical and electrical systems.
*Identify critical decisions needed by the owner/client at each stage of sustainable design and construction to successfully operate as a Zero Energy facility that elevates the user experience with healthy indoor environments and a focus on wellness.
*Summarize operational Zero Energy Lessons Learned that can be incorporated by Owners, A/E teams and construction partners.
*Discover the opportunities of using the building as a sustainable learning tool from design through construction, and during operation.
Robyn Toth, AIA | TCA Architects, LLC
As Owner and Principal of TCA Architects, LLC, Robyn Toth, has dedicated the past 25 years to the design of sustainable educational facilities and has worked on over 88 school projects in the state of Maryland. She has had the honor of designing 10 LEED projects including 5 silver, 4 gold and one platinum and Maryland’s First Net Zero Energy School, Wilde Lake Middle School (WLMS). The WLMS project has won many certifications and awards including First Place the 2019 ASHRAE Technology Award for New Educational Facilities. WLMS is the largest building in the nation that is able to function at an EUI of 13.8. Since the opening of this project, Robyn has been working with clients to incorporate energy efficient strategies on all her projects, even if the budget does not allow for a Net Zero certification.

Amy Upton, AIA, LEED Fellow | Grimm + Parker Architects
Amy has spent her 20+ year career at Grimm + Parker Architects balancing her roles as Project Architect on K-12 Schools, Recreation Centers and Libraries, as a firm Principal, and as the firm’s Director of Environmental Design. She has designed and/or been a part of over 14.5 million square feet of green certified public projects that strike a balance of inspiring, healthy and high-performance environments with budget, maintenance and operation concerns. She is a co-Project Manager for two new Zero Energy Pre-K-Grade 8 schools in Baltimore City that opened Fall 2020 and LEED Platinum certified, Graceland Park-O’Donnell Heights ES/MS and Holabird Academy ES/MS.

Melissa Wilfong, AIA, LEED AP BD+C, ALEP | Grimm + Parker Architects
In her 24 years focusing on educational design, Melissa has advocated for sustainable solutions that inspire students and enhance educational opportunities. As a leader in the K-12 practice at Grimm + Parker, Melissa has facilitate projects throughout the region, bringing her vast experience to each project, challenging assumptions and insuring each project progress toward the most efficient and effective solutions. She has supported many clients through the development of new standards supporting modern educational methodologies and the most sustainable practices including multiple LEED and Net Zero firsts. Melissa has worked with City Schools from the inception of the 21st Century Schools plan, creating standards, developing the education specifications and planning and design of the two Net Zero schools.
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The Carbon Balance of the Built Environment
2021-11-18 08:30 - 09:30
Join the AIA Baltimore Committee on the Environment + Resiliency in examining the total carbon balance of the built environment
1.0 LU/HSW Available

Carbon in the built environment is a larger contributor to global emissions that affect the climate. All participants of the Paris Climate Agreement have to meet certain GHG reduction targets. Meeting these targets is a fundamental condition of the health and well being of humankind now and in the future.
For a long time building green meant to reduce the energy that a building needs to operate. With a focus on GHG emissions, this concern has shifted from energy to carbon emissions, for example by demanding that a building should be fully electrified even if it is very energy efficient.
The focus on carbon as the critical metric brought into focus all aspects of the built environment that are not operations. Looking at the total carbon balance of the built environment brings a lot of other aspects into view, that have been previously less discussed, including land use, site design, what happens after the lifecycle of the various elements that make up the built environment and “embodied carbon”. The latter term has recently become a hot topic in the sustainability discussion, for example at this year’s Green Build Conference.
This discussion will look at the total carbon balance of the built environment by looking at all major phases and components of carbon emissions and the fact that the lines between embodied and operational carbon are not always easy to understand. Much what winds up as embodied carbon in infrastructure, sites or buildings has gone through operational stages during production or transport or, at a minimum embodies operational energy from those stages.
The presentation includes these keywords: Total Carbon Footprint of Buildings, Life Cycle Assessment, Embodied Carbon, importance of embodied carbon vs operational carbon, what industries produce the most carbon, where in a building embodied carbon is most concentrated. It will also address the carbon footprint of land use and site design and the ability of land itself to be a carbon sink or a carbon emitter.
Participants will be able to:
1. Recognize all stages in design, construction, operation and de-construction which contribute GHG emissions
2. Distinguish between operational and embodied carbon
3. Identify which early land use and site design decisions influence embodied and operational carbon
4. Identify strategies to allow land to be a carbon sink instead of an emitter
5. Find and use tools to estimate embodied carbon and make early decisions that avoid high embodied carbon content
About the Presenter:
Klaus Philipsen, FAIA, ArchPlan, Inc.
Klaus Philipsen, FAIA, is president of ArchPlan Inc., an architecture and urban design firm in Baltimore specializing in community revitalization, adaptive re-use, historic preservation and transportation planning since 1992. He has been named a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects for using his profession to affect communities through advocacy.
Additionally, Philipsen is or has been engaged in the nonprofit sector such as a statewide growth management group which he helped found (1994-2016) an urban land trust for which he is president, a non-profit design center in Baltimore which he co-founded, as chair of the Urban Design Committee of both the local Chapter of the American Institute of Architects until 2017, (AIA) and the national Regional and Urban Design Committee of AIA (RUDC); He was for 10 years a member of a Borough Council in Stuttgart. He currently chairs the Housing Subcommittee of the Social Determinants of Health Task Force at UMB.
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Slave Streets, Free Streets: Early Baltimore On-Line
2021-12-10 13:00 - 13:30
Dr. Anne Sarah Rubin discusses her digital project “Slave Streets: Visualizing the Landscape of Early Baltimore.”
About this event
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.
The Baltimore Architecture Foundation (BAF) and Baltimore Heritage present the Virtual Histories Series: 30 minute live virtual tours and presentations focusing on Baltimore architecture, preservation and history. Hosted every Friday at 1:00 pm EST. This special program is hosted in partnership with the George Peabody Library.
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.
About this Presentation:
Anne Sarah Rubin discusses her digital project “Slave Streets: Visualizing the Landscape of Early Baltimore.” This website allows users to virtually stroll the streets of Baltimore circa 1815, while exploring the lives of free blacks and enslaved workers. She will also discuss the on-line games her students made about the Pratt Street Riots of 1861, suggesting some of the ways that modern technology can reconstruct the past in newly engaging ways.
Professor Rubin joined the UMBC History Department in Fall 2000. Her teaching and research focus on the American Civil War, the U.S. South, nineteenth-century America, and digital history. Through the Heart of Dixie: Sherman’s March and America, which explores the way Americans have remembered Sherman’s March, was published in 2014. Her first book, A Shattered Nation: The Rise and Fall of the Confederacy, 1861-1868, won the 2006 Avery O. Craven book prize for the best book in Civil War history. The book focuses on Confederate nationalism and identity. She has also worked extensively with electronic media and is co-author of a CD-ROM, The Valley of the Shadow: The Eve of War. This project won the first eLincoln Prize for the best digital project in American Civil War History and The James Harvey Robinson Prize which is awarded biennially for the teaching aid which has made the most outstanding contribution to the teaching and learning of history in any field for public or educational purposes.
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ESCALATING EXCELLENCE: A 5-part Framework for Quality Management
2022-01-27 08:00 - 17:00
1 LU Pending
A firm’s reputation is directly linked to the quality of its work. People are at the heart of engineering designs and have a lot to offer beyond the typical technical knowledge. The topic is concentrated on leading technical improvements to the design processes, providing participants a perspective on a framework they can immediately implement at their firm. It offers a focus on shattering dysfunctional and unproductive routines and seeks to cultivate opportunities to leverage the unique experiences, knowledge, and perspectives from each person on your team resulting in a higher quality deliverable that can reduce headaches and increase profits.
Learning Objectives:
• Describe the G.R.E.A.T. framework for implementing quality reviews of project deliverables.
• Recognize tactics and opportunities to leverage staff experiences in new and empowering ways.
• Explain the different team roles and responsibilities for successful oversight programs.
• Apply fundamental problem solving thoughts to convert ordinary experiences into valuable learning opportunties
About Our Speaker:
Brian Wagner, P.E. is an engineer who specializes in civil site design and plan implementation. In addition to a career spanning nearly two decades of civil engineering, he has experience in Emergency 911 Communications, law enforcement corrections, and fire/rescue services including K9 Search and Rescue. This different and diverse range of experiences has prepared Brian for his career, but also positioned him to be an excellent speaker with a wide range of valuable experiences. He strives to motivate others to change their world and wants to do the same for you and your organization.
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