To commemorate the role Baltimore’s Inner Harbor area and Harborplace played in shaping the history of modern-day Baltimore, Urban Planner and Journalist, Martin Millspaugh, along with the Baltimore Architecture Foundation will offer a free, narrated presentation relating to the documentary, Global Harbors: A Waterfront Renaissance. Mr. Millspaugh’s presentation will be introduced by author and authority on Baltimore architecture and development, Charles B. Duff. A free, guided walking tour of the harbor area, hosted by Mr. Duff, will follow the presentation. The walking tour will showcase the history and future of this outstanding example of urban renewal.

Mr. Duff, author of the Midtown Community Plan has been central in facilitating the revival of Baltimore’s four central neighborhoods.

Mr. Millspaugh was a member of the City’s original Inner Harbor planning committee responsible, along with Developer James Rouse, for bringing the concept of Harborplace to fruition.

Since opening in July 1980, Harborplace has played a major role in the renaissance of Baltimore City. Thirty years later, Harborplace is still a vibrant and vital part of the downtown business and tourist district.

GLOBAL HARBORS: A WATERFRONT RENAISSANCE
WALKING TOUR AND NARRATED PRESENTATION

Saturday, July 3, 2010 :: 10:00 AM

Renaissance Harborplace Hotel
5th Floor, Watertable Ballroom
202 E. Pratt Street
Baltimore, Maryland 21202

No registration necessary

Click here for a downloadable press release [requires Adobe Acrobat Reader]

Harborplace & The Gallery is owned and/or managed by General Growth Properties, Inc. GGP currently has ownership interest in, or management responsibility for more than 200 regional shopping malls in 43 states, as well as ownership in planned community developments and commercial office buildings. The company’s portfolio totals approximately 200 million square feet of retail space and includes over 24,000 retail stores nationwide. The company is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol GGP. For more information, please visit the company web site at http://www.ggp.com.

Join us Monday, June 21st for the 1st Annual Schamu Classic, and on Saturday, June 26th for City Sand 2010: Remember the 80′s.

1st Annual Schamu Classic

Monday, June 21, 2010 :: 11:30 AM – Evening

Elkridge Club
6100 N. Charles Street
Baltimore, MD 21212
Map & Directions

Lead Sponsors

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City Sand 2010

City Sand 2010: Remembering the 80′s — FREE!

Saturday, June 26 :: 12:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Harborplace
between the Pratt and Light Street pavilions

Tuesday, May 18, 2010 :: 6:30 PM

The Offices of DLA Piper
6225 Smith Avenue
Baltimore, MD 21209
Map & Directions

At the Baltimore Architecture Foundation’s Annual Meeting, the organization’s annual awards for achievement in the field of architecture will be presented. The Golden Griffin Award, honoring the achievement of an organization, will be presented to Gutierrez Studios. The Roger D. Redden Award, for individual achievement, will be presented to James T. Wollon, Jr.

Although renowned Baltimore metalwork artisan John Gutierrez died in April 2010, he left behind a legacy of magnificently designed and meticulously crafted metal sculptures and accoutrements, as well his business, Gutierrez Studios, at 2010 Clipper Park Road. The Baltimore Architecture Foundation honors his memory by presenting the Golden Griffin Award, an award recognizing a company’s contribution to the architecture of Baltimore, to the Gutierrez Studios. Gutierrez’s work is found in Baltimore at the Pope John Paul II Prayer Garden, Sinai Hospital, Johns Hopkins Hospital, throughout Clipper Mill, and at Woodberry Kitchen. In Washington, DC his work may be seen at the Holly Hunt Showroom, Museum of the American Indian, Jefferson Memorial, and the Freer Gallery.. The award will be accepted on behalf of Gutierrez Studios by Roya Golpira. Gutierrez, a Baltimore Architecture Foundation Board member, was a vital presence in the Baltimore arts community. His metalworking studio at Clipper Mill was a magnet for other artists; his hospitality was as legendary as his artistry.

Architectural Historian James T. Wollon, Jr. A.I.A., who has worked in the field of historic preservation since opening his own office in 1972, and is an avid chronicler of the history of architecture of the Baltimore region, will be awarded the Roger D. Redden Award for individual achievement in promoting architecture. Although he retired from active practice in 2008 Wollon continues to research the provenance of buildings across the region from his farm in Harford County, where he is the fifth generation of his family to own the land. Wollon founded the Baltimore Architecture Foundation’s “Dead Architects Society,” a reference collection (both print and on-line) of the work of Maryland’s 19th Century architects. Wollon has contributed countless hours to building these archives and generously helping scores of amateur architectural historians unearth information about a building’s history.

The event will take place in DLA Piper’s office on the Mount Washington campus, a magnificent space designed by noted Baltimore modernist architect Charles Brickbauer. Baltimore Architecture Foundation members, friends and family of both honorees are invited to attend.

CONTACT:

Tracey Clark
Phone (410) 539-7772
Email baf@baltimorearchitecture.org

Wednesday May 5, 2010 at Noon

James D. Dilts, architectural and railroad historian, discusses the engineering and construction of the B&O Railroad’s 1835 bridge at Relay, MD, its role in history, its meaning today, and the celebration plans for this National Historic Landmark.

The Thomas Viaduct was designed by the young Benjamin Henry Latrobe II, son of America’s first architect. Named for the B&O’s president Philip Thomas, the 704-foot stone arched bridge still carries CSX train traffic between Washington and Baltimore. It crosses the Patapsco River at Relay.

As always, the Baltimore Architecture Foundation’s free noontime Forum is held at the Johns Hopkins Downtown Center, Charles and Fayette Streets. Bring a lunch.

JHU Downtown Center
10 North Charles St
Baltimore, MD 21202
Map & Directions

Wednesday April 28, 2010 at Noon

Antero Pietila, retired Baltimore Sun editorial writer, discusses what he learned from his long career writing for the Baltimore Sun and how he saw a need to address and create rhetoric focusing on this historically problematic American city. Not in My Neighborhood explains why Baltimore is still suffering the aftereffects of long-term racial segregation and bigotry on both a city and federal level.  Mr. Pietila’s book surveys major players in the complex mix of local housing and public policy setting and offers new insights concerning personal relationships of these key actors.

As always, the Baltimore Architecture Foundation’s free noontime Forum is held at the Johns Hopkins Downtown Center, Charles and Fayette Streets. Bring a lunch.

JHU Downtown Center
10 North Charles St
Baltimore, MD 21202
Map & Directions

Wednesday April 21, 2010 at Noon

Laurie Feinberg, chief of Comprehensive Planning for the Baltimore City Planning Department, discusses the mammoth and long-awaited rewrite of the City’s zoning code, and the timetable for release of the draft of the new form-based code.

The Planning Department has made documents available for public review here, including examples of form-based code and directions for drafting the revised zoning code.

As always, the Baltimore Architecture Foundation’s free noontime Forum is held at the Johns Hopkins Downtown Center, Charles and Fayette Streets. Bring a lunch.

JHU Downtown Center
10 North Charles St
Baltimore, MD 21202
Map & Directions

BAF “Space Invaders” House Tour

Sunday, April 25th, 2010 @ 2:00 PM

The Grace Turnbull House
223 Chancery Rd
Baltimore, MD 21218
Map & Directions

Grace Turnbull, the renowned 20th century artist and Baltimore native commissioned her brother, Bayard Turnbull to design a house and studio for her in Baltimore’s Guilford neighborhood.  The house, built in 1927, was designed in the Mediterranean Revival style and features an elegant studio where Turnbull created the sculptural work that she had turned to at that point in her career. At the time of its completion, the site was in rural Waverly, before the development of Guilford by the Roland Park Co.  Turnbull adorned the property with her work, including four massive sculptures, hewn from tree trunks, that are located on the corners of the house.

Turnbull continued to sculpt well into her late 80s and finally put down the chisel at age 90.  She created a number of works still on display to the public of Baltimore.  She is the sculptor of Naiad, which is located in the fountain at the center of the East Park of Mt. Vernon Place.  Turnbull also created the sculpture memorializing the Baltimore poet Lizette Woodward Reese, which is located on the grounds of the former Eastern High School at 33rd Street.  To read more about Turnbull and her work, please read Maryland Art Source’s biographical profile.  Tom Chalkley wrote another fun piece about Grace Turnbull and her work for the City Paper in 2000, which you can read here.

The Baltimore Architecture Foundation is pleased to announce that the current owners have graciously agreed to allow us to tour the house on Sunday, April 25th with a limited number of Foundation members.  Don’t miss this unique opportunity to see a terrific work of architecture created by the brother and sister team of Bayard and Grace Turnbull.

Cost

$15, Members only – Limited spaces for the tour… act fast!

Contact

Tracey Clark
(410) 539-7772
baf@baltimorearchitecture.org

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Wednesday April 14, 2010 at Noon

Roger Lewis, professor at the University of Maryland’s School of Architecture, practicing architect, author of a standard textbook on the practice of architecture, and Washington Post columnist, discusses the myriad design challenges faced by the aging town center of Columbia at this week’s Forum.

As always, the Baltimore Architecture Foundation’s free noontime Forum is held at the Johns Hopkins Downtown Center, Charles and Fayette Streets. Bring a lunch.

JHU Downtown Center
10 North Charles St
Baltimore, MD 21202
Map & Directions

Dust off your mashie, buff your niblick, and iron your plus-fours! Then wax the old Maxwell, Jaguar or Fiat and join us on the sylvan tees, fairways, and greens of the Elkridge Club  for the first day of Summer. A classic golf outing, car rally and good time in support of The Baltimore Architecture Foundation.

The 1^st Annual Schamu Classic will tee-off the Summer Season with a four-man scramble and classic car  and cocktail reception, with dinner afterward at The Elkridge Club to benefit the Baltimore Architecture Foundation. You don’t need a classic car to attend, but if you do or know someone who does, this is a chance to shine on the 18th fairway.

1st Annual Schamu Classic

Monday, June 21, 2010

Elkridge Club
6100 N. Charles Street
Baltimore, MD 21212
Map & Directions

Schedule of Events:

• 11:30 Range Opens and Buffet Lunch is Served
• 1:00 Tee-off
• 5:00 Cocktails and awards among the classics on the 18^th Fairway (weather permitting)
• 6:00 Buffet dinner among the cars

Contribution:

• $250 per golfer, all-inclusive
• $1,000 per four-person team
• $50 for cocktails & dinner only

Contribution includes lunch, 18 holes of golf, cart, cocktails and hors d’oeuvres dinner, and a chance to win awards and prizes.  Golf attire is required: Collared shirts, no steel spikes. Online registration for golf is closed.  If you are interested in playing, please contact BAF.  Online registration is still open for tickets to the cocktail and dinner reception on the 18th green among the classic cars.

Cocktails & Dinner $50.00

SPONSORS

Hole Sponsors

The Baltimore Trophy House
Century Engineering
David Buckley Construction
Delbert Adams Construction Group
Flux Studio
Friskey Communications
Housewerks
ILEX Construction & Woodworking
The Jones Family
Lewis Contractors
Marren Architects
Miles & Stockbridge P.C.
Mr. Thomas Mink
Phillips Way, Inc.
SMG Architects

4 of the 18 hole sponsorships remain available. The Baltimore Architecture Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. A portion of the contribution is tax-deductible.

MORE INFORMATION

Contact Tracey Clark (410) 539-7772 | baf@baltimorearchitecture.org