Mark your calendars for Saturday, April 28th, 2012

Where: One East Lexington Street (the original home of the AIA)

Please join us as we celebrate our 25th year in a building significant for it’s architecture as well as it’s history. Originally the Central Savings Bank, it was once home to many Baltimore architects and the original home of the Baltimore Chapter of the AIA. There will be a silent auction, music and dancing, OYSTERS!, and a special 25th Anniversary award, as well as our Golden Griffin and Roger D. Redden awards.

Tickets information available soon. 

Sponsorships and auction opportunities are available please email Tracey at baf@baltimorearchitecture.org

Wrenn, Lewis, & Jencks: A Watercolor Exhibit

Sponsored by the Baltimore Architecture Foundation and curated by Lindsay Wong, Roland Park Country School.

Opening Reception

Thursday June 23rd, 2011 :: 5:00pm – 7:00pm

AIA Baltimore Gallery
11 1/2 W. Chase Street
Baltimore, MD 21201
FREE and Open to the Public

Exhibit features watercolors, sketches and blueprints of the firm Wrenn, Lewis and Jencks from the archives the Baltimore Architecture Foundation (BAF). Active from 1927 until 1978, Wrenn, Lewis and Jencks Architects designed many significant buildings in Baltimore and throughout Maryland. They began as residential architects in Roland Park, Guilford and Homewood, but their successful design for the Faculty Club (now the Hopkins Club) at Johns Hopkins University led them to expand their practice to include commercial buildings as well. Their work included several jobs for the Baltimore Museum of Art as well as the Maryland State House Office Building in Annapolis.

They did not work in a particular style, rather their buildings tended to reference their neighborhoods always with a nod toward Classical detailing. The firm began as Lewis & Westenhaver Architects in the early 1920’s but soon became Wrenn, Lewis, Westenhaver and Jencks until Herbert J. Westenhaver left the firm in 1929.

Thursday, May 26, 2011 :: 6:30 PM

Tom Holdsworth Photography

City Arts Apartments
440 East Oliver Street
Baltimore, MD 21202

The event is free to members, wine and hors d’oeuvres will be served. This will be a chance to mingle with fellow members and meet our newest board members. Additionally, we will be bestowing our annual Golden Griffin and Roger D. Redden Awards. The organization’s annual awards for achievement in the field of architecture will be presented to Jubilee Baltimore and Elizabeth Evitts Dickinson.

The event will take place in Station North at the City Arts Apartments Gallery Space. 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

GROUNDHOG DAY 2011

Saturday, February 5th, 2011 :: 7:30 PM – late

The Maryland Club
1 East Eager Street
Baltimore, MD 21202

INFO

Please join the Baltimore Architecture Foundation for our annual Groundhog Day Fundraiser. After roughing it for many years in some of Baltimore’s best industrial spaces we had such a positive response from everyone who enjoyed the fireplaces, heated rooms, comfortable chairs, and working bathrooms of The Maryland Club, we’ll be going back again this year! The Swingin’ Swamis, plentiful food and drink, carnival games, and auction items will once again be offered amongst the architectural finery of the Club’s parlors.

The Club was designed by the prominent Baltimore firm of Baldwin and Pennington in the Romanesque Revival style in 1891. The Maryland Club features Beaver Dam marble on the exterior while the interiors are a rich interplay of oak, marble, ornate plaster, and faux finishes characteristic of high Victorian tastes of the time. The building today, after it’s 1995 fire, has been restored to its original grandeur and is an architectural time capsule of 19th century Baltimore.

Parking is on site in the Maryland Club lot. Guests can access the lot on the 900 block of N. Charles Street. There is a gatehouse just past Kumari on the right side of the street. Click here for a map showing parking lot and entrance.

Join us for Baltimore’s best Groundhog Day Party!

Tickets may be purchased at the door on the evening of the Party or via Paypal (beginning January 1st).

THEME

Light and Shadow

black/white cocktail attire is encouraged

COST

$50 :: Members
$60 :: Non-Members

CONTACT & RSVP

groundhog@baltimorearchitecture.org or leave a voicemail at 410-539-7772

A sampling of Groundhog Days Past

Bing Thom at Morgan State University

Monday, November 15, 2010 :: 6:00 – 8:00 PM

Student Center Theater, Morgan State University
1700 East Cold Spring Lane
Baltimore, MD 21251
Map|Directions

Access Student Center via the pedestrian bridge connected to the third level of the parking garage.

On Monday evening, Morgan State University will be hosting a lecture by the renowned Vancouver architect Bing Thom.  Mr. Thom has recently completed the addition to the Arena Stage in southwest Washington, D.C.  Recently, 2009 BAF Lewis Lecturer, Witold Rybczynski wrote of the project for Slate calling it “…an audacious building that breathes fresh air into the nation’s capital.”  Don’t miss this chance to hear about the work of a terrific architect.

Bing Thom (CM, MArch, MAIBC, FRAIC, AIA) is the Founding Principal of Bing Thom Architects (BTA) . His distinguished career has been recognized with Canada’s highest honor, the Order of Canada, for his contribution to architecture. He has also been awarded the Golden Jubilee Medal for services to his country, and most recently, was privileged to be the recipient of an Honorary Degree of Laws bestowed from Simon Fraser University and the University of British Columbia, for major commitment to architecture and community.

Since 1980, Bing Thom Architects (BTA) has been collaborating with and advising cultural institutions, corporations, universities, governments, developers and communities around the world to help them successfully achieve their building aspirations. (source: www.bingthomarchitects.com)



This is a reminder that the 2010 Robert E. Lewis Memorial Lecture will be delivered this Thursday evening at 6:30 PM by Philip G. Freelon, FAIA on the campus of Morgan State University. The event is free and open to the public and promises to be an interesting discussion of the work of Mr. Freelon and his colleagues, as well as delving into current trends in museum design. We hope to see you there.

The (FREE!) 2010 Robert E. Lewis Memorial Lecture
Philip Freelon, FAIA

Thursday October 14th, 2010 :: 6:30 PM

Student Center Theater, Morgan State University
1700 East Cold Spring Lane
Baltimore, MD 21251

View 2010 Lewis Lecture Venue in a larger map

Philip Freelon, FAIA is Principal of the Freelon Group, and part of the group (Freelon Bond Adjaye) selected to design the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of African American History and Culture.

The Robert E. Lewis Memorial Lecture is sponsored by the Baltimore Architecture Foundation through a gift from the family of architect Robert E. Lewis. This Free Fall Baltimore program is funded in part by a grant from Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake and the Baltimore Office of Promotion & The Arts.

More information about the 2010 Lewis Lecture can be found here.

The (FREE!) 2010 Robert E. Lewis Memorial Lecture
Philip Freelon, FAIA

Thursday October 14th, 2010 :: 6:30 PM

Student Center Theater, Morgan State University
1700 East Cold Spring Lane
Baltimore, MD 21251

View 2010 Lewis Lecture Venue in a larger map, and to obtain directions.

Philip Freelon, FAIA is Principal of the Freelon Group, and part of the group (Freelon Bond Adjaye) selected to design the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of African American History and Culture.

More information about the 2010 Lewis Lecture here.

DoMa Gallery & House Tour

Saturday October 23, 2010 :: 2:00 PM

Please join us on October 23rd at 2:00pm for an exclusive tour of the gallery & home of art collectors Stanley Mazaroff and Nancy Dorman.  Barbara Wilks, FAIA, ASLA in 2004, won an AIA National Honor Award for the design of this striking combination of a near-ruined barn and modern steel and glass interventions.  Recently, the couple commissioned well-known Baltimore architect, and acknowledged giant of Baltimore Modernism, Charles Brickbauer, AIA to design an addition to the main home on the same property.  We will be touring both buildings and enjoying refreshment while the projects are discussed with members of the design team.  We are grateful to our hosts for allowing us to see this great collection of art and architecture.

Cost

The tour is a members-only event, so become a member to participate in this unique event.

• $50 [BAF Members only]
• $85 [To join the Foundation & The Tour]

Please RSVP soon, space is limited.

More Information

Click here for more information

2010 Halloween Party to benefit
The Baltimore Architecture Foundation

Saturday, October 30, 2010 :: 8:00 – The Witching Hour

Housewerks
1415 Bayard Street
Baltimore, MD 21230
Map|Directions

Tickets

• $20/person in advance
• $25/person at the door

Ticket price includes Beer, Wine & Treats

There will be various entertainments throughout the evening, with lots of surprises.

Costumes Encouraged, Creativity Expected.

You are part of the show.

Parking

Plentiful and Free

More information

Click here for more information & to purchase tickets

The Roland Park Company Papers

Sunday, July 25th, 2:00pm

The Libraries Service Center
JHU Applied Physics Laboratory
Laurel, MD

Cost

$10 – members
$25 – non-members

Housed at Cornell University since 1968, the Roland Park Company Papers have returned to Maryland and we are invited to an exclusive first look with JHU Special Collections Librarian  Cynthia Requardt.

A treasure trove of information on the Roland Park Company, developers of Roland Park, Guilford, Homeland, and Northwood await our viewing. Every aspect of neighborhood development has been documented and saved within this collection – letters, plans, drawings (more than 2,000!), four volumes of photographs, marketing materials, plat and plot maps, and ledgers. So much information is included that it will take several semesters before the entire collection is even cataloged. Currently, it is being accessioned and housed at the Libraries Service Center on the JHU Applied Physics Lab campus in Laurel.

This is a unique opportunity to see an important piece of Baltimore history before it is fully available for researchers. Spaces are limited.

Online Registration is now closed. Please email baf@baltimorearchitecture.org if you are interested – we might be able to fit one more!

Directions

• I-95 to MD Rt. 32 West
• West on Rt. 32 to the Cedar Lane/Saner Road exit
• Left on Saner Road
• Follow Saner Road for about a mile to the driveway at the north end of the campus

Campus Map - click to enlarge

First, we celebrate the 30th Anniversary of Harborplace with a presentation and walking tour.

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.

Presentation & Walking Tour

SATURDAY, JULY 3, 2010 :: 10:00 AM

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

No registration necessary

On Monday July 5th we’ll celebrate another anniversary — The 175th Anniversary of The Thomas Viaduct.

The event is being held by the Friends of Patapsco Valley & Heritage Greenway

Join us from 11:00am -2:00pm at the Patapsco Valley State Park for an afternoon of events including music by Daniels Community Band, Irishman’s Chorale and Sam “Mule-Man” Miller

Telegraphers in costume, Civil War re-enactors (with cannon!), mounted park rangers, model trains, games and activities for the kids and refreshments and vendors.

175th Anniversary of The Thomas Viaduct

Monday, July 5th :: 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM

Patapsco Valley State Park : Avalon Area
5120 South Street
Halethorpe, MD 21227

FREE ADMISSION – THE PROCEDURE

*Patapsco Valley State Park charges fees of $2 per person (state resident) and $3 per person (out of state)  to enter the park itself …unless you tell the attendant that you were “invited by FPVHG”. (Friends of Patapsco Valley & Heritage Greenway) If you do the entrance fee will be waived!

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.