Join the Baltimore Architecture Foundation for a classic Summer day, on a classic course, in your classic car!

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 3rd Annual Schamu Classic will tee-off the Summer Season with a four-man(or woman!) scramble followed by a classic car and cocktail reception, 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.

3rd Annual Schamu Classic

MONDAY, JUNE 18, 2012

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

Don’t golf but love cocktails and classic cars?

• $60 for cars and cocktails reception

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.  If you are interested in playing, an historic car buff, or just like to enjoy cocktails in support of a cause please contact BAF.

SPONSORSHIP

Become a sponsor for this year’s event. Sponsorships available include:

• Hole or Tee ($250)
• Flags ($1,000)

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

Event Info

April 28th, 2012 :: 7:30pm-12:00am

One East Lexington Street
Baltimore, Maryland 21202

We’ll have music by the Corner Quartet and Jason Willett of the True Vine Record Shop, dancing, hors d’oeuvres, beer, wine, a cocktail, as well as a silent auction.

Silent Auction items include:

We will honor organizations and individuals for their ongoing support of architecture in Baltimore with our annual awards.The University of Baltimore will receive the Golden Griffin Award for their work on the UB Law Center, retiring President of the Baltimore Development Corporation Mr. M. Jay Brodie will receive the Roger D. Redden Award, and Mr. Robert C. Embry, Jr. will receive a special 25 Year Award for his long commitment to architecture and development in Baltimore.

Tickets

Tickets are $75 per person and support the Baltimore Architecture Foundation, a 501(c)3 organization.

Tickets can be purchased using the link above or payable at the door by check or cash.

Parking:

Parking is available for just $4.00 

directly across Lexington Street

 Map and Directions:

CLICK HERE

FREE Tour of St. Wenceslaus and St. Ann designed by E. Francis Baldwin

Saturday April 21st, 1:00 p.m., 2012

Please join us on April 21st as we take a closer look at two churches by Baltimore architect E. Francis Baldwin. Designed more than forty years apart and spanning two separate partnerships, the churches represent very different styles and periods. The first church, St. Ann’s was designed in 1872 while Baldwin was in partnership with Bruce Price. Then in 1914 while in partnership with Josias Pennington, Baldwin built St. Wenceslaus for a growing Bohemian congregation. Both churches feature exceptional examples of  Mayer Studio stained glass. BAF Board Member and Historian Jim Wollon will join us to discuss the architectural histories of both churches. We will also be treated to a choral performance by the Baltimore Czech Choir.

Our first stop will be St. Wenceslaus in East Baltimore.  Founded in 1872 in a neighborhood of East Baltimore then known as Little Bohemia. The parish was created primarily to serve the Bohemian (Czech) community in Baltimore. Church services were originally held in both the English and Czech languages. The present church was built in 1914 by E. Francis Baldwin, and at that time the church had 7,000 Bohemian Catholic members. By 1920 the church was the fourth largest in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Baltimore. In recent years, the ethnic character of St. Wenceslaus parish has undergone a gradual change from a majority Czech parish to one that is multicultural and multiracial, first as many Poles and Lithuanians moved into the neighborhood, and then as the neighborhood shifted to having an African American majority.

Next we’ll head over to St. Ann’s on Greenmount Avenue. Built in1874, by Baldwin for Captain William Kennedy and his wife Mary Ann Jenkins. The Anchor out front is a reminder of Captain Kennedy’s vow to build the church after surviving a raging storm. Recent interior work, including new paint colors, were selected by the late Michael V. Murphy, FAIA.

Saint Ann Roman Catholic Church on Greenmount and 22nd Street was erected through the generosity of Captain William Kennedy, commander of one of the most famous Baltimore clipper ships, The Wanderer. Caught in a raging storm off the coast of Vera Cruz in 1833, Captain Kennedy vowed that if he and his crew returned safely to port, he would build a church as a testament of his gratitude to God. The anchor held. Upon returning to Baltimore, Captain Kennedy gave up his life at sea and gave up his brig. He did, however keep his anchor and chain. True to his promise in 1872, Captain Kennedy and his wife, Mary Ann Jenkins, secured property and funds for the church which was to be named for Saint Ann, the patron saint of sailors. The cornerstone was laid in 1873, the same year Captain Kennedy and Mrs. Kennedy died. Although neither of them lived to see the church completed, they are both buried under the main aisle of Saint Ann Church.

The Church was completed in 1874 and was later expanded to increase the seating capacity. Later a school and convent were also added. In 1925 the original anchor was restored and placed in a stone cradle beside the cornerstone where it remains today. The historic, cultural and architectural significance of this church is well documented in the church archives, and the Church of Saint Ann continues to be a neighborhood landmark. (History taken from St. Ann’s website. More here.)

Special thanks to Father Peter Lyons of St. Ann and St. Wenceslaus for inviting us into these exceptional spaces.

Map & Directions to St. Wesceslaus

Parking::
There is a large fenced in parking lot on the east side of the church. The parish will provide limited shuttle service over to St. Ann’s for the second part of our tour and will return tour goers to the parking lot at St. Wenceslaus afterwards. If you prefer to drive to St. Ann’s parking is limited to the surrounding streets. Map & Directions to St. Ann’s.

Reservations

Please RSVP to Tracey at baf@baltimorearchitecture.org

Hard Hat Tour of the Center for Built Environment and Infrastructure Studies at Morgan State University designed by Hord Coplan Macht in association with The Freelon Group

Saturday March 24th 10:00 a.m., COST $15

Don your hard hat and join us as we get an exclusive behind-the-scenes preview of the Center for Built Environment and Infrastructure, which is anticpating a LEED Gold Certification from the USGBC. The tour will be led by Project Manager Julie Wilson, AIA and by the Dean of Architecture and Planning, Dr. Mary Anne Akers. Also attending and ready to answer all your technical questions will be Project Principal Tom Spies, AIA LEED AP and Project Manager Jeff Kreshtool, AIA of Hord Coplan Macht.

The Center for the Built Environment and Infrastructure Studies (CBEIS) will be a 126,000 GSF shared facility for academic engineering and design programs at Morgan State University. The Center will house research and instructional programs for Civil Engineering, Transportation, Architecture, and Planning in a highly collaborative environment within and among these disciplines.

CBEIS is being designed as a gateway building on the northern edge of the Morgan State campus. It will also create a strong link with and relate to the existing campus. The building will interact with two very different environments: the urban context along Perring Parkway and the natural landscape of the Herring Run Watershed. CBEIS will be the link between these two environments.

Along with the site and the program, Morgan State has mandated that the new facility be at the forefront of sustainable design practices, utilizing high performance materials and systems, serving both as a demonstration and an incubator of responsible planning, design, engineering and cutting-edge technology. The minimum requirement for the CBEIS building is to achieve LEED Silver certification, however, LEED Gold or Platinum certification is being targeted as not only possible, but strongly probable.

Some of the specific features of CBEIS include:

• 34 Classrooms/Studios/Computer Labs
• 100 Offices
• 10 Group Study Rooms, Conference Rooms, Jury Roos
• 4 Labs
• Model Shop
• Atrium spaces with skylights
• Lounges
• Green Roof
• Loading/Service and 300 Parking spaces.

CBEIS was designed by Hord Coplan Macht in association with The Freelon Group, an architectural firm located in Durham, North Carolina which is currently designing the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture. The projected occupation date is Fall 2012. For more information please visit the Morgan CBEIS site here.

Reservations

Due to the construction, this tour is limited. Please RSVP. A limited number of hard hats will be available. If you have one, bring one!

Please RSVP to Tracey at baf@baltimorearchitecture.org

Cost

$15

(also payable by check or cash on day of tour)

Location

Clarence M. Mitchell, Jr. School of Engineering
Morgan State University
5299 Perring Parkway
Baltimore, MD 21214

Please park on the street and meet in front of The Clarence M. Mitchell Engineering Building at 10:00 a.m.

Map/Directions
Campus Map:: Mitchell Building #35 (top of map on Perring Parkway)

Please join the Baltimore Architecture Foundation for our
25th Anniversary Celebration

Saturday April 28, 2012

7:30pm to Midnight

One East Lexington Street
Baltimore, MD 21202
Map & Directions

Featuring Signature Cocktails, Oysters and Hors D’oeuvres, Silent Auction and Dancing!
The Annual Golden Griffin and Roger D. Redden Awards will be Presented

• Fortress of Finance: A History of the U.S. Treasury Building
• “Mr. Garrett’s Palace” : The Golden Age Elegance of Baltimore at the Garrett-Jacobs Mansion

The Latrobe Chapter of the Society of Architectural Historians proudly presents

“Fortress of Finance: A History of the U.S. Treasury Building”

Lecture by Pamela Scott, Architectural Historian

Thursday, February 9, 2012
6:30 P.M. – light refreshments
7:00 P.M. – lecture

The National Trust for Historic Preservation
1785 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
Washington, DC

The apparently “unified” exterior of the U.S. Treasury Building belies that it was created by five major Greek Revival architects and was built over four decades. Robert Mills won the 1836 competition and each of his successors-Thomas U. Walter, Ammi B. Young, Isaiah Rogers, and Alfred B. Mullett- changed the design of his predecessor. All of the architects faced similar problems to varying degrees: politically motivated congressional investigations; labor unrest; and timely delivery of materials. Each explored how emerging technologies could be applied to facilitate the rapid and orderly construction of the largest federal building of its time. At the same time, each architect expressed his individual interpretation of America’s foray into the revival of Greek architecture. Characteristic exterior and interior features associated with each of the architects and the draftsman J. Goldsborough Bruff will be clarified. Because the text of Fortress of Finance was cut by twenty percent, the lecture will also include a longer discussion of the construction of Mullett’s Cash Room than appears in the book.

Pamela Scott is currently an independent scholar. Ms. Scott recently completed a major history of the U.S. Treasury Building, 1798-2005 titled Fortress of Finance, published in June 2010.

The lecture takes place at The National Trust for Historic Preservation, 1785 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Washington, DC.

Cost

Reservations are not required.

$10.00 for Latrobe Chapter members
student members (full time) free with ID
$18.00 for non-members.

For general information, please see the Latrobe Chapter website at www.Latrobechaptersah.org, or contact:

Christine Henry
(202)-744-8123
christine.rae.henry@gmail.com

“Mr. Garrett’s Palace” : The Golden Age Elegance of Baltimore at the Garrett-Jacobs Mansion

Jim Garrison – John Russell Pope: Transcendent Classicist

February 12, 2012, 2:00 pm

Presented by The Garrett-Jacobs Mansion Endowment Fund in association with AIA Baltimore, Baltimore Architecture Foundation, Baltimore Heritage

The residential commissions of the Garrett, Frick, and Jacobs families were crucial to Pope’s career. Mr. Garrison will discuss Pope’s important houses, their immediate precedents, and how Pope’s clients and work in Baltimore were some of the most significant of his career. Mr. Garrison, AIA, is the author of Mastering Tradition: The Residential Architecture of John Russell Pope.

Cost

$20 per person-discounts for Friends of the Mansion, AIA credit

Send checks or credit card information to:

GJMEF
11 W. Mt. Vernon Place
Baltimore, MD 21201

Questions?

Please contact:

Dale Whitehead, Executive Director
The Engineers Club of Baltimore
Phone: 410-539-6914, Ext. 106
dale@esb.org

Prior to the presentation, we invite you to enjoy an elegant Champagne Brunch at the Mansion – $35 per person all-inclusive

Reservations are required, along with advance payment by check by phone or credit card. Make reservations for no later than 12:30 p.m. to provide ample time prior to performance.

The Garrett-Jacobs Mansion, a registered National Historic Landmark and one of the nation’s most exquisite homes, offers the perfect venue to discuss the opulence of Baltimore’s Golden Age. In the nineteenth century, the New York Times referred to the Mansion as “Mr. Garrett’s Palace.”

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

Construction Tour of the Park Plaza, Mount Vernon

Saturday, December 17th at 10:00am

Park Plaza Building
800 N. Charles Street
Baltimore, MD 21201

Map and Directions

Join us for a in-depth look at the Park Plaza professional building in Mount Vernon. Burned in a five alarm fire last December, the former residence of Baltimore Sun founder, Arunah S. Abell has a rich architectural history. Originally constructed in 1842 and added on to many times, the building has served as residence, private club, disco, professional office and retail. You can read more on the building’s history via this article by Edward Gunts at the Baltimore Sun.

Post-fire, much of the original form has been revealed. We’ll take a look at the architectural evidence the fire revealed and get a sense of what it’s newest form will comprise. Paul Littman of Southway Builders and Tom Liebel, FAIA of Marks, Thomas Architects will lead us through the building and offer insight into the challenges of restoring this architecturally significant fire damaged building.

Dress for the elements, we are touring a construction phase project, closed toe shoes and comfortable dress suggested. 

Cost

Please pay in advance via PayPal buttons below. A confirmation email will be sent.

Members :: $10

Non-Members :: $15

If you wish to pay in person via check please confirm via email: baf@baltimorearchitecture.org 

Before Tour at the End of the Pier

Sunday, November 20th, 11:00am

Please join us for a BEFORE tour of a soon to be re-imagined home at the end of the South Pier. The team of Rohrer Studio and Ilex Construction will share their vision for this nearly 5,000sf home with exceptional views of the harbor.

Cost

$10 members
$15 Non-members

Please RSVP to director@baltimorearchitecture.org

Exact address of home will be emailed when you RSVP

Parking available on street along Key Highway

Tour of Union Mill –SOLD OUT!

November 5th, 2011 at 10:00am
$10 for Members, $15 for Non-members

Location
1500 Union Avenue | Baltimore MD, 21211

SOLD OUT!

Map & Directions

Please join us for a look at the newly restored Union Mill. You’ve been admiring it’s transformation every time you drive down the JFX, now come and get a close up look at it’s conversion from industrial to residential.

Erected in 1866, Union Mill was once the largest producer of cotton duck in the world, and represents a significant era in Baltimore’s industrial history. After decades of reincarnations and neglect, the beautiful Italianate style building has been historically redeveloped under the latest green design and building methods. Transformed into elegant, affordable living and commercial space, this innovative project provides a vibrant, supportive environment where our educators and nonprofits can collaborate and thrive.

Evan Morville of Seawall Development will lead us on this tour of the newly opened residences and about-to-open 25,000 square feet of commercial spaces geared towards the non-profit community .

Park in the lot off of Union Avenue – follow the signs for the “Residence”.