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”.

Hard Hat Tour of the Soon-to-Open Four Seasons Hotel

Thursday October 13th, 11:00am and 12:00pm, Cost $25 Members Only

Don your hard hat and join us as we get an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at Baltimore’s newest hotel, The Four Seasons.

Designed by the architecture team of BH&C (Beatty, Harvey & Coco) of New York and Baltimore and Hill Glazier Architects of Palo Alto, California, featuring floor to ceiling glass curtain walls that allow the harbor views to permeate the interior. The interior design by Brayton & Hughes Design Studio, San Francisco uses dark american walnut, marble, and glass throughout and is highlighted by purchased and commissioned pieces by Washington Color School and other contemporary artists.

In addition to getting a look at some of the luxuriously appointed suites and rooms, we’ll peek at the soon to open restaurants led by famed restaurateur Michael Mina and take in the exceptional views of our harbor. We’ll also visit the 10,000 square foot spa and the two pools including a year-round heated pool with an infinity edge that virtually spills into the harbor and a wide sunny terrace.

Due to the construction, this tour is limited to 5 people for each session.
Please RSVP to Tracey at baf@baltimorearchitecture.org and indicate which time you prefer: 11:00am or 12:00pm.

Hard hat will be provided. Parking is available in the garage under the Four Seasons.

Cost: $25 (Members Only)
RSVP: baf@baltimorearchitecture.org

Location
200 International Drive
Baltimore, MD 21202

Tour of First and Franklin Presbyterian Church and Rectory

December 5th, 2010 :: 2:00pm

First & Franklin Presbyterian Church
210 West Madison Street
Baltimore, MD 21201
Map|Directions

Please join us on December 5th for a FREE tour led by The Honorable James F. Schneider, long time First and Franklin Street parishioner and Baltimore historian. We’ll take a look at the recently completed interior restoration, and tour the adjacent Rectory building.

Designed in the Gothic Revival style by Norris G. Starkweather, of Philadelphia, the cost of construction was $150,000 in 1859 with an additional $33,000 for the steeple in 1874.

First and Franklin Presbyterian Church is Baltimore’s oldest Presbyterian congregation, dating to 1761. First Presbyterian evolved from it first simple log building, to a magnificent neoclassical style church known as the “Two Steeple Church” at Fayette and Guilford, completed in 1795, to its current High Gothic style church in what was then the “center of fashion”, where many church members lived. Ground for the current building was broken 1854, and the church was dedicated in 1859.

This tour is FREE to members of The BAF.

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

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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

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

Morgan Park Presentation & Tour

Saturday March 13th, 10:00am

Student Center Theatre in the Morgan State Student Center
1700 East Cold Spring Lane
Baltimore, MD
Campus Map | Directions (use the University Parking Garage, accessed via Morgan State Campus Rd)

Due to all the snow in February, our celebration of Black History Month will now be in March!

Join the Baltimore Architecture Foundation as we tour the Morgan Park neighborhood with Prof. Dale Glenwood Green, Associate AIA, NTHP, LEED AP of Morgan State University School of Architecture and Planning.

Morgan Park is significant for its concentration of more than 145 historic detached residential dwellings, including the Morgan State University Presidents House, Dr. Carl J. Murphy residence which was frequented by Robert Kennedy, and the primary residence owned and occupied by Dr. W.E.B DuBois and his family; now a Baltimore City Landmark.

Developed in 1917, during the time of Jim Crow, Morgan Park provided housing for the faculty of then, Morgan College, now Morgan State University and other African-Americans who were legally barred by covenant from neighboring communities.

Today, it is a uniquely unknown neighborhood that warrants local, state and national recognition as it remains the only African-American neighborhood developed from the faculty of a historically black college or university (HBCU) that is still intact and thriving. Professor Green and his students have been researching and documenting the neighborhood’s history. Please join us for a brief presentation in the Student Center followed by 45 minute walking tour through Morgan Park.

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Cost

Free for Members/$10 Non-Members

RSVP

baf@baltimorearchitecture.org or (410) 539-7772