Oct 3rd, 2008 by newsletter
1,500 sq ft of studio loft space in Baltimore’s historic Mt. Vernon neighborhood - available as of Nov. 1, 2008; suitable for architects, designers, graphic designers, etc. $10 psf. Contact: Sandy Mills, smills@smgarch.com.
Sep 5th, 2008 by newsletter
The public is invited hear “At the Museum: Exhibition Houses from Breuer to Digital Fabrication” by Barry Bergdoll, architecture curator at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA; New York, NY), at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, October 23, at the Baltimore Museum of Art. The lecture is sponsored by the Baltimore Architecture Foundation (BAF) and provides 1 AIA/CES unit for architects.
The lecture is free, but space is limited and will be available first-come, first-served the night of the event.
This event is the BAF’s 2008 Lewis Memorial Lecture and is part of the BAF’s celebration of Architecture Week, which is sponsored by the American Institute of Architects/Baltimore. It is also part of Baltimore City’s “Free Fall” event.
Bergdoll joined MoMA in January 2007 as the Philip Johnson Chief Curator of Architecture and Design. He was formerly chair of the Department of Art History at Columbia University, where he taught 19th- and 20th-century architectural history since 1985. He has organized, curated and consulted on many exhibitions, including “Mies in Berlin” at MoMA (2001) with Terence Riley; “Breuer in Minnesota” at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts (2002); “Les Vaudoyer: Une Dynastie d’Architectes” at the Musée d’Orsay, Paris (1991); and “Ste. Geneviève/ Pantheon; Symbol of Revolutions” at the Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montreal (1989).
Among the books that Bergdoll has written or contributed to are: Mies in Berlin (2001); Karl Friedrich Schinkel: An Architecture for Prussia (1994); and European Architecture 1750–1890 (2000), in the Oxford History of Art series. Bergdoll also edited Fragments: Architecture and the Unfinished, published by Thames and Hudson (London, 2006).
Bergdoll has also written on architecture for publications such as Architecture, the Architectural Record, Progressive Architecture, the Yale Architecture Journal, Casabella, Harvard Design magazine, the New York Times, Artforum, House and Garden, Beaux-Arts magazine (Paris), the Burlington Magazine (London), and the Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians.
The BAF is the center for Baltimoreans who care about architecture. For information about membership and other upcoming events, call 410-539-7772 or go to www.baltimorearchitecture.org.
The Baltimore Architecture Foundation (BAF) will present an eight-week series of free forums on a variety of architecture and preservation topics and issues, every Wednesday at noon from October 1 through November 19. Sessions will focus on revitalizing Baltimore’s midtown, responding to foreclosures and homelessness, development and home-sales trends, and more.
Topics and speakers include:
“Foreclosures and How They Affect Baltimore Families,” Lisa Evans, deputy director, St. Ambrose Housing Aid Center
“Historic Commission Issues and Initiatives—Landmarking Major Structures,” Tyler Gearhart, chair, Baltimore City Commission on Historical and Architectural Preservation
“Home Sales in the Baltimore Region—It’s Not as Bad as You Think (or Is It?),” Jody Landers, executive vice president, Greater Baltimore Board of Realtors
“EDBI Progress Report,” Chris Shea, chief real estate officer, East Baltimore Development, Inc.
“Goal: Ending Homelessness,” Kevin Lindamood, vice president for External Affairs, Health Care for the Homeless
“Using Tax Credits to Revitalize Midtown,” Charlie Duff, president, Jubilee Baltimore, Inc.
“New Director for Center Stage—Does This Mean New Directions?,” Debbi Chinn, managing director, Center Stage
“New Arena, Old Location!,” Kimberley A. Clark, executive vice president, Baltimore Development Corporation
The BAF’s 2008 Fall Forum Series will be held from noon to 1 p.m. on Wednesdays at the Johns Hopkins University’s Downtown Center (10 N. Charles Street). Each forum will feature a speaker making a 30-minute presentation, followed by a question-and-answer session. The general public is invited to bring lunch and engage in conversation with the speakers and other audience members at these lively sessions. To attend, simply come to the center; no reservations are needed.
For more information about the Baltimore Architecture Foundation and its programs, go to www.baltimorearchitecture.org. To join the foundation, call 410-539-7772 or see the BAF website.
2008 Fall Lunch Forum
New Arena, Old Location!
Kimberley A. Clark, executive vice president, Baltimore Development Corporation
Wednesday, November 19
Noon
JHU Downtown Center