Baltimore Architecture Foundation

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

The Robert E. Lewis Memorial Lecture

The Baltimore Architecture Foundation has sponsored an annual lecture for most of its history. The Robert E. Lewis Memorial Lecture brings an expert in the field of Architecture to our city for an evening of discussion about the built environment, be it focused on the work of an individual practitioner or an overarching topic.

The 2011 Robert E. Lewis Memorial Lecture

Laurie D. Olin, RLA, FASLA :: “Civic Delight: Landscape, Cities and People”

October 27th, 2011 :: 6:30pm – 7:30pm

The Walters Art Museum
600 N Charles Street
Baltimore, Maryland 21201

FREE and Open to the Public

We have had substantial interest in this event, with over 200 people preregistered already. Please RSVP to director@baltimorearchitecture.org in order to guarantee a seat for the lecture.

Wine and Cheese Reception to follow. Reception co-sponsored by the Mount Vernon Place Conservancy and The Walters Art Museum.

Laurie D. Olin, internationally-recognized landscape architect and founder of The Olin Studio in Philadelphia will discuss his firm’s design philosophy touching on some of their work in Baltimore such as Pratt Street and Mount Vernon Place. Wine and cheese reception to follow. *Reception co-sponsored by the Mount Vernon Place Conservancy and The Walters Art Museum.

Laurie is a distinguished teacher, author, and one of the most renowned landscape architects practicing today. Laurie studied civil engineering at the University of Alaska and pursued architecture at the University of Washington, where Richard Haag encouraged him to focus on landscape. He has guided, from vision to realization, many of OLIN’s signature projects, which span the history of the studio from Bryant Park in New York City to the Brancusi Ensemble in Romania. Recent projects include Simon and Helen Director Park in Portland and the new Barnes Foundation Art Education Center in Philadelphia.

Laurie is currently practice professor of Landscape Architecture at the University of Pennsylvania, where he has taught for thirty years, and is former chair of the Department of Landscape Architecture at Harvard University. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, a Fellow of the American Society of Landscape Architects, and recipient of the 1998 Award in Architecture from the American Academy of Arts and Letters and the Design Medal from the American Society of Landscape Architects in 2005.

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.

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.