ANNUAL REPORT - Architectural Foundation of Cincinnati
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ANNUAL REPORT - Architectural Foundation of Cincinnati
Summer 2008 Volume 6 Editor: Sue Ann Painter Associate Editor: Joe Miller Design: Kolar Design & N EANNUAL WS REP OR T S APPLE AWARD 2008 RECIPIENT ARN BORTZ The Architectural Foundation of Cincinnati presents the Alice and Harris Weston Apple Award each year to an individual who has improved the built environment in a significant way. On May 7, the crystal apple was given to the Honorable Arn Bortz, a partner in Towne Properties and former Cincinnati mayor and city council member. Above: The Honorable Arn Bortz and his brother Neil Bortz, who won the Apple in 1996. The gala brought 300 people—family, friends, several former mayors, and CEOs of architectural, financial, and development firms—to the Hilton Netherland Plaza to honor Bortz. Turner Construction Co. was presenting sponsor for the gala. Towne Properties was the associate sponsor. Contributing sponsors were Cole + Russell Architects, HGC Construction, and One River Plaza/Miller-Valentine Group. Event chair Mark McKillip introduced Bortz, lauding his leadership in public and private life. He credited Bortz with pioneering the residential, mixed-use projects that sparked the downtown living movement in Cincinnati. Beginning in the Garfield Park neighborhood, Towne constructed the nationally acclaimed Gramercy on Garfield (1992) and Greenwich on the Park (1996), and continued with the adaptive reuse of historic buildings—Groton Lofts (1997) and the Lofts at Shillito Place (1999). His good work continues throughout Greater Cincinnati. In his acceptance address, Bortz gave credit to his brother Neil and the many fine architects and contractors who contributed to his success. He urged citizens to monitor aesthetic standards used in current building design, especially in public projects such as bridges and schools. Arn Bortz is the 39th recipient of the prestigious Apple Award. Above (top): AFC treasurer and sponsor HGC Construction president Mike Huseman, with AFC president Christine Schoonover and her husband, George Verkamp. Above (bottom): Rich Homan and Ken Jones from Turner Construction Co. with Arn Bortz and Chair Mark McKillip. Arn Bortz uncovered and restored the wonderful sky-lit atrium of James W. McLaughlin’s Shillito’s Department Store (1878) on Race Street. McLaughlin, one of Cincinnati’s finest architects, is featured in Walter E. Langsam’s biographical dictionary of architects who figured prominently in Cincinnati history. The Architectural Foundation is preparing the manuscript for online publication in October 2008. Susannah Sachdeva is principal editor. Below (top): David Arends of Cole + Russell Architects, Apple sponsor, and Kristen Arends. Below (center): Joyce Elkus, Dr. Stan Kaplan (Apple honoree 2006), Tom Schiff (Apple honoree 2007) and Mary Ellen Goeke. A PPLE AWA RD 2008 Below (bottom): Waltek & Co. LTD table. 2008 SPONSORS AND PATRONS Presenting Sponsor Turner Construction Company Associate Sponsor Patron Tables Towne Properties Anchor Properties Inc. BHDP Architecture Sponsor Champlin/Haupt Architects Cole + Russell Architects Fifth Third Bank HGC Construction FRCH Design Worldwide One River Plaza/Miller-Valentine Group GBBN Architects Great Traditions Land & Development Co. Hart & Gersbach Inc. CPAs Patron Gifts Hixson Architecture, Engineering, Interiors Robert and Ruth Conway Foundation Kinzelman Kline Gossman LTD Lynne Meyers Gordon, MFA Messer Construction Co. Dr. and Mrs. Fred Haffner PDT Architects Mr. and Mrs. Phillip C. Long Reece Campbell Inc. MSA Architects Murray Sinclaire/Ross, Sinclaire & Assoc. LLC Rick and Cynthia Mulhauser Tom Schiff* Ken Neyer Plumbing Christine Schoonover† and George Verkamp Patti and H.C. Buck Niehoff* SHP Leading Design Stanley L. Ruby THP Limited Inc. John M. Shepherd Waltek & Company LTD Mark McKillip, general chair Gerald S. Hammond* Michael Moose Kristen and David † Arends Linda and Tom Hart Marilyn Ormsbee Hon. Stan Aronoff * Rita, Tom and David Herskovits Judge Mark Painter Denis Back Julie and Bryan Holland Hon. Roxanne Qualls Lenair Baskett Renita and Rich Homan Kerry and Nick † Rosian Jay Bayer Bertie and Jim Huff Christine and Andrew Schaub Amira Beer Marty and Tom Humes Julie and Jess Schroeder Neil Bortz* Mike Huseman† Bill and Val Sena Janet and Jay* Chatterjee Ken and Leslie Jones Hon. Bobbie Sterne John and Amy Cissell Ritzie and Donald † Junker Hon. Jim Tarbell Mr. and Mrs. David S.* Collins Dr. Stanley M. Kaplan* and Joyce Elkus Tina and Gary Volz Fred Craig Kelly Kolar† and David Eyman Joy and George Webb Melanie and Paul Frey Jane and Stephen Kramer Alice* and Harris* Weston Kevin Flynn Jim Mahon Robert White Michael Goldman Dale McGirr* Abby and Herbert Weiss Carol and Robert E. Gramann* Gary Meisner* Donna S. Wirth Robert D. Groszer Barbara and Harry Mitchell William A. Woodward Patron Hosts *Previous Apple Award Recipient † Committee 2 NEWS S AFC OPENING DOWNTOWN HEADQUARTERS AFC is going to town. At its June 2008 meeting, the board of trustees approved leasing a downtown headquarters for the foundation. The site-selection committee, led by David Arends and Mike Huseman, chose a suite in a ca. 1840 townhouse, 127 West Ninth St., downtown Cincinnati. The office is the next step in fulfilling the foundation’s mission by establishing a presence in the heart of the city’s business/cultural district. AFC will move in early August. The phone number (513-421-4469) is unchanged. Above and Below: Design possibilities for Walnut Street presented by Group 4. AFC COSPONSORS OTR CHARRETTE Cincinnati’s Over-the-Rhine neighborhood is dotted with vacant lots, which offer fertile ground for new construction. In January 2008, AFC joined the National Trust for Historic Preservation, Cincinnati Preservation Association, AIA-Cincinnati, and Over-the-Rhine Foundation to conduct a charrette on infill design at the Art Academy of Cincinnati. More than thirty architects and UC architecture students worked with community members to identify opportunities for infill design and construction. Teams leaders were Donald Beck, Andy Corn, Steve Hampton, Graham Kalbli, Paul Karalambo, Michael McInturf, Ty Provosty, and Jeff Raser. Michael Moose and Ken Jones coordinated the architects. Moose edited the report, which is available online at www.architecturecincy.org. OTR RE VISITED Ideas and plans generated at the charrette will be presented at a program at the Mercantile Library on September 4, 5:30 p.m. Public admission is $10; members, $8. More information and RSVP: 513-621-0717; mercantileinfo@mercantilelibrary.com. AFC GIVES EDUCATIONAL GRANTS Above: Pierre Bourdelle’s murals are featured in the Union Terminal exhibit. Photo by Alice Weston from Architecture in Cincinnati book. In addition to funding its own education programs, AFC makes grants to area nonprofits for youth and adult out-of-school programs. Spring 2008 grants went to Architecture By Children for its in-school program offered by AIA Cincinnati volunteer architects; Cincinnati Museum Center for a free exhibition about Cincinnati Union Terminal, which opened 75 years ago; UC for a Summer CAMP introduction of youth to architecture as a career; Cincinnati Preservation Association for printing a guide to Over-The-Rhine; and Miami University to facilitate a student study in OTR. 3 2007 ANNUAL REP OR T ARCHITECTURAL FOUNDATION OF CINCINNATI 2007 MEMBER MEETING AFC members met on November 29, 2007, 4:30 p.m. at the Niehoff Urban Studio in Corryville. President Michael Moose reported that the foundation was on firm footing—fundraising and book sales were on target. He thanked Alice Weston and Sue Ann Painter for the book’s publication, thanked Patti and Buck Niehoff for their generous support of the foundation and of architectural education with the Niehoff Studio, and congratulated Bill Woodward on organizing the Hammer Award. Moose recognized Gary Meisner and Mark McKillip for fine programs and outgoing trustee and past president Jay Chatterjee for his service. In her report, Sue Ann Painter noted that in 2007 AFC celebrated its 25th Anniversary with a luncheon recognizing founders. Kolar Design updated the logo and identity package for the 25th. For grants chair Don Junker, she reported that AFC made grants to Architecture by Children, University of Cincinnati’s Solar House build, Cincinnati Preservation Association, and the Betts House. Christine Schoonover, chair of the nominating committee, presented the slate. New trustees are David Arends, AIA, president and CEO, Cole + Russell Architects, Aaron Betsky, director of the Cincinnati Art Museum, and Paul Jacobs, legal counsel, USI 4 Midwest. Michael Moose, Keith Smith, and Alice Weston were reelected as trustees. The board elected officers: president, Christine Schoonover; vice president, David Arends; secretary, Mark McKillip; and treasurer, Michael Huseman. Past president Michael Moose was named advisory board chair. Frank Russell talked about the Niehoff Urban Studio program. Guests enjoyed tours of the studio and a reception sponsored by MSA Architects, design architects for Turner Hall’s renovation into the Niehoff Studio. Board of Trustees at the Apple Award Gala, 2008. Seated: President Christine Schoonover and executive director Sue Ann Painter. Standing: Bob Knight, Gary Volz, vice president David S. Arends, Robert White, past president/advisory board chair Michael Moose, secretary Mark McKillip, Nick Rosian, treasurer Michael Husemanz and trustee emeritus Donald Junker. Not pictured: trustees Aaron Betsky, Tonia Edwards, Paul Jacobs, Michael Kelley, Kelly Kolar, trustee emeritus Gary L. Herfel, Gary Meisner, H.C. Buck Niehoff, Susan Rissover, Brandon Smith, Keith G. Smith, Alice Weston and William A. Woodward. S 2007–2008 HONOR ROLL FINANCIAL STATEMENT S Year ending December 31, 2007 SUSTAINING MEMBERS Statement of Activities Support and Revenue Special events/programs Membership Book sales/royalties Grants and gifts Investment gain/loss Investment income TOTAL $83,475 $24,005 $19,764 $3,000 $ 8,693 $1,233 $140,170 Gold Silver Cole + Russell Architects Inc. GBBN Architects Champlin/Haupt Architects Inc. Kolar Design Glaserworks Inc. HGC Construction Toyota Motor Manufacturing KZF Design North America Inc. Bronze Messer Construction Co. Patron E xpenses Education Administration Development TOTAL $55,470 $39,004 $28,192 $122,666 Statement of Financial Position Current liabilities Restricted funds Transfer education fund Unrestricted funds TOTAL EQUIT Y TOTAL LIABILITIES / EQUIT Y $(482) $30,901 $17,505 $134,188 $182,594 $183,076 Compiled from statements prepared by Loftus & Loftus, CPA The Architectural Foundation of Cincinnati Architects Plus Mr. and Mrs. Donald Junker Arlen and Susan Rissover Rev. Christopher R. Armstrong Robert L. Knight AIA Mr. and Mrs. John W. Rogers Michael J. Battoclette AIA Frederick G. Koehler AIA Honorable Michael Barrett William G. Kohlhepp Esq. John Barrett Kelly Kolar Donald Beck AIA Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Malsh Thomas R. Schiff Aaron Betsky RWA Architects Inc. Professor James Schiff Burgess & Niple Inc. Stewart S. Maxwell Jr. Christine Schoonover and David S. Collins FAIA Mr. and Mrs. Dale McGirr John W. Fischer III Mark McKillip and Amira Beer Michael Schuster FAIA William and Susan Friedlander Gary Meisner FASLA Theodore L. Schwartz James T. Fitzgerald FAIA Richard Mellott AIA Roy Schweitzer Mr. and Mrs. Vere Gaynor Ms. Pamela Middendorff John M. Shepherd Geiger Construction Products James Millar AIA Patrick Snadon AIA, ACHA David S. Ross AIA and Kathleen Chandler George Verkamp GOP Limited J. Duncan Muir Susan and John Tew Robert E. Gramann FAIA George H. Musekamp III Hon. Kathy Wagner Dr. and Mrs. Fred Haffner Al Neyer Inc. Alan J. Warner AIA Gerald Hammond FAIA Mr. and Mrs. H.C. Buck Niehoff Mr. and Mrs. James L. Bob and Sandy Heimann Mr. and Mrs. David Niland Grant V. Hesser - PDSC Corp. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Olson Alice and Harris Weston Jack Hodell AIA Gregory A. Otis AIA Robert White and Mary Cupito Thomas Humes Judge Mark and Sue Ann Painter Donna Wirth Present and planned gifts are welcome. Please remember AFC in your annual giving and estate plans. Paul Jacobs Esq. John and Francie Pepper William Woodward PE Mail check payable to AFC to: 127 West Ninth Street, Unit 1 Cincinnati, Ohio 45202 Silver Donor is a 501 (c)(3) philanthropic organization. Contributions are tax-deductible. Memberships: Regular Individual $45; Dual $65 Corporate begins at $500 Donors of $250 or more will be listed in the annual report and invited to the Great Houses party. For additional information and online member registration: www.architecturecincy.org Wellinghoff Mrs. George Rieveschl Jr. American Architectural Foundation CNA Insurance Companies, Victor O. Schinnerer Co. Inc. Ohio Humanities Council Thomas R. Schiff 5 RECENT PROGR A MS PARK PLANNING IN CINCINNATI Above: AFC vice-president Christine Schoonover chats with Amira Beer at the patron party. Shown are guests John and Merrie Stillpass (Museum Center trustee), Lynne Zucker, Steve Schuckman (project manager for Cincinnati Parks plan), Mike Huseman (AFC treasurer), sponsor and presenter Chris Manning, ASLA, and AFC program chair Mark McKillip. Below: Host Tom Schiff, Sue Ann Painter, and Buck Niehoff in the Schiff house, which was redesigned by local architect Jose Garcia. AFC, Cincinnati Parks, and Cincinnati Museum Center cosponsored a September 19, 2007 program to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Kessler Plan and to preview the Cincinnati Parks master plan. Speakers were Kessler expert Kurt Culbertson, landscape architect Chris Manning, and Dan Hurley, Cincinnati Museum Center. Ohio Humanities Council underwrote the public lecture at the Museum Center. Meisner & Associates and Human Nature were sponsors. SCHIFF GREAT HOUSE PART Y Thomas R. Schiff opened his unique Hyde Park house for Architectural Foundation sustaining members on October 6, 2007. It was the fourth annual “Great Houses Party” for the foundation. Development chair Buck Niehoff led the successful new member campaign. GREEN PLACES AT THE CINCINNATI ZOO AFC and the Mercantile Library cosponsored a Valentine’s Day luncheon February 14, 2008 at the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden’s stunning Schott Education Center. This example of sustainable design is the first LEED Silver education facility in Ohio. Mark Fischer, senior director of facilities and planning for the zoo, and Paul Duffy, the building architect, spoke. Glaserworks was the sponsor. MODERNISM IN CINCINNATI The Mercantile Library and AFC hosted “Modernism in Cincinnati Architecture and Interiors, 1945–1970,” on December 13. Presenters were Patrick Snadon, Associate Professor, School of Architecture and Interior Design, UC, and AFC trustee Susan Rissover, cofounder of Cincinnati Form Follows Function. Above: Members and guests enjoyed tours of the “green” Schott Education Center. 6 COMING EVENTS S CORPORATE SUSTAINABLE BUILDING AFC and the Civic Garden Center will cosponsor a program about corporate sustainable building design on October 7. Featured speaker is Gary Saulson, Director of Corporate Real Estate, PNC Financial Services Group. PNC has more “green” buildings than any other company in the world. The 5 p.m. lecture will be followed by a reception at the Garden Center. Gary Meisner, who is organizing the event, promises a fine speaker, good food and drink, and cool jazz. Cost is $20 regular individual, $150 for two patrons. Invitations will be mailed to members in the fall. VISIT GREAT HOUSE BY PHILIP JOHNSON On Saturday, October 4, sustaining members will be invited to tour a masterwork at AFC’s popular annual Great House Party. The pictured “Berm House” in Indian Hill was designed in 1965 by the late, great Philip Johnson (1906-2005) for the James A.D. Geier family. It is now owned by our hosts, Sandra and Robert Heimann. Buck Niehoff, AFC trustee and event chair, said that new members are welcome to join the foundation at the $250 patron or more level, and come to the event. To attend, send membership check to AFC, 2449 Fairview Avenue, Cincinnati OH 45219. Invitations to the 5-7 p.m. cocktail reception will be mailed in early September. More information: 513-421-4469. Above (top): Three PNC Plaza in Pittsburgh. The 23-story high-rise currently under construction will be the largest environmentally friendly, mixed-use building in the United States. Gensler of San Francisco and Astorino of Pittsburgh are the architects. Above (bottom): Earth-sheltered “Berm House.” Photo by Alice Weston from Great Houses of the Queen City by Walter E. Langsam. Above: Save the date for the 2008 CDA Awards on Friday, November 14th. HAMMER AWARD AT CDA AFC will present its second annual Hammer Award at the Cincinnati Design Awards banquet on Friday, November 14. The foundation established the Hammer to honor a practitioner who has made a consistent, significant contribution to the built environment in the Greater Cincinnati region over at least a 20-year-period. Nominees may be architects, designers, artists, engineers, developers, builders, planners, officials—anyone who has taken a hands-on role in creating the built environment. AFC presented its inaugural 2007 award to Ron Kull, FAIA, a senior planner with GBBN. Nominations must be received at the AFC office by September 3, 3 p.m. Guidelines are on the AFC Web site, www.architecturecincy.org. AFC members will receive invitations to the CDA in October. 7 Non-Profit Org. US Postage PA I D Cincinnati, OH Permit No. 1960 2449 Fairview Avenue Cincinnati, Ohio 45219 (513) 421–4469 Painter@architecturecincy.org www.architecturecincy.org AFC Annual Member Meeting and Election of Trustees Thursday, November 20, 5 p.m. Architectural Foundation of Cincinnati 127 West Ninth Streetz Cincinnati, Ohio 45202 RSVP: reserve@architecturecincy.org The brief meeting will begin at 5:15 p.m. AFC trustee Aaron Betsky, who is director of the Cincinnati Art Museum and director of architecture for the 2008 Venice Biennale, will comment on the 11th International Architecture Exhibition, “Out There: Architecture Beyond Building.” Refreshments will be served. & N EANNUAL WS REP OR T AFC’S ARCHITECTURE IN CINCINNATI BUY THE BOOK Architecture in Cincinnati: An Illustrated History of Designing and Building an American City was produced by the Architectural Foundation of Cincinnati and published by Ohio University Press. The authors are Sue Ann Painter, Beth Sullebarger, and Jayne Merkel. Environmental artist Alice Weston contributed more than 200 color photographs. The book may be purchased at the Cincinnati Art Museum, Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati Museum Center, Mercantile Library, and fine booksellers. AFC is selling books through its Web site and with quantity discounts. Submit requests online at www.architecturecincy.org. Fall-Winter E vents 08 September4; 5:30 p.m. Over-the-Rhine Revisited October 4; 5–7 p.m. Sustaining Member Party October 7; 5–7 p.m. Sustainable Corporate Architecture November 14; 6:30 p.m. CDA and Hammer Awards November 20; 5 p.m. Annual Meeting