S NEWS & Summer 2008 Volume 6 Editor: Sue Ann Painter Associate Editor: Joe Miller Design: Kolar Design 2008 RECIPIENT ARN BORTZ APPLE AWARD ANNUAL REPORT 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. 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: The Honorable Arn Bortz and his brother Neil Bortz, who won the Apple in 1996. 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.
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Summer 2008 Volume 6
Editor: Sue Ann Painter Associate Editor: Joe Miller Design: Kolar Design
2008 RECIPIENT ARN BORTZAPPLE AWARD
ANNUAL REPORT
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. 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: The Honorable Arn Bortz and his brother Neil Bortz, who won the Apple in 1996.
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.
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2008 SPONSORS AND PATRONSPresenting Sponsor
Turner Construction Company
Associate Sponsor
Towne Properties
Sponsor
Cole + Russell Architects
HGC Construction
One River Plaza/Miller-Valentine Group
Patron Gifts
Robert and Ruth Conway Foundation
Lynne Meyers Gordon, MFA
Dr. and Mrs. Fred Haffner
Mr. and Mrs. Phillip C. Long
MSA Architects
Rick and Cynthia Mulhauser
Ken Neyer Plumbing
Patti and H.C. Buck Niehoff*
Stanley L. Ruby
John M. Shepherd
Patron Tables
Anchor Properties Inc.
BHDP Architecture
Champlin/Haupt Architects
Fifth Third Bank
FRCH Design Worldwide
GBBN Architects
Great Traditions Land & Development Co.
Hart & Gersbach Inc. CPAs
Hixson Architecture, Engineering, Interiors
Kinzelman Kline Gossman LTD
Messer Construction Co.
PDT Architects
Reece Campbell Inc.
Murray Sinclaire/Ross, Sinclaire & Assoc. LLC
Tom Schiff*
Christine Schoonover† and George Verkamp
SHP Leading Design
THP Limited Inc.
Waltek & Company LTD
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.
Below (bottom): Waltek & Co. LTD table.
Patron Hosts
Mark McKillip, general chair
Kristen and David† Arends
Hon. Stan Aronoff *
Denis Back
Lenair Baskett
Jay Bayer
Amira Beer
Neil Bortz*
Janet and Jay* Chatterjee
John and Amy Cissell
Mr. and Mrs. David S.* Collins
Fred Craig
Melanie and Paul Frey
Kevin Flynn
Michael Goldman
Carol and Robert E. Gramann*
Robert D. Groszer
Gerald S. Hammond*
Linda and Tom Hart
Rita, Tom and David Herskovits
Julie and Bryan Holland
Renita and Rich Homan
Bertie and Jim Huff
Marty and Tom Humes
Mike Huseman†
Ken and Leslie Jones
Ritzie and Donald† Junker
Dr. Stanley M. Kaplan* and Joyce Elkus
Kelly Kolar† and David Eyman
Jane and Stephen Kramer
Jim Mahon
Dale McGirr*
Gary Meisner*
Barbara and Harry Mitchell
Michael Moose
Marilyn Ormsbee
Judge Mark Painter
Hon. Roxanne Qualls
Kerry and Nick† Rosian
Christine and Andrew Schaub
Julie and Jess Schroeder
Bill and Val Sena
Hon. Bobbie Sterne
Hon. Jim Tarbell
Tina and Gary Volz
Joy and George Webb
Alice* and Harris* Weston
Robert White
Abby and Herbert Weiss
Donna S. Wirth
William A. Woodward
*Previous Apple Award Recipient†Committee
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AFC COSPONSORS OTR CHARRETTE
Patron Tables
Anchor Properties Inc.
BHDP Architecture
Champlin/Haupt Architects
Fifth Third Bank
FRCH Design Worldwide
GBBN Architects
Great Traditions Land & Development Co.
Hart & Gersbach Inc. CPAs
Hixson Architecture, Engineering, Interiors
Kinzelman Kline Gossman LTD
Messer Construction Co.
PDT Architects
Reece Campbell Inc.
Murray Sinclaire/Ross, Sinclaire & Assoc. LLC
Tom Schiff*
Christine Schoonover† and George Verkamp
SHP Leading Design
THP Limited Inc.
Waltek & Company LTD
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 REVISITED 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; [email protected].
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.
AFC GIVES EDUCATIONAL GRANTS
Above and Below: Design possibilities for Walnut Street presented by Group 4.
Above: Pierre Bourdelle’s murals are featured in the Union Terminal exhibit.
Photo by Alice Weston from Architecture in Cincinnati book.
AFC OPENING DOWNTOWN HEADQUARTERSAFC 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.
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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 recog- nizing 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
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.
ANNUAL REPORT2007
2007 MEMBER MEETINGARCHITECTURAL FOUNDATION OF CINCINNATI
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2007–2008 HONOR ROLLSUSTAINING MEMBERS
Patron
Architects Plus
Rev. Christopher R. Armstrong
Michael J. Battoclette AIA
Honorable Michael Barrett
John Barrett
Donald Beck AIA
Aaron Betsky
Burgess & Niple Inc.
David S. Collins FAIA
John W. Fischer III
William and Susan Friedlander
James T. Fitzgerald FAIA
Mr. and Mrs. Vere Gaynor
Geiger Construction Products
GOP Limited
Robert E. Gramann FAIA
Dr. and Mrs. Fred Haffner
Gerald Hammond FAIA
Bob and Sandy Heimann
Grant V. Hesser - PDSC Corp.
Jack Hodell AIA
Thomas Humes
Paul Jacobs Esq.
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Junker
Robert L. Knight AIA
Frederick G. Koehler AIA
William G. Kohlhepp Esq.
Kelly Kolar
Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Malsh
RWA Architects Inc.
Stewart S. Maxwell Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Dale McGirr
Mark McKillip and Amira Beer
Gary Meisner FASLA
Richard Mellott AIA
Ms. Pamela Middendorff
James Millar AIA
J. Duncan Muir
George H. Musekamp III
Al Neyer Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. H.C. Buck Niehoff
Mr. and Mrs. David Niland
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Olson
Gregory A. Otis AIA
Judge Mark and Sue Ann Painter
John and Francie Pepper
Mrs. George Rieveschl Jr.
Arlen and Susan Rissover
Mr. and Mrs. John W. Rogers
AIA, ACHA
David S. Ross AIA and Kathleen
Chandler
Thomas R. Schiff
Professor James Schiff
Christine Schoonover and
George Verkamp
Michael Schuster FAIA
Theodore L. Schwartz
Roy Schweitzer
John M. Shepherd
Patrick Snadon
Susan and John Tew
Hon. Kathy Wagner
Alan J. Warner AIA
Mr. and Mrs. James L.
Wellinghoff
Alice and Harris Weston
Robert White and Mary Cupito
Donna Wirth
William Woodward PE
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Year ending December 31, 2007
Statement of Activities SUPPORT AND REVENUE Special events/programs Membership Book sales/royalties Grants and gifts Investment gain/loss Investment income TOTAL
ExPENSES Education Administration Development TOTAL
Statement of Financial PositionCurrent liabilities Restricted funds Transfer education fund Unrestricted fundsTOTAL EQUITY TOTAL LIABILITIES/EQUITY
Compiled from statements prepared by Loftus & Loftus, CPA
$83,475 $24,005 $19,764 $3,000 $8,693 $1,233
$140,170
$55,470 $39,004 $28,192
$122,666
$(482) $30,901 $17,505
$134,188$182,594 $183,076
Gold
Cole + Russell Architects Inc.
Kolar Design
Silver
GBBN Architects
Glaserworks Inc.
Toyota Motor Manufacturing
North America Inc.
Bronze
Champlin/Haupt Architects Inc.
HGC Construction
KZF Design
Messer Construction Co.
Silver Donor
American Architectural Foundation
CNA Insurance Companies, Victor O. Schinnerer Co. Inc.
Ohio Humanities Council
Thomas R. Schiff
The Architectural Foundation of Cincinnatiis 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.
Present and planned gifts are welcome. Please remember AFC in your annual giving and estate plans.
Mail check payable to AFC to: 127 West Ninth Street, Unit 1 Cincinnati, Ohio 45202
For additional information and online member registration: www.architecturecincy.org
PARK PLANNING IN CINCINNATIAFC, 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 PARTYThomas 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.
MODERNISM IN CINCINNATIThe 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.
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.
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.
Above: Members and guests enjoyed tours of the “green” Schott Education Center.
RECENT PROGRAMS
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GREEN PLACES AT THE CINCINNATI ZOO
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.
RECENT PROGRAMS
CORPORATE SUSTAINABLE BUILDINGAFC 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.
HAMMER AWARD AT CDAAFC 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.
Above: Save the date for the 2008 CDA Awards on Friday, November 14th.
COMING EVENTS
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.
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: [email protected]
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.
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.
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