URBAN DESIGN COMMITTEE

Design Matters: The State of Architecture and Urban Design in Baltimore

Presented by AIABaltimore’s Urban Design Committee

Wednesday, October 13th, 6:30 p.m.
Hopkins Downtown Center, 10 North Charles Street

Many cities, institutions and corporations have discovered that good design is good business.

As keynote speaker, Robert A. Peck, President of the Greater Washington Board of Trade, will highlight the value of good design for business, the community, and the city, and present successful examples from Washington DC and around the country. Mr. Peck was previously Commissioner of the Public Buildings Service of the U.S. General Services Administration, worked for the National Endowment for the Arts and was a visiting Loeb Fellow at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design.

Following his presentation, local representatives who have experienced the value of good design first-hand will participate in a panel discussion. The panel and audience will discuss "the state of architecture in Baltimore”, and its successes, follies and future.

Moderator: Ralph Bennett, Professor of Architecture, University of Maryland

Panelists:

Laurin B. Askew, Jr. FAIA, Monk LLC, Formerly of the Rouse Company

Leslie Doggett, Baltimore Area Convention and Visitors Association

Charles Duff, Jubilee Baltimore

Tyler Gearhart, Preservation Maryland

Michael R. Molla, Maryland Institute College of Art

Janet Marie Smith, Struever Bros

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