AIABaltimore Member News

ArchPlan Inc. /Philipsen Architects welcomes Jerryn McCray, AIA who will join the staff as a Project Manager. Jerryn graduated from Auburn in 2002 and has since gained experience at several notable Baltimore firms. Jerryn is overseeing the preliminary design documents for a $61m new MTA bus depot and maintenance facility in East Baltimore.

Burdette, Koehler, Murphy & Associates Celebrates 40 Years In Business. On April 1, 1968, John C. Burdette, Jr., Louis A. Koehler, Jr. and Thomas V. Murphy, Jr. founded BKM in order to better serve their clients by providing engineering solutions that are energy conscious, cost-effective, and design savvy. Their desire for personal interaction with their clients on each design project was a driving force in those early years. Although the leadership has changed over the years, the company’s core values have remained the same; our passion for quality and personal attention continues today.

Today, James L. Barrett, Jr., Gary E. Johnson, Jr. and Mark A. Flickinger, lead the company and its talented team of design professionals, and opened its current office on May 28, 2006 to allow for the growth of the company and to reflect our approach to mechanical and electrical engineering design. Our new state-of-the-art office reflects our belief in technology, its openness reflects our belief in collaboration, and its design reflects our belief in aesthetics.

Review their portfolio for examples of award-winning, forward-thinking projects, then contact them to see first-hand how they carry out the BKM mission with everything they do. www.bkma.com.

Grant Architects is designing two exciting mixed-use projects to be completed in 2009:

Glassboro, New Jersey – This mixed-use design and housing project is part of an exciting urban project geared toward revamping the entire downtown by creating an academic village. This involves the demolition of approximately 35 city blocks of margin housing that exists between the university and Glassboro's main street. The area will become a new extension of the main street which will blend the needs of students, Glassboro citizens and visitors to the New Jersey campus. Program components include 884 beds of student housing, hotel, conference center, and Barnes and Nobles bookstore. The first floor retail components will include: Urban Outfitters, Star Bucks, Trader Joe’s and Bonefish Grill while the second floor will encompass office and apartment space.

College Park, Maryland – Starview Plaza, an urban project of mixed-use and student housing, will be a Green and sustainable of 320,200 SF The five-story building will harbor Green roofs, an enclosed atrium for air purification, pressurized toilets to reduce water usage and 382 parking spaces beneath the structure. The project will provide over 8,000 SF. of retail and lobby space, 176,280 SF of housing units for University of Maryland students and 13,108 SF of enclosed atrium. Starview Plaza is on schedule to receive LEED certification.

Rubeling & Associates, Inc. welcomes Harry Leo, AIA, CSI to its staff.

The Board of Directors of GWWO, Inc. / Architects has designated Paul Hume, AIA and Mark Lapointe, AIA Principals of the firm.

AIABALTIMORE WELCOMES NEW MEMBERS:

Jessica L. Leonard, Assoc. AIA, Cheryl L. Pfeifer, Assoc. AIA, Scott M. Walters, Assoc. AIA

Updated 4/21/2008