ANNUAL REPORT - Architectural Foundation of Cincinnati

Summer 2008
Volume 6
Editor: Sue Ann Painter
Associate Editor: Joe Miller
Design: Kolar Design
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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
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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; [email protected].
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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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COMING EVENTS
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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.
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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.
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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
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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