Author Archives: Ben Stone

Design Conversation 21: FESTIVALS @ Artscape

Please join us for Design Conversation 21: FESTIVALS at Artscape!
Saturday July 17th 2010
Charles Street Garage (across from the Charles Theatre) – 1714 N Charles Street
7:30 PM – 9:00 PM
Design Conversation 21 will feature Karin Bacon. Karin Bacon began her career as Festival Director for the City of New York, where she originated citywide celebrations [...]

DESIGN CONVERSATION 20: Public Art part 2

Please join us for Design Conversation #20: Public Art (part 2) this Wednesday evening at the Windup Space. 
 
Panelists for Design Conversation 20 include:
-Angela Adams, Public Art Administrator, Arlington Cultural Affairs
-Cathy Byrd, Executive Director, Maryland Art Place
-Jann Rosen-Queralt, Baltimore City Public Art Commission
Wednesday June 2nd 2010
The Windup Space – 12 W North Ave @ Charles Street
6:30 [...]

Speedism: Untitled States of Doom & Symmetric Side Effects

@ Open Space
2720 Sisson Street
Baltimore, MD
Speedism is the duo Julian Friedauer (Germany), and Pieterjan Ginckels
(Belgium). Speedism works at the borders of architecture, architectural
theory, visual arts, visual theory, urban tactics, imagineering, and
scriptwriting. As visual artists and architects, Speedism develops visual
universes, theoretical landscapes, denkräume, narratives and scenarios.
www.speedism.net

COIL Inc. Redevelopment Project

posted on behalf of Mary Anne Akers
Prepared by Dr. Mary Anne Akers, Dean, School of Architecture and Planning, Morgan State University
Executive Summary for the COIL, Inc. Redevelopment Project
INTRODUCTION
The proposed project area is located on the 1200 block (and possibly, 1100 block) of West Baltimore Street, located on the southwest portion of the City of Baltimore. [...]

Boston Society of Architects to create a new “design and architecture center”

The BSA is moving to the Fort Point Channel, aka ”the Station North of Boston,” where they will create a new “design and architecture center complete with a museum and lecture hall to serve the public.”
http://news.bostonherald.com/business/real_estate/view/20100222architect_group_plans_new_digs_eyes_move_to_atlantic_wharf/srvc=home&position=also

Design Convo Ideas

Here’s a list of ideas floating around for future Design Convos:

Invention
Baltimore Development Cooperative/Baltimore Development Corporation
Public Art
Streets
Parking
Water

 
Are there other topics you’d like to see covered?  Other topics you’d like to curate?

Call for Proposals: Toward a Just Metropolis

http://justmetropolis.doodlekit.com/home/call_for_papers_and_presentations
Call for Proposals – Deadline March 1, 2010
Presentations, Posters and Workshops
As cities and towns around the world grapple with the impacts of multiple and concurrent crises, progressive planners, urbanists, activists, and citizens face the challenge of transforming crises into opportunities to advance profound changes in the way we plan, build, design, live in, and govern [...]

Downtown Zoning Workshop

Downtown Zoning workshop next Tuesday, Sep 15th.