Baltimore Architecture Foundation and partner Baltimore Heritage are shaking up the Doors Open kick-off event. Join us for a casual evening of storytelling showcasing a variety of voices, perspectives, and special places in Baltimore as we take our letter writing campaign to the stage in the inaugural Love Letters Live!
Hosted by the Hotel Ulysses in their Ash Bar, the event will include light fare and wine.
RSVPs appreciated but not required! RSVP here.
Speakers include:
Lashelle R. Bynum, freelance photographer and owner of Ladornia Photography, is a lifelong Baltimorean and has over 15 years of talent as a photographer in architectural documentation, wedding photography, fashion photography and various events. Lashelle challenges the viewer to look beyond what the naked eye sees and the question, “Do you see what I see?” Her work has been featured in a one-woman art exhibit at Eubie Blake Cultural Center (two years in a row) and Enoch Pratt Library (African-American section) She was also featured in ” The Writing On The Wall” a 6-page article in Baltimore’s STYLE magazine 20th Anniversary issue February 2009. She is on the board of the Friends of the Ships Caulkers’ Houses and Baltimore Heritage.
Tom Liebel, FAIA, LEED Fellow is a Vice-President with Moseley Architects, where he leads their Multifamily Housing Studio Tom has been involved in integrating sustainable design principles into a variety of ground-breaking adaptive use and historic preservation projects over the past twenty years, with these projects recognized with multiple awards for design, smart growth, sustainable design and historic preservation. Tom led the recent efforts to rehabilitate the exterior plaza at the iconic, Mies van der Rohe-designed, Highfield House.
Elevated to Fellowship to both the AIA and USGBC in 2011, Tom is involved in ongoing research exploring the relationship between sustainability, preservation and urban design, with a particular emphasis in the use of urban adaptive use projects to promote neighborhood revitalization and civic engagement.
Tom served two terms as Chair the Maryland Green Building Council and chaired Baltimore City’s Commission on Historical and Architectural Preservation for a decade, serves on the Maryland Advisory Council for Historic Preservation, the Baltimore County Landmarks Preservation Commission, and served as the 2020 Moderator for the American Institute of Architect’s Strategic Council.
A native Baltimorean, Patrick Fava received his undergraduate and Master of Architecture from Montana State University. Upon the completion of his degrees, he moved back to the city he loves to practice architecture. With 12 years and counting at GWWO Architects, Patrick is firmly planted in the Baltimore architecture community. As an associate at GWWO Architects, Patrick leads the graphics and fabrication department and works closely with the senior management team on new project acquisitions. Additionally Patrick provides creative direction for all the firm’s project photography providing a great insight to the bookends of each project, from concept to completion.
Outside of the office, Patrick spends much of his time working on renovating his 1880’s rowhouse, as he has done for the last 10 years. President of the Maryland School for the Deaf Foundation for the past 4 years, Patrick leads the Board of Directors to advance opportunities for Deaf and Hard of Hearing students in the state of Maryland.
Meg Fairfax Fielding is not an architect by training, she’s “architect adjacent.” She is doing a deep dive on Palmer & Lamdin properties in and around Baltimore, as well as searching out 18th century brick churches along the Chesapeake Bay. By day, she is the head of the History of Maryland Medicine at MedChi, which was founded in 1799. She spends time searching out esoteric medical facts, caring for the collection of rare books, the oldest of which was published in 1567, and curating the collections at the recently opened medical museum there. On weekends, you might find her at an old country auction searching out treasures, or spending time with her Jack Russel, named Jane Russell. Follow her adventures on Instagram at Figue_the_Pup.