SJCwebbprep2014

Client advocate

A/E consultant

Architectural Educator

Portfolio sampling and resume’*

Offering services in the Design and Teaching professions

FACILITATING EXCELLENCE

IN

ARCHITECTURE

Excellence that has endured through time and embraced technological change

Visit this site with visual and written testimony to distinction through peer awards and publications

*Projects designed by Stephen Carter while at Lorenz and Williams Inc. as Head of

Design and Partner–in-Charge, and later, as President and Chairman of the Board. The firm no longer exists under that name

Culver Academy Vision Plan, video

MetLife SunWatch interpretive center

Jewish Federation of Dayton

CLIENT ADVOCATE;

As a member of the client team, I can facilitate your project in all phases acting as a confidant, contributor and critic. Your will have the advantage of my expertise in a wide range of project types, all proven award winners with accolades received from my peers and the press.

A/E CONSULTANT;

Add the SJC “design/project management” portfolio to your team to offer the seven points of excellence to your clients (see portfolio)

1. CLIENT GOALS Be on the same page with a good A/E contract and budget2. HEAR THE CLIENT Be receptive to flexibility and sensitivity, 3. FOR MUTUAL BUY-IN Have frequent feedback sessions during the project process verifying scope and costs 4. BEFORE DESIGNING Look at zoning and codes- special situations in each project must be

dealt with at the outset 5. BE INCLUSIVE Improve communication, don’t avoid input- arch's talk to as few people as

possible because they think it gets in the way- they’re bringing in their thing rather than addressing c clients’ unique needs 6. BE SITE SPECIFIC Fit an existing master plan and/or existing context 7. CREATE TIMELESSNESS Stay current with design and education- ignorance

of new techniques and trends leads to stagnation

ARCHITECTURAL EDUCATOR/LECTURER, STUDIO HEAD;

Stephen J. Carter, AIA, NCARB, LF’82, attended the University of Cincinnati DAAP and Harvard University Graduate School of Design where he was Loeb-Fellow’82. Mr. Carter taught and/or lectured in the Architectural programs at Ohio State University, The University of Cincinnati, Harvard and Miami University of Ohio where he was a Graduate design studio head for 19 years. His teaching experience accrued while he practiced full-time at Lorenz and Williams Incorporated (LWI) in Dayton, Ohio. (As a Partner since 1982 and CEO/Chairman of the Board from 1999 to 2005 and now, Partner Emeritus).

Kettering Medical CenterThe design of the Boonshoft Center for Medical Sciences,The Benjamin and Marian Schuster Heart Hospital and the resurrected residence of the Kettering family as an executive center for the KMC Network are all meaningfully integrated as key additions to the Kettering Campus of wellness and care.

The flagship hospital, Kettering Medical Center(KMC), stands proudly in Kettering, Ohio. From top quality in the nation, to compassionate cancer care, to state-of-the-art technology like cardiac stereotaxis, KMC is committed to the health and wellness in the region.*

After witnessing firsthand at an Adventist hospital in Chicago the impact a faith-based approach to health and healing can have, Eugene and Virginia chose the Seventh-day Adventist church to operate the new Charles F. Kettering Memorial Hospital when it opened in 1964.The sacred work that started back then continues today. Now known as Kettering Medical Center, we serve patients throughout the Dayton, Ohio area. The facility includes the Benjamin and Marian Schuster Heart Hospital, maternity service with a level III neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), and emergency care.*

*Projects designed by Stephen Carter while at Lorenz and Williams Inc. as Head of Design and Partner–in-Charge, and later, as President and Chairman of the Board. The firm no longer exists under that name*Text partially edited from KMC postings

The National Aviation Hall of Fame*The National Aviation Hall of Fame is dedicated to honoring individuals who have uniquely contributed to America’s rich legacy of aviation achievement—achievement generated by American ingenuity and individual acts of great vision, persistence, skill and courage. The design won a regional AIA award and is located within the campus of The National Museum of the United States Air Force.

The National Aviation Hall of Fame was founded in 1962 as an Ohio non-profit corporation in Dayton, Ohio, the home of the Wright Brothers and the “birthplace of aviation”.

On July 14, 1964 the National Aviation Hall of Fame was chartered nationally by an act of the U. S. 88th Congress, public law 88-372 signed by President Lyndon B. Johnson. The organization continues today as a public foundation reporting annually to Congress.

• Some text and photo from the NAHF web site

• *Projects designed by Stephen Carter while at Lorenz and Williams Inc. as Head of Design and Partner–in-Charge, and later, as President and Chairman of the Board. The firm no longer exists under that name

Jewish Federation of Greater Dayton The Boonshoft Center for Jewish Culture and Education design received an award from the regional American Institute of Architects.

Designed to replace an outdated facility north of Dayton, this new complex provides much needed support space for the Jewish community in the Miami Valley of Ohio. Under the leadership of Charles Abramovitz and Max Gutman and a dedicated building committee, this facility was programmed and designed for current needs with an eye to growth strategies for, as yet, unknown future needs

The facility houses daycare, administration offices, kosher kitchen prep and meeting/banquet spaces and a physical fitness area. The site allowed for ample parking and outdoor athletic fields as well as nature trails and room for future expansion. Casual spaces provide opportunities for informal meeting and greeting, snacks/coffee with indoor and outdoor terrace seating available.

*Projects designed by Stephen Carter while at Lorenz and Williams Inc. as Head of Design and Partner–in-Charge, and later, as President and Chairman of the Board. The firm no longer exists under that name

“Sunwatch”,Prehistoric Indian Village Interpretive Center:The design of the Indian Village Interpretive Center received an AIA Ohio Honor award and has been published in the AIA Ohio magazine. The program for this site was used for many years in the Graduate Design Studio I headed at Miami Univ,

The ancient village site which is adjacent to the Great Miami River and within a flood plain is currently being excavated and partially rebuilt.Theinterpretive center/museum design is reflective of asite/contextural sensitivity as a prime factor in the creative process.

Respecting the prehistoric Indian village solar alignments signified that there were areas that must not be built on. It was critical to the location and proximity of the new structure to allow the past guide the present in all aspects of master planning.

The new structure then, is north of the original village out of the winter and summer solstice shadow zones which were sacred to the prehistoric village builders. The new building is raised above the flood lines established by the Great Miami River Conservancy. The raised main level and the roof of the new structure are open and face the village to the South giving visitors access to clear views of the dig and reconstruction.


MetLife Midwest Headquarters

The Midwest HQ has experienced great success in providing flexible office space for Met Life. The design received an AIA Ohio Honor award and was published twice in the AIA Ohio magazine.

The second award, perhaps the most coveted of awards, was the 25 year award for “outstanding design that meets and exceeds the test of time”.

This design was also featured in Baumeisterand other architectural publications.

The now familiar term” MetLife” first appeared on our title blocks, much to the chagrin of my partner at the time. He thought it was disrespectful.


Wight Health Offices / Health Services HQThe Wright Health facility design evolved from a challenging program and it’s relationship to a dynamic site. Situated on the corner of two major streets with the Great Miami River to the East, the building shape took advantage of views out of and views into the site. The reflective green tinted glass was selected in part to relate to an invitation to wellness.

The parking for the users and the visitors is placed away from the street intersection, shielding any views of the cars and yet providing a safe distance from the corner for parking lot-access drives. All sides of the building are uniquely articulated to relate to contextural influences such as the river to the West, UD campus to the South and the main entry, which faces diagonally to the Northeast.

Team included Stephen Carter, Norm Butts and LWI Engineers and Contract Document Architects.


North Central State College of Ohio

Health Sciences Facility.

Designed to provide much needed teaching spaces for health sciences. Received an Honor Award for design from the Columbus Chapter of the AIA.

The facility was organized to encourage interaction of students and faculty in the classrooms/labs and out of the classrooms in informal ways. The faculty offices are related directly to the main student circulation pathways with a balance between privacy for the faculty and open access for the student.

The design features many energy saving details such as an ice storage system for cooling.


Courthouse Square Dayton, OhioThe main public space in the central business district of Dayton, Ohio has become a special place for lunchtime breaks, political stumping and celebrations of all types.

Received and Award from Urban Design Magazine along with The Arcade renovation and Riverdesign Dayton. They were published in that magazine as a group.

The space has evolved over many years in many phases while maintaining a cohesiveness in intent. The neo-classical courthouse commands a prominent position in the square as a place to visit and it’s north façade provides a backdrop for concerts and other events.

Team included Stephen Carter, Roger Williams and Greg Pierce.


The Ohio State University Library

As the focal point at the end of the famous OSU oval this facility was reorganized and added on to to provide improved resources as the main graduate library.

The design received a Progressive Magazine (PA) Citation and was published in the awards edition of PA. It also received an AIA Ohio Honor award and was published in the AIA Ohio magazine. The design was also featured in Baumeister.

Peter Eisenman a member of the jury for the PA award and the designer of the OSU WexnerCenter was quoted as being particularly impressed with the new building organization and improvement to the massing of the complex.


Ohio Northern UniversityBusiness AdministrationDesigned to respect a well organized campus with a gesture towards three of the campus original structures on the Main street of Ada, Ohio.

The site for the new school of Business Administration was an open grass field. Situating the new structure on this site allowed the campus to complete a “face” to the town and a physical link to the town center.

Named after James F Dicke of the Dicke family, owners of Crowne Industries in New Bremen, Ohio. The design reflects the commitment of the Dickefamily to improve an American way of life through quality education.

Classrooms are located along the corridors connecting them to faculty offices and the main lobby called the Central Business District.


Sinclair Community College Center for Interactive Learning, (CIL)Dayton, Ohio, Awards, AIA regional honor award; Designed for Sinclair Community Center,(SCC) which was led then, by Dr. David Ponitz, an international leader in the evolution of community colleges. His goal for the design of the CIL was to bring to the institution the latest in digital instructions and the flexibility to embrace any new technologies as they developed.

The building site is along a path that connects, with bridges, the commuter institutions main parking area with the rest of the campus. All students are introduced to the wonder of the building proper along with interactive stations that offer exploration into courses available in the CIL as well as general access to the SCC digital world. Exhaustive studies were done at the time of the design including visits to recognized leading higher education campuses in digital learning and business corporations throughout North America.

Team included Stephen Carter, Jeff Anderson, LWI engineers and construction documents group.*Projects designed by Stephen Carter while at Lorenz and Williams Inc. as Head of Design and Partner–in-Charge, and later, as President and Chairman of the Board. The firm no longer exists under that name

Institute for Advanced Manufacturing Sciences

Cincinnati, Ohio, Awards, AIA Ohio Honor

The institute for manufacturing sciences was created as the incubator facility for the technology park in northern greater Cincinnati, Ohio.

It was published in the AIA Ohio magazine.

The client group, which included the University of Cincinnati, needed a facility that would stimulate interest in innovative startup manufacturing technology in the region to be located within the new campus. The building was to be an icon, a visible symbol of forward thinking.

The design program included administrative space for the campus as well as flexible lab space and meeting rooms to support the incubation of new manufacturing technologies.

The team for the project was Stephen Carter, Jay Hollmanand the project architects and engineers at LWLL&P.


The Children’s PlaceDistribution CenterLocated in New Jersey ,Awards; AIA Ohio, Published, AIA Ohio magazine. Originally designed as the Eastern distribution center and headquarters for this retailer.

Planned in phases on the land parcel purchased by the corporate real estate section of Federated Department Stores.A busy merchandise warehouse and transfer station was located with the administrative office space for the worlds largest retailer serving children’s apparel and accessory needs

The KalWall-clad building is translucent, allowing a comforting glow of light during the day and emitting a safe secure glow to the surrounding grounds at night. the daylight was augmented by vision windows to allow visual relief and a psychological connection to the exterior environment. The entire daylighting system assisted in the clients goal of the conservation of energy. The daylight was further captured through the major use of KalSky along circulation paths and over reception and gathering spaces.


LM Berry South Central HQ

Located in the city of Birmingham, Alabama this Corporate office design received an award from: AIA Ohio and was Published in the AIA Ohio magazine

The primary function of the facility was to provide office space for the yellow pages people

The Open office administration space and Conference areas were located on all three floors of this structure. The extreme grade changes on the site necessitated careful attention to vehicular access to parking . A terraced parking scheme in a radiating pattern was located below the elevation of the main building level. The curve of the main façade used the same radius point as the site development and was recessed on the main level to allow covered auto drop-off.


River Edge ParkDayton, Ohio

Awards included; AIA. Ohio’ (published in their magazine),International Waterfront Design (published in their book ) and the Urban Design Magazine’ (published in their magazine)

The “Public as Client” aspect of Riverdesign Dayton stimulated on-going planning and design projects through the years and continues to remain active. The public’s enhanced awareness of good design spawned such activities as City Scape/City Shape- an annual urban design program that brings notable experts to Dayton, Ohio. The event lasted four to five weeks each fall. I have served on the program’s discussion panels and presented lectures. This support gives continuity to the history of the community’s involvement in the making of its own built environment. The River Edge Park was the first project conceived, funded and built as a result of the comprehensive urban participatory planning.

Created with Moore Grover Harper, the project managers were Stephen Carter, LWI and Chad Floyd, MGH. *Projects designed by Stephen Carter while at Lorenz and Williams Inc. as Head of Design and Partner–in-Charge, and later, as President and Chairman of the Board. The firm no longer exists under that name

Chemineer HQ

Dayton, Ohio,Awards AIA Ohio Award

Was published in the AIA Ohio magazine

Robert Bates, then President and CEO of Chemineer Inc. was a leader in the Miami Valley business community as well as a strong supporter of the arts.

He was committed to saving significant parts of the historic built environment. As such he selected an historic Romanesque building in the Dayton CBD to restore and adapt as the HQ for his company.

Key to the success of this project was the careful coordination of the adaptive use/mannered design aspects with the National Trust for Historic Preservation. Many trips to DC were required to reach agreement on the eventual design of the ground level façade.

The LWLL&P team for this project was Stephen Carter, Robert Reed and the firms project architects/engineers.


Arcade Square Restoration/Adaptive Reuse

Awards, AIA Ohio, Urban Design Magazine, AIA Miami Valley regionFeatured at the Worlds Fair, KnoxvillePublished, Progressive Architecture, AIA Ohio, Urban Design Magazine

Historic Restoration and adaptive reuse of a series of structures originally constructed circa 1902. Original architect , Frank Andrews. On the National Register of Historic Places and located in the Dayton, Ohio CBD directly across third street from the cities main public plaza, Courthouse Square. (Also included in this portfolio). This project, the


The Old Post OfficeThe design/restoration received an AIA Ohio Honor Award and was published in AIA Ohio magazine as well as anAIA Greater Miami Valley Regional award and has been featured in local , State and International news publications.

the Old Post Office has only housed two major tenants in its 100 years – the federal government and the Lorenz & Williams architectural firm – and was saved from demolition in 1979 with help from the City of Dayton and Senator John Glenn, when plans called to replace the building with a parking lot.

The Old Post Office building at 120 W. Third Street was built a century ago and dedicated on New Year’s Day 1915.The restoration restored and saved beautiful details and elements may of which were created by Tiffany Studios.The design Team included Stephen Carter and Tom Allen of LWWLLP.


Library DesignsOSU, Antioch, Ohio, Middletown and Springfield, Ohio

Experience in designing both Higher Educational and Community Libraries and knowledgeable in respecting the differences in these varying types of learning resource centers.

Designs reflect the desires of the clients for meeting their respective missions. Designs also are site specific and sensitive to contextural challenges and opportunities. These Challenges and opportunities include pedestrian and vehicular access, historic precedent and cultural factors.

I have worked with clients to generate their programming needs as well as with outside consultants.

Received awards for the quality of the planning and architectural designs and some of the projects have been published. The awards have come from award programs sponsored by publishers and professional organizations, judged by highly regarded peers of the architectural practice


Higher Education ProjectsNorth Central Ohio StateHealth Sciences

Miami UniversitySchool of Fine Arts Rehab/Add

Xavier UniversityGraduate Housing

The Ohio State UniversityGraduate library

Ohio Northern UniversityJames F DickeSchool of Business Administration

University of CincinnatiInstitute for Manufacturing Sciences

Sinclair Community CollegeCenter for Interactive Learning

United Theological SeminaryMaster Planning andLearning Resource Center

Experienced in a wide variety of project types for Universities and colleges including, specialized classroom buildings and housing as well as master planning and vision planning

Received awards for the quality of the planning and architectural designs and some of the projects have been published. The awards have come from award programs sponsored by publishers and professional organizations, judged by highly regarded peers of the architectural practice.


Cultural FacilitiesSunwatchInterpretive CenterArcheological dig site

The NationalAviation Hall of Fame

RiverbendPerforming Arts PavillonForThe Cincinnati Pops

Carillon Historic Park (CHP)Master Plan

Wright Hall CHPHome of the original 1904 Wright Flyer

Dicke Transportation CenterExhibit buildingCHP (model)

Boonshoft Center forJewish Culture & Education

River Edge ParkDayton, Ohio

I have provided professional services for a wide variety of cultural facilities.

Received awards for the quality of the planning and architectural designs and all of the projects have been published. The awards have come from award programs sponsored by publishers and professional organizations, judged by highly regarded peers of the architectural practice


Corporate Offices and Headquarters

NCR World HeadquartersMaster Plan

Wright Health Offices, patient treatment and labs

MetLife Midwest HQand masterplan

LM BerrySoutheast HQ

Old Post OfficeRestoration and adaptive reuse

Institute for Advanced Manufacturing Sciences

Bank OnePlaza and Main Lobby

Chemineer HQRestoration and adaptive reuse

I have programmed and designed corporate office facilities for a wide variety of corporate clients.

Received awards for the quality of the planning and architectural designs and all of the projects have been published. The awards have come from award programs sponsored by publishers and professional organizations, judged by highly regarded peers of the architectural practice


Brief: Some of his more notable design involvement includes; The National Aviation Hall of Fame, NCR World Headquarters master plan, MetLifeMidwestern Headquarters, OSU Main Library, Eli Lilly HQ Historic Restoration, Xavier Graduate Student Housing, SCC Center for Integrated Learning, Sunwatch Indian Village Interpretive Center, The Carillon Historic Park (Dayton History) and River Design Dayton. His latest project is a Heart Hospital for Kettering Medical Center.

Mr. Carter is the winner of two Progressive Architecture Awards, twelve AIA Ohio Honor Awards, ten AIA Dayton Honor Awards, Operation Resurrection, a monument to H.H. Richardson and numerous other awards and honors. His work has been featured in articles in French, German, Japanese and American magazines and periodicals including; Progressive Architecture, Architectural Record, Urban Design, JA, Baumeister, Interieure Cree and Rizzoli.

Mr. Carter has served the profession in many ways including the various officer positions of AIA. He was President of the Dayton Chapter of AIA, served on the AIA Ohio Board and was in charge of the AIA Honor Awards Program at the State Convention in Cleveland, Ohio. He is the immediate past president of the Hilton Head Island American Institute of Architects. He resides and practices on Hilton Head Island, SC. His practice is focused on design/master planning consultation on a wide variety of project types as well as architectural education.

Stephen J Carter, AIA, NCARB, LF’82 condensed bio

Stephen J. Carter, AIA, NCARB, LF’82, was born in Cincinnati, Ohio. He received degrees from the University of Cincinnati DAAP and Harvard University Graduate School of Design where he was Loeb Fellow.

Mr. Carter taught and/or lectured in the Architectural programs at Ohio State University, The University of Cincinnati, Harvard and Miami University of Ohio where he was a Graduate design studio head for 19 years. His teaching experience accrued while he practiced full-time at Lorenz and Williams Incorporated (LWI) in Dayton, Ohio. (As a Partner since 1982 and CEO/Chairman of the Board from 1999 to 2005 and now, Partner Emeritus).

He has worked on projects as the LWI team member in association with other notable architects including; Charles Moore, Michael Graves, Peter Eisenman Thom Mayne and James Freed. These associations provided an opportunity to participate in a wide variety of philosophical design approaches enriching his practice and teaching.

He has designed a wide range of project types including; Corporate Headquarters, Restoration & Adaptive reuse, Libraries, Medical Centers, Public Spaces and Civic Centers, Cultural Facilities, Education, K-12 and Universities.

Professional Experience-a narrative

My primary contribution to the advancement of the profession of architecture is through my work as a designer. A consistent quality of design through my career can be seen in both new and major restoration projects. The works are located throughout the country and include projects with large, complex, high-budget programs and small, modestly budgeted programs. Regardless of the project type, location, or client, the resultant quality of design is documented in client testimonials, publications, and awards on an international scale. A recurring theme in these achievements includes my mastery of contextualism and my total commitment to client participation.

The commitment to design quality goes beyond the design process itself. I have actively contributed to the advancement of the profession by holding leadership positions in the AIA on local, state and national levels; by teaching design at four Ohio universities:University of Cincinnati, The Ohio State University, Wright State University School of Medicine, and Miami University; by continuing to develop my design skills through a Loeb Fellowship at Harvard University; and through a level of community involvement in conjunction with actual design projects. The following summary weaves together my professional, academic, and social contributions as a designer to the advancement of design quality in architecture.

My design efforts were enriched early in my career when I realized the value of client involvement. I found that this involvement facilitated the most appropriate design responses to functional needs while sensitizing each party to any contextual challenges and their necessary responses. In my first year of AIA membership, this philosophy found an application in the design of The Ohio State Library Addition and Remodeling. It received a design award from Progressive Architecture and the Architects Society of Ohio. The completed project was later published for its design attributes in Progressive Architecture for the construction’s faithful adherence to the design intent. The project then exhibited design merit on a broad level by publication in the German magazine, Baumeister.

Subsequent to the library project many more design challenges enhanced my opportunity to expand and refine the concept of client participation with Moore Grover Harper. This included a public planning project called “Riverdesign Dayton.” This process involved three components: a 40 member citizens working committee; a storefront CBD office (I manned full time); and six, one-hour, live local T.V. programs. The resultant plan received accolades from the public, design awards from Progressive Architecture in 1977 and Urban Design in 1978, as well as publication in both magazines. The first phase development project identified in the plan, “Riveredge Park”, was completed in 1979 and received an AIA Ohio Honor Award in 1981.

The “Public as Client” aspect of Riverdesign Dayton stimulated

on-going planning and design projects through the years and

continues to remain active. The public’s enhanced awareness

of good design spawned such activities as City Scape/City

Shape- an annual urban design program that brings notable

experts to Dayton, Ohio. The event lasted four to five weeks

each fall. I have served on the program’s discussion panels

and presented lectures. This support gives continuity to the

history of the community’s involvement in the making of its

own built environment.

The Metropolitan Life Midwest Head Office project contrasted

to the Riverdesign project by involving only one short meeting

with the client. One sheet of “8 ½” x “11” paper contained the

entire programmatic input. The design process, however,

continued as if the client were present. Each step was

catalogued and presented to them to ensure understanding of

the final building design. The design was an example of

architecture responding successfully to the onslaught of open-

office planning. It was featured in the German magazine

Baumeister and received an Architects Society of Ohio Honor

Award.

Restoration and adaptive reuse projects such as the Arcade

Square, the Old Post Office, and the Chemineer Building in

Dayton, Ohio, required a different kind of client participation. I

describe it as a form of “listening” to historic structures,

“reading” them, and responding to what I read and hear. All

three of these projects were on the National Register of

Historic Places. Each project added to my design vocabulary

while saving valuable pieces of Dayton’s physical culture.

They all received Architects Society of Ohio Honor Awards and

were featured for distinctly different reasons in different

ways.The Arcade was published in Progressive Architecture and

in the French magazine Architectural Interiere Cree and was on

display at the Knoxville World’s Fair for its passive solar

characteristics. These characteristics were elaborated on by Dr.

Bazjanac of Berkeley in a Progressive Architecture article. The

Old Post Office was presented in various magazines in great

detail for its successful use of technology and techniques in

restoration. The Chemineer project received attention for its

interior development which responded to the Commercial

Romanesque façade while maintaining a distinctly contemporary

feel.

These projects and others that I participated in the designing,

formed a portfolio of experience that led to an invitation from

Harvard University to accept a Loeb Fellowship at the Graduate

School of Design. The Fellowship was an honor, an

endorsement, and an experience of enrichment for my career.

The opportunity to teach at Harvard provided a forum for sharing

my professional design experience with students and faculty. The

preparation for teaching forced me to reflect on and articulate my

experience and philosophy and their affect on the act of design.

The Fellowship was a benchmark in my career. I continued part-

time teaching at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, heading a

Graduate Design Studio. Here I exposed students to the

process, detail and development of real work experience and

pure design theory to provide a balance to their educational

experience. This synergism added to my personal development

as an architectural designer.

My design projects since, have a broader foundation than my earlier work. The Institute of Advanced Manufacturing Science (1), The Children’s Place, the Metropolitan Life Insurance Midwest Head Office (2), and other projects such as the L. M. Berry South Central Area Headquarters (3) and Federated Department Stores, Main Street Division, are evidence of experience on a national level. In addition, my quality of design continued to win awards. I received the Architects Society of Ohio Honor Award for the Indian Village Interpretive Center in Miamisburg, Ohio (4).

The client inclusive design process in projects continued. I had the opportunity to design many projects for higher education with an ever increasing emphasis on building technology and user needs in the digital world. Clients included the University of Cincinnati, Miami University, Kettering College of Medical Arts, Sinclair Community College (5) and Antioch. Previous higher education projects included: Ohio University, The Ohio State University, North Central State University, and the Medical College of Ohio.

My teaching in the Graduate program at Miami University continued for 19 years. My studio emphasis, on “design to detail” as a comprehensive process, evolved as technology replaced pencil and the student’s tool of choice was the computer. The use of digital technology in the process was both an asset and a liability. Special attention was needed to cultivate individual creativity as separate from the global menu of ideas available through the internet at the click of a mouse

. The computer did offer a great bonus, however, in improving student abilities to explore three-dimensionally, project presentations, and in the creation of a set of design development documents as a part of each student’s final design documents.While teaching and designing, I had administrative responsibilities as a partner and then,President/CEO of Lorenz & Williams Inc. My emphasis, beyond the project involvement, was on the transition of the firm. We were well into a digital practice and dealing with the changes and opportunities affecting our client services. I was also growing the firm from within with staff promotions to partners and from outside the firm with the acquisition of a firm in Richmond, Indiana that had a half-century of practice in primary and secondary education projects.

In the past decade I continued the transition of leadership at Lorenz Williams Incorporated. At this point my role as CEO and my desire to be hands-on with the design phase of projects led me to the difficult decision of reducing my role as a university studio head. I continued to participate in senior-final design juries at UC and MU. My design opportunities included design projects such as the College of Business Administration at Ohio Northern University (6) and the Boonshoft Center for Jewish Culture and Education (7), but most of my practice in the last ten years was focused on Health Care. I master planned three medical center complexes and designed specific projects, as early phases of the master plan development of Kettering Medical Center, including the Schuster Heart Hospital and Boonshoft College of Medical Arts.

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My urban design experience through the years has continued to allow me to explore the client as a key participant in this evolution of project design. My involvement as associated architect in projects also contributed to my growth. I was fortunate to participate in differing ways in projects with several notable architects including: Jim Freed (I. M. Pei) on the Gem Savings building (1); Charles Moore and Chad Floyd (Moore Grover Harper) in the Riverdesign Dayton planning project as co-manager/designer(2); Michael Graves in the Ohio State Competition (3) and Cincinnati Riverbend Center (4); and helped select Peter Eisenman for our team on the DAAP project at U.C (5) and Columbus Convention Center (6).

Although each of these architects designed in differing ways, all of them offered degrees of participation from LWI team members. Charles Moore was the most inclusive with the others less so except in informal critiques. I treasure the time spent creating with all of them even though I did not always embrace their philosophies. I believe, in teaching, a design studio head, in like manner, should be able to participate with university students and provide support to nurture their creativity.

I now practice on Hilton Head Island, South Carolina. My personal skills in the design process include the use of 3 D modeling with the Google SketchUp program and presentations using the Piranesi rendering program. As a member of the local chapter of AIA, I participated recently on a design team in the South Carolina Mayor’s Institute/AIA 150 Program.

This included a charrette at Summerton, South Carolina which was part of a citizens participation process to create a vision plan for the future of their community. I then was elected President/Elect of the Hilton Head Island Section of the American Institute of Architects and this year I remain on the Board of Directors. I have continued my practice as a consultant for projects involving Health Care Design and Master Planning (7). I now offer my skills in programming, master planning and design to prospective clients who desire a process that identifies needs and opportunities for lasting-quality-architectural solutions. The process successfully applies to both traditional private and public projects as well as to teaching at the University level.

Recent Panel discussion at UC “recalling the Story”Rededication of the HH Richardson Memorial designed by Stephen Carter ( Steve, sitting on the right in the photo)http://magazine.uc.edu/favorites/web-only/richardsons_rocks.html

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