Chapter News

March 17, 2020 Dear LAI Members, During the past two weeks, LAI International Officers and representatives of the Ely Chapter, (Richard Wilson, Ely Chapter President, Jennifer Tammen, LEW Chair and staff) have had several discussions regarding the feasibility of holding the Land Economics Weekend (LEW) April 30

Here’s a look at more than 25 shared office spaces around the Baltimore area, and how they’re evolving. Will every neighborhood have a coworking space? It’s a question we’ve been playfully asking around the newsroom each time a new space opens in Baltimore. It’s a city of

The museum will tell the history of American public housing in a remnant of a 1930s public housing complex on Chicago’s Near West Side. When you’re working to establish a museum with such contested subject matter as the National Public Housing Museum (NPHM), it pays to have

Baltimore Without Borders November 27, 2019 The Daily Record By Joe Nathanson Click here for PDF In the course of my consulting career, I came increasingly to see the impacts that immigrants and refugees were having on our cities and metropolitan areas. I became immersed in that

Kirwan’s work should not be dismissed October 24, 2019 The Daily Record By Joe Nathanson Click here for PDF If you are concerned with this region’s long-term economic development prospects, you should be paying attention to the recommendations of the Kirwan Commission. If you think that Maryland

Considering transit, again September 19, 2019 The Daily Record By Joe Nathanson Click here for PDF The Greater Baltimore Committee’s recent transportation summit once again placed a spotlight on the need for the Baltimore area to invest in infrastructure critical to the region’s economic progress. The program

The Ivy is pleased to welcome Charlie Duff to discuss his book The North Atlantic Cities. Why do London and Baltimore have row houses while Paris and Minneapolis do not? This was the question that led Charlie Duff to explore the world’s rowhouse cities across the North

Congratulations to Kathleen Lane and AIA Baltimore on their annual Doors Open Baltimore, the city’s largest festival of architecture and neighborhoods. Doors Open Baltimore invites thousands of visitors to explore Baltimore’s neighborhoods, peek inside some of the city’s most stunning spaces, and make meaningful connections to the

Why do London and Baltimore have row houses while Paris and Minneapolis do not? This was the question that led Charlie Duff to explore the world’s rowhouse cities across the North Atlantic. What he found is that they form an urban family, bound together by architecture, commerce,

2019 Award for Excellence in Sustainable and Resilient Design This project honors the history of the Olmsted park, while providing a much needed facility and venue. The design goes above and beyond the LEED Gold standard by including thoughtful and sustainable exterior environments. For example, the Pollinator