Jeff Kirker with AIA Cincinnati Chapter President Cynthia Williams Jeff Kirker, Kirker Kubala What does your firm do? Kirker Kubala represents over 50 independent lighting manufacturers and offers quality customer service and project management from the idea conception to project completion. How does your firm work with architects? Kirker Kubala,...
John Westheimer, President, Cincinnati Commercial Contracting What does your firm do? Cincinnati Commercial Contracting was founded in 1979 to provide clients with full service commercial construction management and real estate development expertise. From retail stores and restaurants to manufacturing facilities and fabrication shops, CCC’s expert construction management...
Credit: MSA Architects Submitting Firm: Spohn Associates, Inc. Project Name: Blue Ash Summit Tower Location: Blue Ash, Ohio Date Completed: April 2018 Project Team: Architect: MSA Architects Customer: City of Blue Ash Contractor: Turner Construction Photographer: Lindsay Nesbitt Manufacturer Rep/Installers: Spohn Associates, Inc. Brief Description: Spohn was very excited to see this beautiful project come together! The...
Stephen Sendelbeck, Retired, Architectural Foundation of Cincinnati and KZF Design Looking back at your time leading AIA Cincinnati, what are you most proud of accomplishing? During my presidency, we focused on organizing and planning Chapter events and communicating with our members to enhance the value of membership....
AIA Cincinnati congratulates two members who recently passed their exams to become licensed architects, moving from Associate AIA to full AIA! Kudos on your hard work and impressive accomplishments! Jessica Dangelo, AIA, LEED AP BD+C, WELL AP, LFA Sustainability Coordinator, Project CoordinatorM+A Architects As a recent 2018 graduate...
Jeff Rose & Bill Walz, Co-Owners, Mansion Hill Custom Floors What does your firm do? We are a custom woodhouse, meaning we specialize in one-of-a-kind, unique custom wood flooring and wall-treatments that you won’t find anywhere else. How did you get into this field? Jeff: I started sanding floors...
Art Dierks, Chief Operating Officer, The V Collective What does your firm do? The V Collective is the parent company to Innerwood, Don Justice Cabinet Makers, and HBI. We were started by Dan Hueber over 40 years ago as Hueber Brothers Inc., focusing on trim carpentry. After...
Robert E. Gramann, FAIA, Chairman Emeritus, GBBN Architects Looking back at your time leading AIA Cincinnati, what are you most proud of accomplishing? Well, 1977 is a long time ago, but many of the challenges of chapter recruitment and retention remain the same today. Recruit and retain...
David S. Collins, FAIA, President, The Preview Group, Inc. Looking back at your time leading AIA Cincinnati, what are you most proud of accomplishing? The 1980 National Convention, although I was not president then, I was a member of the local planning committee and chaired the committee...
Rick Koehler, AIA, Co-Founder, President, and then CEO of Architects Plus (now retired) Looking back at your time leading AIA Cincinnati, what are you most proud of accomplishing? I have two accomplishments that I am proud of, while I was on the AIA Cincinnati Board. I designed...
Lindsay Schweitzer, Assoc. AIA, LEED Green Associate, Designer IIRWA Architects, Inc. Matthew Zix, Assoc. AIAProject DesignerMSA Design Lindsay Schweitzer, Assoc. AIA, LEED Green Associate, & Matthew Zix, Assoc. AIA Of your recent projects, which is your favorite and why? Matthew: There have been a number of projects at MSA...
Credit: Paige Pederazni Credit: Ross Van Pelt, The Scout Guide Cincinnati Craig Russell, Founder & CEO, The English Contractor & Remodeling Services What does your firm do? We are a custom builder and bespoke remodeling company located in Cincinnati. How did you get into this field? I was the kid who...
Amanda Cook, Territory Sales Manager, Tisdel Distributing- Sub-Zero, Wolf, and Cove Distributor What does your firm do? For the past 30 years, Tisdel Distributing has been the exclusive distributor for Sub-Zero, Wolf, Asko, Faber, Best and Scotsman in the midwest and midsouth, USA. We are the direct...
John Rogers, FAIA, FACHA, President, John W. Rogers, Architect Looking back at your time leading AIA Cincinnati, what are you most proud of accomplishing? The AIA Cincinnati Board focused on member value while I was on the Board. We continued to create a reserve that covered 120%+...
Andreas Lange, Senior Associate, PWWG Architects, CRANawards Chair (2016-2020) Of your recent projects, which is your favorite and why? Cincinnati Music Hall – I joined PWWG as the on-site Project Architect to help deliver this project. It was a once-in-a-lifetime project that demanded absolutely every architectural skill...
Alexander Christoforidis, AIA AICP LEEDap, Division of Experience-based Learning and Career Education, University of Cincinnati Of your recent projects, which is your favorite and why? You always look ahead to the next one, but among my recent projects, I would have to say the renovation of our...
John Dorich, Partner, GOP Limited Structural Engineers What does your firm do? We are Structural Engineering consultants. We specialize in the design of buildings and related structures. Our clients are mainly architects, but we also work for contractors, building owners, and some residential clients. How did you get...
Image © 2019 Mark Bealer Mark Bealer, Co-Owner, Studio 66 LLC Who inspires you: Ezra Stoller, the pioneer of modern Architectural Photography. A recent book of his work is “Photographic History of Modernism.” His style was to spend time studying a building to find the best light/time of...
Jonathan Wood, Owner/Architect, Wood Architects Of your recent projects, which is your favorite and why? After two years of planning and design, we are finally under construction for an addition and renovation to my personal residence. I love being on site every day and watching our vision...
Brad Ewing, Principal, Owner, Registered Architect at ESM Architects Of your recent projects, which is your favorite and why? Besides designing the company Christmas card every year which is always one of our favorite annual projects, I would say a custom home that is finishing up in...
