RWA Receives a 2011 Cincinnati Preservation Association (CPA) Award.
Every year, the CPA’s Preservation Awards Ceremony recognizes outstanding accomplishments in local preservation activities in various categories and this year, on November 13, 2011, RWA received 1 of only 2 residential awards handed out in the “Rehabilitation” category. A CPA award is given to buildings in the Cincinnati area that have been substantially restored or rehabilitated and comply with the Secretary of the Interiors Standards for Rehabilitation.
The award-winning project involved a whole-house renovation of the 1926 Tudor Revival Style home, “Lilybanks,” in Hyde Park. Having already undergone many renovations, additions and utility upgrades, it was imperative to the new Owners that all of the remodeling fit seamlessly with the “Tudor Revival Style” of the existing house. So, with that goal in mind RWA, working alongside the Owners, who felt passionately about maintaining the integrity of the original house, and the construction team, set out to come up with all of the best possible solutions.
These solutions included both big and small design decisions such as painted cabinets with leaded glass, layered crown mouldings, paneled walls, and honed white marble slab countertops in the Kitchen.
Wainscot subway tile, hexagon floor tile and one-piece carrara marble slabs were implemented into Master Bathroom.
Throughout the house, interior doors, hinges and hardware were salvaged and reused. The original stair was brought back to the basement while cabinets that were not original to the house were removed. Also, all original leaded glass windows and exterior doors were removed, repaired and refinished. Certainly posing the biggest challenge, the house was completely rewired, received all new plumbing and a new geothermal HVAC system with virtually no visual impact to the first, second and third floors.
All of these decisions and changes resulted in a home that is ready to move into the future, but is defiantly holding onto it’s past, ensuring it’s character, durability and sustainability.
Member City of Cincinnati Energy Conservation Grant Committee 2010 -2012
Member of the United States Green Building Council (USGBC) Cincinnati Regional Chapter
Co-Chair of the Cincinnati AIA Congress of Residential Architecture Committee (CORA), 2005-2007
AIA CRAN AG Chairman 2013, AIA CRAN AG Incoming Chairman, 2012
Founding Member of CRAN KC Advisory Group, 2006 – 2011
Member of the National AIA Custom Residential Architects Network (CRAN) advisory committee 2005 – Present
Member of Cincinnati AIA Cincinnati Design Awards (CDA) Committee, 2005-Present
Recipient of AIA Cincinnati Chapter Presidents Award, 2005
American Ground Water Trust Workshop, LEED Platinum Design: A Path to Net Zero Energy Building Considerations in the going the Distance to Net Zero, 2013
Co-presenter of presentation entitled “Are Your Residential Architects Providing (or Finding) Membership Value,” AIA Grassroots, Washington, D.C. 2012
Co-presenter of presentation entitled “Adding Value to Your Members and Dollars to Your Budget through Knowledge Community Connections,” AIA CACE/KLA, Philadelphia. 2011
Served on the Steering Committee for the AIA Custom Residential Architects Network (CRAN) 2013 National Symposium, “Elevating the Art of Residential Design & Practice” Santa Fe, NM
Served on the Steering Committee for the AIA Custom Residential Architects Network (CRAN) 2012 National Symposium, “Elevating the Art of Residential Design & Practice” Newport, RI
Served on the Steering Committee for the AIA Custom Residential Architects Network (CRAN) 2011 National Symposium, “Elevating the Art of Residential Design & Practice” New Orleans
Served on the Steering Committee for the AIA Custom Residential Architects Network (CRAN) 2010 National Symposium, “Looking back to Move Forward” Austin, TX
Served on the Steering Committee for the AIA Custom Residential Architects Network (CRAN) 2008 Leadership Conference in Minneapolis, “Learning from the Lakers” Minneapolis, MN
Served on the Steering Committee for the AIA Custom Residential Architects Network (CRAN) 2007 National Symposium, “Full Spectrum Practice” Chicago, IL
Co-presenter of presentation entitled “Trends and Tools for Custom Residential Architects” at the 2006 AIA National Convention for Custom Residential Architects Network (CRAN)
Co-presenter of presentation entitled “What to Look for in Best Practices for Residential Contractors” Congress of Residential Architects (CORA), Reinvention 2005, Coral Gables, FL December 2005
Member of Contemporary Art Center – Present
Member of Cincinnati Art Museum – Present
Docent, Cincinnati Art Museum, 2008 – Present
Member of the Hyde Park Business Association
Member of the Board of Directors for Mercy Neighborhood Ministries, 2007-Present
President of the Board of Directors for Healing Connections Associates, Inc., 2005-2007
Past Member of the Board of Directors for Healing Connections Associates, Inc., 1998-2005
Past Member of the Board of Directors for Chatfield College, 1999- 2005
Past Member of the Mariemont Planning Commission, 1999-2002
Past President and Board Member of Historic Southwest Ohio (HSO), 1990-1996
Participated in a charrette for the Over-the-Rhine neighborhood on January 19, 2008, sponsored by the Architectural Foundation of Cincinnati, Cincinnati Preservation Association, and AIA Cincinnati. The charrette highlighted design opportunities for in-fill projects within the historic neighborhood. Approximately 120 people attended.
One of six jurors who reviewed spring semester graduate thesis presentations at Miami University Department of Architecture and Interior Design 2015
Juror for the Master’s degree program, SEC Studio, Advanced Building Design, University of Cincinnati SAID, Summer Semester 2017
