Ziger/Snead News

Ziger/Snead Announces Promotions, Continues to Grow

2011-08-18T00:00:00-04:00

Ziger/Snead, a leading Baltimore-based architecture firm, is delighted to announce the recent addition of three designers, as well as the promotion of Douglas Bothner and Daniel Carter to Senior Associates.

Doug provides client-focused design solutions for many of Ziger/Snead’s cultural and residential projects. His project highlights include two award-winning private residences, the Woodvalley House and River House; Gilman School Carey Hall Renovation and Addition; and multiple projects for Obrycki...

Baltimore Sun: Design unveiled for 9/11 Memorial of Maryland

2011-05-18T00:00:00-04:00

Design unveiled for 9/11 Memorial of Maryland

Artifacts from attacks form tribute to 63 Marylanders who died

By Edward Gunts, The Baltimore Sun

7:12 PM EDT, May 18, 2011

Visitors will come face to face with artifacts salvaged from three terrorist attack sites at the 9/11 Memorial of Maryland, which is scheduled for completion at Baltimore's Inner Harbor shoreline in September.

Mangled columns from the north tower of New York's World Trade Center, damaged limestone from the...

Baltimore Sun: Maryland 9/11 Memorial On Track for 10th Anniversary

2011-05-03T00:00:00-04:00

By Julie Bykowicz, The Baltimore Sun

11:37 p.m. EDT, May 2, 2011

For organizers of the 9/11 Memorial of Maryland, the unexpected announcement Sunday that U.S. forces had killed al-Qaida leaderOsama bin Laden came as a moving coincidence.

Memorial committee members had planned to release renderings of the Inner Harbor site this month. The memorial, which will incorporate wreckage from the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, is to open in time for the 10th anniversary of the attacks in September...

Ziger/Snead Awarded Renovations to Baltimore Museum of Art

2011-04-27T00:00:00-04:00

The Baltimore Museum of Art selected Ziger/Snead Architects to lead a $24 million renovation of the BMA's ten-building complex built around the historic John Russell Pope building built in the 1920s.

The renovation will bring significant improvements for visitors, including the enhancements of galleries housing three major art collections - Contemporary, American, and African; improvements to the East Lobby, and upgrades to visitor amenities. Much needed improvemnets in essential infrastructure...

Ziger/Snead Projects Awarded Half of the State Sustainable Communities Tax Credits

2011-02-18T00:00:00-05:00

Two of Ziger/Snead's current projects each received $3 million in tax credits from the Maryland Sustainable Communities Tax Credit Program, which this year replaced the former Maryland Heritage Structure Rehabilitation Tax Credit - commonly known as Historic Tax Credits.

10 projects were selected out of 36 applicants to receive over $11 million based on an established set of criteria including goals for sustainability as well as historic rehabilitation standards.

The Crown Cork & Seal Machine...

Habitat for Humanity LEED Platinum House Wins Two Awards

2011-01-28T00:00:00-05:00

On Thursday, January 27th, the Habitat for Humanity LEED Platinum House at 1810 Laurens Street was chosen as the winning project in the Sustainable Builiding Homes category at the USGBC Maryland's 6th Annual Awards Celebration. This home, designed by Ziger/Snead and sponsored by Under Armour, in partnership with the USGBC-MD, was constructed as a prototype for Sandtown Habitat for Humanity to evaluate how building sustainable homes can be achieved in the context of affordable housing. Some of the...

Maryland 9/11 Memorial Committee Selects Baltimore's Ziger/Snead to Design September 11 Memorial

2011-01-24T00:00:00-05:00

Following a comprehensive review process, the Maryland 9/11 Memorial Committee today announced that Baltimore architectural firm Ziger/Snead has been selected to lead the design of Maryland’s 9/11 memorial. The memorial, which will incorporate steel beams from New York’s Twin Towers, is scheduled to be unveiled this year, the 10^th anniversary of the tragedy. Ziger/Snead Architects will lead the design and architecture of the memorial, Mahan Rykiel Associates will design the landscape, Robert Silman...

Ziger/Snead, Parks & People Honored by AIA Maryland

2010-09-07T00:00:00-04:00

Ziger/Snead, a Baltimore-based architectural design firm, is pleased to announce that their design for The Center for Parks & People at Auchentoroly Terrace has been awarded an Award of Merit from AIA Maryland in the Unbuilt category.

The project includes the restoration of an abandoned nine-acre portion of Druid Hill Park, complete with public demonstration gardens, recreational opportunities, and urban forestry research fields. The fire-damaged historic superintendent's house will be restored...

Ziger/Snead Chooses 100% Renewable Energy

2010-08-24T00:00:00-04:00

We our proud to announce that we have just signed a one year contract to buy 100% of our office electricity from a renewable energy provider. After a careful selection process, Commerce Energy was chosen to provide Z/S with 100% Wind Turbine generated electricity.

Z/S projects that roughly 94,000 lbs of CO2, 682 lbs of SO2, and 145 lbs of N2O annually will not be released into the atmosphere by our daily operations. Using the "Greenhouse Gas Equivalency Calculator" provided by the EPA we were able...

New Marketing Director Hired

2010-03-15T00:00:00-04:00

Ziger/Snead, a Baltimore-based architectural design firm, is pleased to announce that Katelin Crook has joined the studio as Marketing Director. Katelin will be responsible for managing the marketing and business development efforts of the firm.

Prior to her new position at Ziger/Snead, Katelin worked as Marketing Director for KANN Partners and as Graphic Designer and Marketing Manager for CSD Architects. Katelin is a graduate of Brown University with degrees in Architectural Studies and Visual...

Risén Promoted for Advancing Leadership in Integrated Sustainable Design

2010-02-01T00:00:00-05:00

Ziger/Snead, a Baltimore-based architectural design firm, is pleased to announce that Jonas Risén has been promoted as an Associate.

Jonas joined Ziger/Snead in 2007, bringing to the team a multidisciplinary approach rooted in both architecture and science, with an emphasis on integrated design process and whole building performance.

Jonas received a Master of Sustainable Design from Carnegie Mellon’s Center for Building Performance. He also has a Master of Architecture from Tulane School of Architecture...