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John N. Richards
John N. Richards (1904–1982) was an American architect in practice in Toledo, Ohio, from 1940 to 1976. From 1958 to 1960 he was president of the American Institute of Architects. Life and career John Noble Richards was born April 23, 1904, in Warren, Ohio. His family moved to Toledo, Ohio, Toledo in 1911, where he was educated in the public schools. After his graduation he worked for the local architectural firm of Mills, Rhines, Bellman & Nordhoff before moving to Philadelphia, where he attended the architecture school of the University of Pennsylvania. He graduated with a B.Arch. in 1931. While in Philadelphia he worked for architects G. Edwin Brumbaugh, Zantzinger, Borie & Medary and Ritter & Shay before returning to Mills in Toledo in 1932. He would remain with this firm and its successors for the rest of his career. In 1940 he was made a principal in the firm, and in 1944 it was renamed Bellman, Gillett & Richards to recognize changes in leadership. His associates Lawrence ...
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Warren, Ohio
Warren is a city in and the county seat of Trumbull County, Ohio, United States. Located in northeastern Ohio, Warren lies approximately northwest of Youngstown and southeast of Cleveland. The population was 39,201 at the 2020 census. The historical county seat of the Connecticut Western Reserve, it is the second largest city in the Youngstown–Warren metropolitan area, and anchors the northern part of that area. History Ephraim Quinby founded Warren in 1798, on of land that he purchased from the Connecticut Land Company, as part of the Connecticut Western Reserve. Quinby named the town for the town's surveyor, Moses Warren. The town was the county seat of the Western Reserve, then became the Trumbull County seat in 1801. In 1833, Warren contained county buildings, two printing offices, a bank, five mercantile stores, and about 600 inhabitants. Warren had a population of nearly 1,600 people in 1846. In that same year, the town had five churches, twenty stores, three ne ...
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Royal Architectural Institute Of Canada
The Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC) is a not-for-profit, national organization that has represented architects and architecture for over 100 years, in existence since 1907. The RAIC is the leading voice for excellence in the built environment in Canada, demonstrating how design enhances the quality of life, while addressing important issues of society through responsible architecture. The RAIC’s mission is to promote excellence in the built environment and to advocate for responsible architecture. The organization national office is based in Ottawa with a growing federated chapter model. Current chapters and networks are based in British Columbia, Alberta and Nova Scotia. History RAIC was founded in 1907. It provided a country-level co-ordination among previously-existing provincial architectural groups.Kelly Crossman. Architecture in Transition: From Art to Practice, 1885-1906'. McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP; 1987. . p. 15–. Through its journal, the organization ...
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People From Warren, Ohio
A person ( : people) is a being that has certain capacities or attributes such as reason, morality, consciousness or self-consciousness, and being a part of a culturally established form of social relations such as kinship, ownership of property, or legal responsibility. The defining features of personhood and, consequently, what makes a person count as a person, differ widely among cultures and contexts. In addition to the question of personhood, of what makes a being count as a person to begin with, there are further questions about personal identity and self: both about what makes any particular person that particular person instead of another, and about what makes a person at one time the same person as they were or will be at another time despite any intervening changes. The plural form "people" is often used to refer to an entire nation or ethnic group (as in "a people"), and this was the original meaning of the word; it subsequently acquired its use as a plural form of ...
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Presidents Of The American Institute Of Architects
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Fellows Of The American Institute Of Architects
Fellow of the American Institute of Architects (FAIA) is a postnominal title or membership, designating an individual who has been named a fellow of the American Institute of Architects (AIA). Fellowship is bestowed by the institute on AIA-member architects who have made outstanding contributions to the profession through design excellence, contributions in the field of architectural education, or to the advancement of the profession. In 2014, fewer than 3,200 of the more than 80,000 AIA members were fellows. Honorary Fellowship (Hon. FAIA) is awarded to foreign (non- U.S. citizen) architects, and to non-architects who have made substantial contributions to the field of architecture or to the institute. Categories Fellowship is awarded in one of six categories: *Design *Practice management or technical advancement *Leadership *Public service *Volunteer work or service to society *Education and research History Membership in the American Institute of Architects was originally di ...
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Architects From Toledo, Ohio
An architect is a person who plans, designs and oversees the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to provide services in connection with the design of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the buildings that have human occupancy or use as their principal purpose. Etymologically, the term architect derives from the Latin ''architectus'', which derives from the Greek (''arkhi-'', chief + ''tekton'', builder), i.e., chief builder. The professional requirements for architects vary from place to place. An architect's decisions affect public safety, and thus the architect must undergo specialized training consisting of advanced education and a ''practicum'' (or internship) for practical experience to earn a license to practice architecture. Practical, technical, and academic requirements for becoming an architect vary by jurisdiction, though the formal study of architecture in academic institutions has played a pivotal role in the development of the ...
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Toledo YMCA
The YMCA Building, now known as 1100 Jefferson or the Court Services Building, is a historic building in downtown Toledo, Ohio. The National Register of Historic Places listed the former Young Men's Christian Association structure in 1982. History The Toledo YMCA, originally founded in 1865, needed a larger location based on continued growth. Architect John N. Richards designed the building in 1930 but the Great Depression caused the design to be scaled back and delayed the start of construction until 1934. When it was completed in 1935, the complex was still sizable with 153 bedrooms, chapel, cafeteria, kitchen, laundry room, full-size pool, two full gymnasiums, six handball courts, boxing and exercise rooms, hydrotherapy massage rooms, boys social rooms, game rooms, and an assembly hall. The total cost of construction came to $800,000 and included multiple contractors. Hugh Tyler of New York City handled the interior design, Ingalls Stone Company of Bedford, Indiana provid ...
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Alice Adams (artist)
Alice Adams (born November 16, 1930) is an American artist known for her sculpture and site-specific land art in the 1970s and for her major public art projects in transit systems, airports, university campuses and other urban sites throughout the United States since 1986. Her earlier work in tapestry and woven forms was important in the American fiber art movement. Biography Adams grew up in Jamaica, New York and in 1953 graduated with a BFA in painting from Columbia University. Following graduation, she went to Aubusson, France to study tapestry weaving and design at L'Ecole Nationale d'Art Decoratif. Except for two years spent in France, Adams has lived in New York City, traveling for collaboration and consultation on public art projects in the United States and abroad. There have been several stages in her eclectic career. Career Tapestries and woven forms After completing her studies in Aubusson, Adams returned to New York in 1956. She brought a tapes ...
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Toledo Botanical Garden
Toledo Botanical Garden (formerly the Crosby Gardens and George P. Crosby Park) is a botanical garden in Toledo, Ohio, owned and managed by Metroparks Toledo. Originally comprising donated by George P. Crosby to the City of Toledo, the garden now encompasses . Notable events include the Crosby Festival of the Arts, held in late June; and Heralding the Holidays, a seasonal celebration showcasing the numerous resident artistic guilds. History Metroparks Toledo began assisting operations in 2006 after the city ceased its funding of the garden. Transfer of the park to Metroparks Toledo was formally transferred in 2019. Notable gardens * Susan H. LeCron Shade Garden (Including a noteworthy Hosta collection) * Pioneer garden * Herb garden * Rose garden * Perennial garden * Green garden Blair Lithophane Museum In 2002 a collection of 2,300 Lithophanes that had been donated to the city of Toledo were used to establish a museum at the Toledo Botanical Gardens. The museum closed at th ...
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Ottawa Hills, Ohio
Ottawa Hills is a village in Lucas County, Ohio, United States. The population was 4,517 at the 2010 census. The village was developed on both sides of the Ottawa River (Ohio) and serves as a bedroom community and suburb of Toledo. The Ottawa Hills school district ranked first in the state in student performance for the 2007–2008 school year. History The Village of Ottawa Hills was developed beginning in 1915. John North Willys, president of the Overland Company, acquired approximately beginning at the intersection of Bancroft Street and Indian Road and extending along the Ottawa River to Central Avenue. He started development that year, as reported by ''The Toledo Times:'' Landscape architects, city planning engineers, landscape gardeners, and other experts, backed by an army of workmen equipment with the latest machinery and tools have been steadily at work on the tract for over a year. They have practically completed the improvement of the first unit of the developme ...
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National Academy Of Design
The National Academy of Design is an honorary association of American artists, founded in New York City in 1825 by Samuel Morse, Asher Durand, Thomas Cole, Martin E. Thompson, Charles Cushing Wright, Ithiel Town, and others "to promote the fine arts in America through instruction and exhibition." Membership is limited to 450 American artists and architects, who are elected by their peers on the basis of recognized excellence. History The original founders of the National Academy of Design were students of the American Academy of the Fine Arts. However, by 1825 the students of the American Academy felt a lack of support for teaching from the academy, its board composed of merchants, lawyers, and physicians, and from its unsympathetic president, the painter John Trumbull. Samuel Morse and other students set about forming "the drawing association", to meet several times each week for the study of the art of design. Still, the association was viewed as a dependent organizati ...
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Bowling Green State University
Bowling Green State University (BGSU) is a Public university, public research university in Bowling Green, Ohio. The main academic and residential campus is south of Toledo, Ohio. The university has nationally recognized programs and research facilities in the natural and social sciences, education, arts, business, health and wellness, humanities and applied technologies. The institution was granted a charter in 1910 as a normal school, specializing in teacher training and education, as part of the Lowry bill, Lowry Normal School Bill that authorized two new normal schools in the state of Ohio. Over the university's history, it has developed from a small rural normal school into a comprehensive public research university. It is a part of University System of Ohio and Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education, classified among "R2: Doctoral Universities – High research activity". In 2019, Bowling Green offered over 200 Undergraduate education, undergraduate ...
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