Streamlining the Design Review Process

Multiple project design reviews can have a detrimental effect to a firm’s bottom line.  Furthermore, a lengthy review process can serve to erode the client/architect relationship.  Please join us for Wednesday’s chapter meeting where we will have a panel discussion with representatives from Charleston’s Board of Architectural Review , Commercial Corridor Review Board, as well as, Mount Pleasant Commercial Design Review Board.  We will be asking them to relate their experiences on how to make the review process go both smoother and faster.  On the panel will be:

Dennis Dowd

City Architect/Preservation Officer – City of Charleston
Dowd has focused on preservation, including extensive renovations of the Forsyth Institute in Boston, a 1914 Beaux Arts gem now owned by the Museum of Fine Arts, and St. John's Episcopal Church in Stamford, Conn. Dowd, promises to be agnostic about style, believing both classical and contemporary buildings can fit in here --if designed correctly.

R. Chistian Schmitt, FAIA

Board of Architecture Review, Charleston Civic Design Center Advisory Board, Charleston Metro Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors
In 1979, Chris first established an architectural practice in Charleston, SC.  His work has included a wide variety of resort, residential, recreational, commercial, hospitality, historic preservation and adaptive reuse projects.

Ashley K. Jennings, AIA

Member of Commercial Corridor Design Review Board
In 1997 she founded Prescon LLC, an award-winning practice focused on the reuse of Charleston’s historic buildings.  Prescon LLC became AJ Architects in 2010;  She has been appointed by Mayor Joe Riley to the Charleston Commercial Corridor Design Review Board, and serves as an Architect-in-Residence for Charleston’s Learning by Design program.

Michael C. Robertson

Mt Pleasant Commercial Design Review Board
Michael was senior planner with the Town of Mount Pleasant for 14 yrs, 8mos. He received his MFA in Historic Preservation from Savannah College of Art & Design.

Where: Charleston Maritime Center
            10 Wharfside Street Charleston, SC

When: Wednesday 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

Cost: Free with RSVP
         $6 with No RSVP

Lunch will be provided with RSVP

RSVP to AIACharlestonRSVP@gmail.com
Please RSVP by the end of the day Tuesday 1/24.