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Bowling for Buildings! Register Today!

Registration includes: Bowling lane for 2 hours, shoes, 1-topping pizza per team, soda and lemonade, and prizes.

OCFA Members:
Team of 4 – $240.00
Individual Registration – $60.00*

Nonmember Guests:
Team of 4 – $300.00
Individual Registration- $75.00*

*We will work to place individual players on a team of 4.

Sponsorships Available:

Strike Sponsor $700
-Sponsor logo appears on all event materials.
-Sponsor recognition on OCFA website event page and social media.
-Sponsor recognition at the Bowling for Buildings event.
-Sponsor receives complimentary team of 4 in the Bowling for Buildings event.

Spare Sponsor $500
-Sponsor recognition on OCFA website event page and social media.
-Sponsor recognition at the Bowling for Buildings event.
-Sponsor receives two complimentary players in the Bowling for Buildings event.

Lane Sponsor $200
-Sponsor logo appears on the bowling lane.
-Sponsor recognition on OCFA website event page and social media.

Registration is limited to 20 teams.

Bowling for Building Rules:
1. Each team will consist of 4 bowlers.
2. Each team will play two games of 10 frames each and report their highest team score (all four player’s scores added together) to the score keeper.
3. If a tie exists, we’ll do a sudden death, one-frame bowl off.
4. Trophies will be awarded for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place.

REGISTER HERE

 

Interested in Serving on the OCFA Board?

If you are interested in serving on the Oklahoma City Foundation for Architecture Board, let us know!

Position: Board Member
Term Length: 3 years
Meeting Frequency: Monthly

About Us

The Oklahoma City Foundation for Architecture (OCFA) was established in 1999 to promote excellence in the built environment through education, recognition, and preservation. Over the years, OCFA has achieved significant success through its events, programs, and projects, becoming a vital voice for architecture and design in our community.

Role Summary

As a board member of the OCFA, you will play an integral role in shaping the vision and ensuring the success of the organization. This includes participating in governance, providing strategic guidance, fundraising and actively supporting programs that align with the Foundation's mission.

Key Responsibilities

  1. Governance:
    • Participate in setting the Foundation’s strategic direction, policies, and priorities.
    • Ensure the Foundation fulfills its mission and complies with legal and ethical standards.
  2. Engagement and Advocacy:
    • Actively participate in monthly board meetings and special events.
    • Serve as an ambassador for the Foundation, promoting its mission and initiatives to the community.
    • Help to foster relationships with architects, community members, and key stakeholders.
  3. Fundraising and Financial Support:
    • Contribute to and support the Foundation's fundraising efforts, including securing sponsorships and donations.
    • Make an annual personal financial contribution, reflective of personal capacity, to demonstrate commitment to the mission.
  4. Program Support:
    • Support and participate in the Foundation's educational and recognition programs, as well as other special projects.
    • Volunteer for committees or special projects as needed.
  5. Collaboration and Leadership:
    • Work collaboratively with fellow board members and staff to achieve organizational goals.
    • Provide insights, expertise, and leadership in areas relevant to your background and experience.

Qualifications

  • Passion for architecture, education, and the preservation of the built environment.
  • Willingness to dedicate time, expertise, and resources to further the Foundation's mission.
  • Strong communication, collaboration, and advocacy skills.
  • Experience in architecture, design, construction, nonprofit work, education, or related fields is a plus.

Time Commitment

Board members are expected to:

  • Attend monthly board meetings (in-person or virtually, as needed).
  • Participate in committee meetings or special projects.
  • Volunteer and participate in Foundation events or initiatives.

Benefits of Serving

  • Make a meaningful impact on the architectural and cultural landscape of Oklahoma City.
  • Expand your professional network by connecting with industry leaders.
  • Have fun collaborating with like-minded advocates.

How to Apply

If you are interested in contributing to the mission of the Oklahoma City Foundation for Architecture as a board member, please submit a letter of interest to okcarchitecture@cox.net by Friday, January 24th.

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Saturday Stroll: Downtown Guthrie in December

Join us for a tour of Guthrie's historic downtown this December with a guided tour celebrating its remarkable architecture and festive holiday spirit. Starting at the iconic State Capitol Publishing Museum we'll meander through the charming streets lined with Victorian-era buildings, each adorned with seasonal decor, offering a window into the past and showcasing Guthrie’s architectural history.

Our tour guide, Ronald H. Frantz, Jr., FAIA will share stories of Guthrie’s founding, its territorial capitol days, and the enduring architectural styles that have kept its character alive.

The tour concludes with a festive finish at WanderFolk Spirits, where you’re welcome to join us for locally crafted spirits and holiday-inspired beverages. It’s the perfect end to a stroll through history and holiday cheer! (Cost of drinks are the responsibility of tour goers).

Ronald Frantz, Jr., FAIA
The Frantz Alliance

Frantz is a graduate of the Tulane School of Architecture in New Orleans. His work focused on historic preservation, Main Street restoration, and neighborhood revitalization. For 43 years, Frantz worked in many small Oklahoma towns. Much of his work was with the Oklahoma Main Street Center and the OU College of Architecture. Recently, Frantz retired to focus on his small Oklahoma City-based consulting firm, co-founded with his wife, Mary.

 

 

Saturday, December 7
4:00 - 5:30 p.m.
Downtown Guthrie
Meet at the State Capitol Publishing Museum
301 West Harrison Avenue, Guthrie

Cost:
OCFA Members: Free
Nonmember Guests: $15

REGISTER HERE

The Cathedral of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Tour

Soaring barrel-vaulted ceilings, layers of symbolic stained-glass windows, gorgeous murals, marble and statues greet you as you step back in time and enter the 100-year-old Cathedral of Our Lady of Perpetual Help, a classic “basilica” design that dates back to the 5th Century Byzantine era. Your eyes will be wide open in wonder upon seeing its structural beauty while your ears are greeted with majestic movements from the pipe organ skillfully played by Cathedral Music Director and Organist, Nolan Patrick Reilly. Tour guides for your journey through this dazzling sacred space are Our Lady’s parishioners, Ron Frantz, a well-known historic preservation architect, and Charlie Towe, the owner of Homco Construction, the construction company that has been involved in many of the recent building projects at the Cathedral. After relishing the beauty of this architectural gem while learning some interesting facts about its history and design, please join us for a wine and cheese reception in the Cathedral’s Connor Center.

Thursday, September 26
5-6:30 pm
The Cathedral of Our Lady of Perpetual Help
3214 N. Lake Avenue, Oklahoma City, OK

Cost:
OCFA Members: $10
Nonmember Guests: $20

REGISTER HERE

Citizen Project Tour

Join us on Tuesday, July 23rd for a tour of the Citizen led by Allford Hall Monaghan Morris, Lingo Construction Services and Wallace Design Collective.

The Citizen is a high-rise development in downtown Oklahoma City that from its inception set out to be a venue to promote civic discourse. Situated on a sensitive site overlooking the Oklahoma City National Memorial, the form of the building is lifted to create a landscaped undercroft, inviting a dialogue with the open space opposite, and enlivening the streetscape with restaurant and banking hall uses at ground floor. At lower levels, the Citizen houses a diverse mix of uses, with office suites to the upper stories.

The elevations were inspired by neighboring 1930s architecture, and the detailing is an abstraction of their characteristic paired window arrangements and strong vertical emphasis. The generous openings are designed with flexibility in mind, accommodating the disparate functions envisaged now, but also with the ability to flex to different uses in the future. The party wall elevation, appearing above an existing parking garage, adopts a more playful composition, with its freer functional expression of the core exhibiting the vertical movement of people within. With its well-mannered exterior, and its offering of mixed public and private functions, the building itself is conceived as a citizen of the city.

Space on the tour is limited so register early. No refunds. Proceeds from the OCFA Tour Series goes to help fund our Scholarship program as well as the Lynne Rostochil National Register Grant program.

Tuesday, July 23, 2024
4:00 - 5:00 p.m.

Cost to attend:
OCFA Member: $10.00
Nonmember Guest: $20.00

Not sure if you're a current member? Email us to okcarchitecture@cox.net.

REGISTER HERE

OKLAHOMANMADE Photography Exhibit

Join us for the OKLAHOMANMADE Architecture Photography Exhibit where we’ll reveal the winners of this year’s competition. Light snacks and drinks will be available.

Wednesday, April 17
5:30 – 7:00 p.m.
AIA/OCFA Office
2220 N. Classen Blvd., Suite A, OKC

REGISTER HERE

Timeless Treasures: A Look at OKC’s American House Styles

Oklahoma City's neighborhoods represent an eclectic collection of historic America house styles, from Tudor to Craftsman and from Colonial Revival to Ranch. On this walking tour, we'll explore the variety of architectural styles on one block of an historic neighborhood, learning about style-defining details and appreciating the commonalities – and subtle differences – between them. (We will be viewing homes from the sidewalk and will not be going inside any of the homes).

The tour will be led by OKC Foundation for Architecture Vice Chair, Lisa Chronister.

Lisa M. Chronister, FAIA, AICP, LEED AP is the Assistant Director of the Oklahoma City Planning Department where she leverages her architectural expertise to influence public decision making, improving public and private development to ensure a vibrant, attractive environment for the entire community.

Before joining the Planning Department in 2014, Lisa worked for over two decades in traditional architectural practice, establishing herself as an accomplished manager of complex and large-scale building projects, both new and renovation. Throughout her career, Lisa has devoted her time and talent to teaching, mentoring, and professional service, including two terms as President of AIA Central Oklahoma, founder of the chapter's Women in Architecture group, and service as a longtime AIA representative to National Architectural Accrediting Board (NAAB) visiting teams. Lisa has been appointed to multiple AIA national award juries and committees and is herself a recipient of national honors, including induction into the AIA College of Fellows.

Lisa earned a Master of Architecture from Pratt Institute and a Bachelor of Architecture from the University of Oklahoma. She also holds a master's degree in public administration from the University of Central Oklahoma.

Tuesday, April 16, 2024
5:30 – 6:0 p.m.

Meeting point: intersection of NW 18th St and Barnes Ave.

Parking: street parking is available on nearby streets.

Cost to attend:
OCFA Member: Free*
Nonmember Guest: $10

*please note, OCFA membership is separate from AIA Membership. Not sure if you’re a current member? Email us to okcarchitecture@cox.net.

Space on the tour is limited to 25 people. First come, first served.

 

 

424 Tour

Join us for a tour of the 424 Building!

The 424/Phillips Murrah building is a multi-use commercial building under construction in the heart of Midtown. Retail, service, and hospitality are the focus of the street-level spaces to continue the growth of the walkable pedestrian experience of the area. The upper four floors are focused on business office use. Sensitive to the context of its neighborhood, masonry materials were used at the lower levels to complement the lower-scale masonry buildings of Midtown, while providing consistent smaller-scale colonnades to heighten the pedestrian experience. The top three floors that are to become the offices of Phillips Murrah step forward and are set apart from the context, reflecting the progressive and innovative culture of the firm.

Along the front of the building, the first two floors stretch out wide and pull away gradually from the street, making way for a northern patio that turns the corner toward a deep eastern plaza serving as both patio and pedestrian connection deeper into the site. This plaza is to eventually become a breezeway between anticipated future development. Presenting themselves as a singular form (with a single tenant), the upper three floors face the street more directly, perching atop and reaching out from the base below, and balancing an otherwise simple composition with just a few subtle moves.

Every design challenge provides a unique opportunity to improve our built environment. Both new infill construction and renovation/reuse can be equally challenging and equally fulfilling. The 424 project aspires to enhance the vibrancy of Midtown, acting as a catalyst for further thoughtful development in the area.

Thursday, February 29, 2024
5:30 – 6:30 p.m.
424 NW 10th Street, OKC

The tour will be led by Fitzsimmons Architects and Lingo Construction.

424 is an active construction site so hard hats are required. Lingo Construction will have a few on hand but tour goers are encouraged to bring a hard hat.

Cost to attend:

*OCFA Members: $10
Nonmember Guests: $20

*please note, OCFA membership is separate from AIA Membership. Not sure if you’re a current member? Email us to okcarchitecture@cox.net.

Space on the tour is limited to 30 people. First come, first served.

 

 

OKLAHOMANMADE Photography Competition

1. All entrants must complete an entry form and upload the entry. Link provided below. Files may not exceed 15 MB in size and must be entered as a JPG, PNG or TIFF format. Photos must be sized to print in 8×10 format. OCFA is not responsible for mistakes in printing files that aren't sized properly. OCFA will print and frame the photographs for display.

2. Entries must have been exposed by, and owned by, the entrant.

3. The subject matter must have an architectural theme or must contain some element of the manmade environment and be located in the State of Oklahoma. Photographic interpretation of the subject matter is what will be judged, not the architecture.

4. All photographs should accurately reflect the subject matter and the scene as it appeared. Photos that have been digitally altered beyond standard optimization will be disqualified. Acceptable: adjustments to color, contrast, brightness and sharpness; removal of dust and scratches; cropping; black and white conversions; and the use of HDR (high dynamic range imaging), where multiple exposures of the same scene are combined for greater tonal range. Not acceptable: photo composites (combination of two or more photos, not the same scene); the addition, duplication, deletion or moving of objects in the photos; or the use of artistic digital filters and effects. Examples of artistic filters and effects are watercolor, neon glow, posturizing, stained glass, and others which do not show the scene in its natural way.

5. Entry fee for each image for General and Professional Photographer is $20 for OKC Foundation for Architecture Members and $35 for nonmembers. K-12 Students $5, College Students $10. There is a maximum of 5 entries per person.

6. Categories are:

General
Oklahoma Students (K-12 & College)
Professional Photographer

7. Awards include:
– General: 1st Place $200, 2nd Place, $100 3rd Place $50
– Professional Photographer : 1st Place $200, 2nd Place, $100 3rd Place $50
– Oklahoma Students: 1st Place $100, 2nd Place $75, 3rd Place $50
– People's Choice (voting across all images as determined by votes during the AIA Architecture Tour): $75

8. Judges will include an Oklahoma City Foundation for Architecture Board Member, an Architect and a Professional Photographer.

9. Entrant grants permission to the Oklahoma City Foundation for Architecture (and its partner AIA Central Oklahoma) to reproduce images for exhibition, publications and for promotional purposes with proper photo credit. These reproductions will become property of the Oklahoma City Foundation for Architecture. The photographer will maintain rights to his or her original work.

10. The decisions of the judges are final on all matters relating to the competition.

11. Submission of the image(s) implies entrants acceptance to all of the above conditions.

12. All entries will be exhibited during the AIA Architecture Tour on Saturday, April 13th and the winners will be awarded at a small reception on Wednesday, April 17th at the AIA / OCFA Office at 2220 N. Classen Blvd., Suite A.

13. The deadline for submissions is Friday, March 15, 2024.

14. Questions? Please email to okcarchitecture@cox.net.

CLICK HERE TO ENTER THE OKLAHOMANMADE PHOTOGRAPHY COMPETITION