Masonry Magazine August 1979 Page. 28
Excellence Award-St. Francis General Hospital Medical Parking Complex, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Architect: Deeter, Ritchey, Sippel Associates. Mason contractor: Cost Brothers, Inc.
Masonry Institute of W. Pennsylvania
Honors Pittsburgh Architects
The Masonry Institute of Western Pennsylvania recently honored Pittsburgh Chapter AIA architects for their award-winning designs at the 1978 "Excellence In Masonry Design" Awards dinner. The Institute gives this recognition to honor works of distinction by registered architects and brings to public attention outstanding building and project designs.
Winner of this year's Excellence Award was the firm of Deeter. Ritchey. Sippel Associates of Pittsburgh for its design of the St. Francis General Hospital Medical/Parking complex. The mason contractor was Cost Brothers. Inc., Pittsburgh.
The architects' comment: "Brick with colored mortar used on the first and second floors and corner stair towers was selected to match the brick of adjacent hospital buildings. Curved brick were used on the corner stair towers, and special shapes were cast for use on the round columns. The brick detailing reduces this massive structure to a more human scale of the surrounding residential neighborhood."
A Merit Award certificate was presented to architect Thomas Stephen Terpack for his design of the rectory addition to Holy Spirit Byzantine Catholic Church in Pittsburgh.
Marini Construction Co., Pittsburgh, was the mason contractor.
The judging was carried out at Kent State University by A. Peters Opperman. AIA, director of the School of Architecture, who was chairman and presented the awards at the dinner. Other jurors were Joseph Tuchman, FAIA; William H. Collins, AIA, and John Snavely, mason contractor.
Merit Award-Rectory addition to Holy
Spirit Byzantine Catholic Church,
Pittsburgh, Pa. Architect: Thomas Stephen
Terpack. Mason contractor: Marini Con-
struction Co.
BAC Apprentice School
Holds Open House
Local #21 Chicago Apprentice Training School of the International Union of Bricklayers & Allied Craftsmen held an open house on July 30 to celebrate the opening of their new and enlarged facilities at 2201 W. Walnut St. in Chicago. Guests included local mason contractors and other allied masonry interest personnel.
Local #21 president Walter Laughlin and Tom Allen, apprentice school coordinator, indicated their enthusiasm about the new building. "We are able to accommodate more apprentices now, and all training procedures are much effective," Laughlin said.
History-Making Masonry
Design Course at OSU
A history-making accredited course in masonry design was offered this spring for the first time at the University of Oklahoma's College of Engineering.
Under the direction of Professor Tom Murray, the first class was composed of 16 students including practicing engineers, seniors and graduate students. The Oklahoma Masonry Institute and the Masonry Advancement Fund cosponsored several design aids which were given to the students.
Sidney Swartz, EBA
Secretary, Dies
Sidney Swartz, secretary of the Employing Bricklayers Association of Delaware Valley, Pa. and long-time supporter of the masonry industry, died June 24, 1979, in Bala Cynwyd, Pa.
Mr. Swartz is survived by his wife, Dorothy; a daughter, Mrs. Joan Markizon, and three grandchildren.
ISBERNER
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methods of test, procedures and specifications for hydraulic cements, mortars and masonry units, and dedicated service to ASTM Committees C-1 on Cement, C-11 on Gypsum & Related Building Materials and Systems, and C-15 on Manufactured Masonry Units."
A native of Portage, Wis., Isberner received his B.S. degree in civil engineering from the University of Wisconsin in 1953. He joined PCA in 1966.