Masonry Magazine January 1980 Page. 19
Schreier, vice president of Minoru Yamasaki & Associates, Troy, Mich. Frank Comte, chairman of the Masonry Institute, and John Hoellrich, president of the Toledo chapter of AIA, presented the awards. All three winning projects were honored equally.
Renovation and expansion of the Ottawa Home & Savings Association building was completed in June, 1978. Originally built in 1901 by the International Order of Odd Fellows, the three-story structure housed a theater that was used for vaudeville, opera, and other productions. Ottawa Home & Savings moved into the building in 1929. In the renovation, the 18-thick masonry bearing walls were cleaned, tuckpointed and waterproofed. The floor of the old theater was leveled, and a second floor added in the theater area. Exterior masonry piers were rebuilt, using brick that had been stockpiled from a previous remodeling of the building. The awards jury called this a "delightful renovation project (exhibiting) superb craftsmanship in both design and execution."
International Brick Masonry Conference Draws Representatives from 20 Nations
More than 100 technical papers advancing the technology of brick manufacture and brick masonry construction were presented to the 5th International Brick Masonry Conference held recently in Washington. D.C. The Conference, a prestigious event conducted every three years, was organized and hosted by the Brick Institute of America. In attendance were some 350 architects and engineers, brick manufacturers, educators and researchers from more than 20 countries in Europe, Scandinavia, Asia, Africa and North America.
The technical sessions addressed energy savings and improved technology in brick manufacture, the design of structures, and the properties and behavior of materials and structures. Particularly timely were papers on the use of solar energy and retrofitting structures to use solar energy. Structural design for seismic high risk areas and design and construction techniques for prefabricated brick masonry were also presented and discussed.
Simultaneous interpretation services allowed attendees to listen to papers in English, French, German and Italian. The papers will be available in a bound Proceedings, for sale from the BIA at a time and price still to be determined.
Collegiate Sport
A college basketball coach had just lost his outstanding freshman prospect by way of academic dismissal. "It's going to be quite a loss to the team," sympathized a sportswriter. "It sure is," replied the coach mournfully. "That boy could do everything with a basketball except autograph it."
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