Masonry Magazine June 1980 Page. 37
Regional Transit Authority Building, Dayton, Ohio.
Isaac M. Wyse Center, Cincinnati, Ohio.
The project aimed to provide access for the handicapped throughout the campus, and to create a sciences quadrangle that would tie in the all-weather accesses while enhancing both the newer and older buildings already on the campus. Masonry was used for all facets of this project as art forms as well as for lower maintenance costs and energy conservation.
The Isaac M. Wyse Center in Cincinnati won an excellence award for the Cincinnati architectural firm of Gartner, Burdick, Bauer-Nielson. The Center is a family-oriented gathering place for an active congregation of more than 1,300 families. In announcing its selection, the jury commented: "These architects have not only added new beauty to the community through their ingenious use of masonry, they have also provided the Center with extremely durable and low-maintenance structures that are ideally suited to serve the widely varied activities and age groups of its users for many years to come."
A cluster of 12 residential cottages for the mentally retarded won an excellence award for Lesko Associates, Cleveland-based architects. The project was part of Ohio's de-institutionalization program. Lesko's work was selected because of the design of the buildings and the use of earth-tones of brick to project the warm character of a residence and to eliminate the usual institutional look of a health care facility.
Another view of Isaac M. Wyse Center.
Residential cottages for mentally retarded patients, Cleveland, Ohio.
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