Masonry Magazine January 1980 Page. 18
N.W. Ohio Honors Architects, Mason Contractors
Two medical facilities in Toledo and a restored building in Ottawa, Ohio, have been selected as winners in the third Honor Awards Program for Excellence in Masonry Design sponsored by the Masonry Institute of Northwestern Ohio in cooperation with the Toledo chapter of the American Institute of Architects. The winning projects and their designers are:
Ottawa Home & Savings Association restoration, Ottawa, Ohio. Architect: Rooney, Musser & Associates, Inc., Findlay, Ohio.
Sunforest Medical Building, Toledo. Architect: The Collaborative, Inc., Toledo.
Toledo Hospital addition, Toledo. Architect: Bauer, Stark& Lashbrook, Toledo.
The 1979 winners, selected from entries submitted by members of the Toledo AIA chapter by a jury of architects from Memphis, Tenn., were announced November 13 at a Masonry Day banquet at Brandywine Country Club in Maumee, Ohio. The winning architects, owners and contractor members of the Masonry Institute received bronze plaques cast in the shape of the state of Ohio.
Mason contractors honored were:
Rudolph-Libbe, Inc., Walbridge, Ohio, for the Sunforest Medical Center.
Hagerty Construction Co., Fremont, Ohio, for the Toledo Hospital addition.
The awards were announced by jury chairman Zeno L. Yeates, FAIA, of Yeates, Zaskill, Rhodes Architects. Other jury members were William H. Beaty of Design Associates, and James M. Evans, AIA, of Gassner Nathan & Partners Architects.
The featured speaker at the awards banquet was Aaron
Sunforest Medical Center in Toledo was completed in July, 1979. The two-story center is a combination of masonry bearing wall and steel-frame construction. Interior corridor and atrium walls also are loadbearing masonry. On the exterior, horizontal wood siding is used with angled brick piers to emphasize the building's triangular shape. The brick used is an 8 thru-wall unit. In many areas, the brick are exposed on both sides, providing interior as well as exterior finish. The energy-efficient building also features rooftop solar collectors that supply 69% of its heating and 38% of its cooling energy. "Our desire to blend the building into its natural environment led us to the combination of masonry and wood siding," said Robert A. Fessler, AIA, principal of The Collaborative. "We also chose brick as the primary interior material for reasons of structural quality, appearance and economy."
Posing with their awards for the Sunforest Medical Center are (from left) Robert A. Fessler, AIA, principal of The Collaborative, the project's architect; Ken Levin of Webstrand Division, Entelco Corp., Maumee, Ohio, building owner, and Allan J. Libbe, secretary-treasurer of Rudolph-Libbe, Inc., Walbridge, the mason contractor. John Hoellrich (2nd from right), president of the AIA Toledo Chapter, and Frank Comte (far right), chairman of the Masonry Institute of Northwestern Ohio, presented the awards.
Holding winners' plaques in recognition of their work on the Toledo Hospital addition are (from left) Charles H. Stark III, AIA, partner of Bauer, Stark & Lashbrook, project architect, and Tom Mayle, manager of Hagerty Construction Co., the mason contractor. John Hoell-rich, AIA (second from right) and Frank Comte (far right) handled the awards presentations.
The Toledo Hospital addition features loadbearing masonry design. Typically, walls are 14 thick, consisting of 4" brick, a 2" insulated cavity for energy conservation, and 8" concrete masonry units. In radiology areas, however, the walls are 5' thick, a combination of masonry and reinforced concrete. In those areas, the exterior brick were given a sculptural shape to diminish the effect of the massive walls. Similar brick corbeling was used above and below windows. The exterior brick was selected to blend with four different types of brick used on other buildings in the hospital complex. "The addition is inviting and well organized, the awards jury said. "It relates well to the site and the adjoining structures both functionally and visually. A playful use of masonry shows the human touch."