THE MAN WHO HELPED BUILD DAYTON RETIRES
Architect Richard Roediger designed several major projects.
At the age of 83, the man who helped build the city that stands today is retiring from one of Dayton’s most prominent architecture firms.
After 54 years at Dayton-based LWC Inc., Richard Roediger is saying farewell to the career that produced some of the finest architectural delights in the region. LWC Inc., formerly named Lorenz & Williams, has been at the helm of dozens of major projects — tenderly renovating historic buildings and erecting large-scale, oneof-a-kind projects.
“I’ve had a really nice career and I’ve had a wife who has really been wonderful, who allowed me to work and be involved enthusiastically with several organizations,” he said. “You would recognize many of those buildings we worked on. I certainly didn’t work on all of those buildings but had the good fortune to be associated with the firm that did.”
Some of the firm’s recent projects include: the Sycamore Medical Center Physician office building, Kettering Memorial Hospital Emergency Department, Aullwood Audubon Center, Springboro Community Amphitheater and the Boonshoft Center for Medical Sciences at Wright State University.
Roediger has put his touch on buildings across Dayton, Columbus and Cincinnati. After graduating from the University of Cincinnati in 1957, he returned to his hometown of Dayton to work for architecture firm W.W. Wurst after being stationed in North Carolina in the U.S. Air Force.
He joined Lorenz & Williams in 1983, where he spent the rest of his career and was named principal partner in 1970. He transitioned to the role of partner emeritus in 1998.