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A Failure in Philly

Top editor resigns from Philadelphia Inquirer after ‘Buildings Matter, too’ headline

June 8, 2020

a mural in philadelphia

Showing No Love

Philadelphia mayor proposes gutting city’s arts and culture office

May 18, 2020

Cedar and Stone

Snøhetta’s book repository at Temple University tips its glazed hat to older campus buildings

May 6, 2020

Interior exhibition shot of a twisting wooden tower, on view in Invisible City

Invisible No More

Invisible City reveals Philly’s avant-garde side

March 10, 2020

Gallery with obelisk sculpture, brick wall with wedged colorful garments, and a carousel in the background

A Monumental Exhibition

Solo exhibition at ICA Philadelphia explores our link to monuments

March 2, 2020

Glazed and Confused

DIGSAU will break ground on Philadelphia’s new Center for Ceramic Arts

January 8, 2020

A top down view of colorful metal bands forming columns and circular open roofs, designed by SOFTlab

SOFTlab used complex computation to realize a colorful Philly installation

December 17, 2019

Photo of the Columbus Square pavilion, a small, circular structure with thick stone walls, a single red door, and an angular roof.

Architects Anonymous

Did Elizabeth Hirsh Fleisher build Philadelphia’s modernist stone pavilion? The answer may save it from demolition

October 17, 2019

The Schuylkill Yards are a multi-acre redevelopment located in West Philadelphia

West Philadelphia Born and Raised

PAU’s JFK Towers will stagger over Philadelphia’s Schuylkill Yards

October 8, 2019

Exterior of a low, stone-covered building in the Philadelphia Navy Yard

DIGSAU brings prefabricated concrete formwork to the Philadelphia Navy Yard

September 20, 2019

Aerial photo of Charles Library, a stone building with upturned swoops at the corners

A "Temple" to Books

Snøhetta’s swooping Charles Library opens at Temple University

September 19, 2019

A photo of the glass pyramidal Beth Sholom Synagogue

Sonic Histories

Artist David Hartt brings multimedia installation to a Frank Lloyd Wright synagogue

April 25, 2019