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If The Shoe Fits

Penn’s Stuart Weitzman School of Design is getting a namesake academic building

Deborah Berke Partners shakes up Penn’s campus with terra-cotta baguettes

Brick By Brick

The Clay Studio reflects skilled craftwork inside and out in Philadelphia’s South Kensington neighborhood

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Back To The City Of Brotherly Love

Facades+ is returning to Philadelphia this month

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A New Paradigm

Foster + Partners’ massive “hospital of the future” for Penn Medicine opens in West Philadelphia

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Putting the Park Back in Parkway

Design Workshop tapped to lead redesign of Philadelphia’s Benjamin Franklin Parkway

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Monuments Are Dead; Long Live Monuments

Monument Lab and the Mellon Foundation’s National Monument Audit reveals the plasticity of our history

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South Philly Playtime

A new welcome center and play space are slated for revamped FDR Park in South Philadelphia

Aerial rendering of the FloatLab in Philadelphia
Bob Away

Höweler + Yoon’s FloatLab will offer a new perspective of Philadelphia’s Schuylkill River

Exterior of a geometric building with tiny windows designed by DIGSAU
Digging Down

DIGSAU brings handcrafted touches to every project

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Design Scribe

Pennsylvania State Senator Nikil Saval talks urban planning and architecture criticism

The exterior of the villanova performing arts center in a low gothic style
Villanova Takes Center Stage

Villanova expands beyond the playing field with a new performing arts hub

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Familiar Ground

James Corner Field Operations to lead master plan update for the Philadelphia Navy Yard

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[Cue Triumphant Rocky Theme]

Frank Gehry’s transformation of the Philadelphia Museum of Art will open May 7

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You Kahn Do It!

Crowdfunding campaign for reissue of The Notebooks and Drawings of Louis I. Kahn enters the homestretch

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Building Health

These healthcare projects are designed to improve outcomes and lift spirits

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In Bloom

WEISS/MANFREDI and Reed Hilderbrand reveal an expansive reimagining at Longwood Gardens

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The Fat Lady Hasn't Sung Yet

Louis Kahn’s Point Counterpoint II finds a permanent home in Philadelphia

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