Our future-oriented preservation approach is as grounded in the life of contemporary communities as it is in caring for buildings of the past. As an AIA 2030 Commitment signatory firm, we lead by example and are working toward carbon neutral buildings and renovations within the next decade. From each project’s conception, we balance sustainability with design, craft, and historical and ecological context. We are dedicated to environmental and cultural stewardship. Each project we undertake thoughtfully addresses our client’s current and future needs while embracing the character of their physical and cultural settings. Since our founding in 1979, we have worked with academic, religious, and cultural institutions, as well as communities and individuals, to create significant new buildings and transformative renovations. We are inspired by the diversity of our clients and the ambitions and circumstances of every project we undertake. We celebrate the culture and history of the buildings, sites, and institutions we work with and explore the possibilities of their contemporary context and use. We approach design as a means to give life and purpose to new and existing buildings. Scott Erdy (8) and David McHenry (of Erdy McHenry) have done some big things here: Evo at Cira Centre South, the Schmidt’s Commons, and VUE32, a new mixed-use space in University City.Atkin Olshin Schade Architects is an award winning architecture, interiors, and planning firm that designs vibrant and sustainable places. Stephen Kieran (6) and James Timberlake (7) (of KieranTimberlake) are internationally recognized for their many large-scale projects, from Dilworth Park to the 25-year master plan for the new Penn’s Landing area to the stunning U.S. OLIN CEO and partner Lucinda Sanders (5),also a trailblazer, has a major role in the 30th Street Station District Plan. Laurie Olin’s landscape architecture firm, OLIN, has made the grounds of the Barnes Foundation, the Washington Monument and Bryant Park noteworthy. His influence over Philly is real: He serves on the city’s first Civic Design Review Committee, where he (thankfully) isn’t shy with his opinions. (McCoubrey won an award from the Urban Land Institute this year for the South Philadelphia Community Health and Literacy Center.) Cecil Baker is prolific, but his recent look-at-me local builds include Tom Scannapieco’s 500 Walnut and Carl Dranoff’s One Riverside. His and wife Denise Scott Brown’s legacy lives on today through VSBA Architects & Planners - which is headed by the lauded Dan McCoubrey. Robert Venturi is no longer practicing, but is renowned for spearheading the postmodern movement. Kahn produced many stellar buildings still of influence today, but most of them aren’t in Philadelphia (see: Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth and National Assembly Hall in Bangladesh). He was raised in Philly, went to and taught at Penn, and partnered with other architects here. Louis Kahn (4) (1901-1974), obviously, was one of the greatest architects of the 20th century. George Howe (1886-1995) is significant for several reasons: He worked at Furness’s firm, he co-designed the PSFS building and he collaborated with Kahn on housing developments. He helped launch the career of his assistant, Julian Abele (3) (1881-1950), the first African-American student to graduate from Penn’s Department of Architecture. Horace Trumbauer (2) (1868-1938) was the oft-underappreciated architect behind the Philadelphia Museum of Art. He designed hundreds of buildings during his career and influenced many future architecture greats. Frank Furness (1 above) (1839-1912) solidified his status with the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Some consider him the nation’s first professional architect. Thomas Jefferson tapped Latrobe to complete parts of the U.S. FROM LEFT: Library of Congress office of Horace Trumbauer Kahn: Arnold Newman/Getty Images Sahar Coston-Hardy KieranTimberlake: Ed Wheeler Erdy McHenry Architectureīenjamin Latrobe (1764-1820) was the man behind the Bank of Pennsylvania, America’s first (and frequently imitated, although no longer extant) Greek Revival building.
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