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ZGF transforms Pittsburgh Ford Assembly plant into research facility

January 13, 2023 Kate Mazade 0

Portland-based studio ZGF Architects has adapted a historic Ford Motor Company factory in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania into a biomedical research laboratory by renovating existing structures and creating a cantilevered terracotta-clad addition. ZGF – working with development group Wexford Science & Technology – reimagined the 224,866-square foot (20,890-square metre) factory to house state-of-the-art research labs, collaborative spaces,and community

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GBBN expands historic Pennsylvania residence with metal-clad education facility

November 22, 2022 Kate Mazade 0

US architecture studio GBBN preserved and expanded a 19th-century home in Erie, Pennsylvania into an educational facility with a glass bridge connection and metal-clad, barn-like structure. Completed in April 2022 for Pennsylvania State University Behrend, the Federal House Renovation & Addition project saw the conversion of the oldest brick building in the Harborcreek Township into a modern

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Herzog & de Meuron and Piet Oudolf unveil designs for Calder Gardens in Philadelphia

September 7, 2022 Ben Dreith 0
Herzog de Mueron Calder Museum

Swiss architecture studio Herzog & de Meuron and Dutch garden designer Piet Oudolf have teamed up to create Calder Gardens in Philadelphia, which will house works by American sculptor Alexander Calder. Herzog & de Meuron has designed a 17,695-square-foot (1,643 square-metre) two-storey structure for Calder Gardens, much of which will be located underground. “A kind

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Herzog & de Meuron and Piet Oudolf unveil designs for Calder Gardens in Philadelphia

September 7, 2022 Ben Dreith 0
Herzog de Mueron Calder Museum

Swiss architecture studio Herzog & de Meuron and Dutch garden designer Piet Oudolf have teamed up to create Calder Gardens in Philadelphia, which will house works by American sculptor Alexander Calder. Herzog & de Meuron has designed a 17,695-square-foot (1,643 square-metre) two-storey structure for Calder Gardens, much of which will be located underground. “A kind

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Local Projects uses light to guide visitors at Faith and Liberty Discovery Center

November 24, 2021 Natashah Hitti 0
Local Projects designs interactive exhibition spaces for Faith and Liberty Discovery Center

Design studio Local Projects has created an interactive exhibition space for the American Bible Society, which aims to present itself as a “beacon of light” along Philadelphia’s Independence Mall. Located along the three-block section of the city’s Independence National Historical Park, the Faith and Liberty Discovery Center explores the impact the Bible has had on

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Local Projects uses light to guide visitors at Faith and Liberty Discovery Center

November 24, 2021 Natashah Hitti 0
Local Projects designs interactive exhibition spaces for Faith and Liberty Discovery Center

Design studio Local Projects has created an interactive exhibition space for the American Bible Society, which aims to present itself as a “beacon of light” along Philadelphia’s Independence Mall. Located along the three-block section of the city’s Independence National Historical Park, the Faith and Liberty Discovery Center explores the impact the Bible has had on

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Foster + Partners completes hospital with striped facade for University of Pennsylvania

November 11, 2021 James Parkes 0
The hospital is located in Pennsylvania

Architecture firm Foster + Partners has designed an inpatient facility for the University of Pennsylvania Health System, which is intended to serve as an example of a “hospital of the future”. Located in the University City district of West Philadelphia, the facility was built beside the University of Pennsylvania and a collection of hospital buildings

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Frank Gehry unveils renovation and extension of the Philadelphia Museum of Art

May 6, 2021 India Block 0
Philadelphia Museum of Art

Pritzker Architecture Prize-winning architect Frank Gehry has designed new galleries and public spaces as part of a revamp of the Philadelphia Museum of Art in Pennsylvania. The museum’s new spaces will open to the public tomorrow on 7 May 2021 after a four-year-long renovation. Called the Core Project, the renovation and extension encompassed 90,000-square-feet (8,360

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Steven Holl shapes Winter Visual Arts Building around 200-year-old trees

October 7, 2020 Lizzie Crook 0
Winter Visual Arts Building by Steven Holl Architects in Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Curving glass walls enclose the Winter Visual Arts Building, which Steven Holl Architects has completed in the arboretum of Franklin & Marshall College in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. The sculptural three-storey arts centre, first revealed by Steven Holl Architects in 2016, forms part of the US college’s new Arts Quad and contains studios, classrooms, and offices. Winter

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MuseumLab opens in ruins of lightning-struck Pittsburgh library

May 6, 2020 Eleanor Gibson 0
MuseumLab by Koning Eizenberg Architecture

US firm Koning Eizenberg Architecture left worn-looking ornate walls, brickwork and columns inside this museum for children in Pittsburgh, which occupies a historic library that was struck by lightning. Koning Eizenberg Architecture (KEA) designed the transformation of the damaged library into MuseumLab for the Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh. It forms an extension of its campus

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