Pennsylvania

Self-taught designer Tom Givone has extended a white house in rural America with a warped metal-clad addition that starkly contrasts the traditional architecture. Originally built in the 1850s in the Pennsylvania countryside, Twisted Farmhouse now includes a two-storey extension wrapped in a silvery exterior. Givone teamed up with JRA Architects in nearby Scranton to design

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American firm Interface Studio Architects has built an all-white townhouse in a gentrifying part of Philadelphia, with a plywood core running up its middle. Located in Kensington, just north of the city’s Fishtown art district, the Outside-In House is one of a growing number of revitalisation projects in the area. “After 50 years of declining population,

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Continuing our celebration of Frank Lloyd Wright’s 150th birthday this week, we’re delving into the history of Fallingwater, the admired holiday home that the architect built on a waterfall and was named the “best all-time work of American architecture”. Frank Lloyd Wright designed Fallingwater in 1935 for his friend Edgar Kaufmann. The client asked for a holiday home

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The massing for this residential development by US architecture firm ISA was driven by its varied types of living units, from apartments and duplexes to three-storey townhouses. Called Folsom Powerhouse, the housing development occupies a full block in Francisville, a gentrifying neighbourhood between Philadelphia’s urban core and outlying areas. Constructed on a gently sloping site,

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