ISA builds Philadelphia apartment complex XS House with "extremely narrow footprint"
Architecture studio ISA has built a slender housing complex in Philadelphia by making the most of a plot of land about the width of a parking spot. More
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Frank Gehry restores entrance and vaulted corridor at Philadelphia Museum of Art
Frank Gehry has completed work on the first stage in the major renovation of Philadelphia's Museum of Art, over a decade after he was first enlisted to design the project. More
Today's innovations could be "redundant in five years" says curator of Designs for Different Futures
The Designs for Different Futures exhibition at the Philadelphia Museum of Art collates projects to tackle some of today's biggest issues – including an arched pavilion for harvesting crickets, clothes that grow and a font illegible to computers. More
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Foster + Partners completes Philadelphia's tallest building
Foster + Partners' Comcast Technology Center skyscraper in Philadelphia contains "Silicon Valley-style" work spaces topped with a 12-storey Four Seasons hotel. More
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Snøhetta designs Temple University's Charles Library with "unusual geometry"
Curved wooden entrances are carved into this university library that Snøhetta has completed for Temple University in Philadelphia. More
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Morris Adjmi creates homey atmosphere within Roost East Market hotel in Philadelphia
Potted plants, bespoke light fixtures and Persian rugs are among the details in guest rooms at a residential hotel in the heart of Philadelphia, which was designed by Morris Adjmi Architects. More
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ISA's Tiny Tower residence fills leftover plot in Philadelphia
Pennsylvania architecture studio ISA has designed a slender five-storey house in a developing Philadelphia neighbourhood, as a housing prototype for tiny vacant lots. More
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Philadelphia Museum of Art celebrates Patricia Urquiola with retrospective exhibition
An exhibition at the Philadelphia Museum of Art is tracing 16 years of work by Spanish designer Patricia Urquiola, from lamps shaped like whisks to chairs covered in felt flowers. More
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Plywood staircase extends up through centre of Philadelphia townhouse by ISA
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. More
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Brickwork facade modelled on "abstract menorah" fronts Jewish community centre by Natoma Architects
Stanley Saitowitz's firm Natoma Architects has created a Hillel House for Philadelphia's Drexel University, with a red brick facade designed to reference the branched lampstands used in Jewish homes and temples, as well as the striated garments worn during prayer. More
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James Corner Field Operations adds circular landscaping to Philadelphia Navy Yards Central Green
A+Awards: landscaped circles accommodate different activities at the centre of the redeveloped Navy Yards in Philadelphia, designed by James Corner Field Operations and a winner at the 2016 Architizer A+Awards. More
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ISA creates hybrid housing complex for gentrifying neighbourhood in Philadelphia
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. More
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Philadelphia whiskey factory converted into shabby-chic Wm Mulherin's Sons hotel and restaurant
The industrial character of this 19th-century whiskey factory in Philadelphia was retained during its conversion into an Italian restaurant and boutique hotel. More
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Frank Gehry's Philadelphia Museum of Art renovation breaks ground
Work has officially started on Frank Gehry's plans to "unclog the arteries" of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, a major renovation that will transform the layout of the historic building. More
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1100 Architect extends historic residence to create new University of Pennsylvania student centre
The University of Pennsylvania has added a new centre for international affairs to its campus in Philadelphia, extending a small cottage built in 1851 with an angular stone-clad form. More
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Philadelphia office building by BIG takes cues from old battleships
Bjarke Ingels Group has completed an office facility in the Philadelphia Navy Yard with a facade that curves like the bow of a ship. More
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SOM unveils masterplan for Philadelphia's 30th Street Station district
Architecture firm Skidmore Owings & Merrill has unveiled its vision to transform the Beaux-Arts 30th Street Station and its surrounding area in Philadelphia (+ movie). More
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Kéré Architecture suspends colourful strings from ceiling of Philadelphia art museum
For his first solo exhibition in the USA, Berlin-based architect Diébédo Francis Kéré has created a rainbow-coloured installation made of thousands of strands of lightweight cord (+ slideshow). More
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SHoP and West 8 masterplan extends Philadelphia skyline across the Schuylkill River
New York studio SHoP Architects and Dutch landscape firm West 8 have designed a new city quarter for Philadelphia that would extend the skyline beyond its traditional boundary, the Schuylkill River (+ slideshow). More
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Snøhetta unveils design for Temple University library in Philadelphia
Architecture firm Snøhetta has released images of a new library it has designed for a Philadelphia university, stating that it aims to challenge the "traditional typology of the research library" (+ slideshow). More
