Proposed north-south section through stair

Built in the mid-1970s as an urban renewal project, Dilworth Plaza sits above multiple levels of transit infrastructure, linking regional rail lines to city subways, trolleys and buses. Comprising 2.8 acres at the intersection of Philadelphia's major art and cultural districts, the Benjamin Franklin Parkway and the Avenue of the Arts, it has the potential to be a stimulating gathering place in the heart of the city. Yet its multiple level changes, vacant arcades, and confusing passageways deter rather than attract citizens, creating more of an obstacle than a place worthy of lingering.

A proposed redesign, undertaken by the Center City District and created in partnership with KieranTimberlake, OLIN, and Urban Engineers, Inc., outlines strategies to transform Dilworth Plaza into a welcoming gateway and orientation to Philadelphia's extensive network of transit lines, and a vibrant public space on par with other revered town squares in Philadelphia.

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Yale School of Art Gallery and Sidwell Friends Middle School
photos © Peter Aaron/Esto (left) and © Halkin Photography LLC (right)

It was announced last month that the Yale University School of Art Gallery and Sidwell Friends Middle School have received 2008 Western Red Cedar Architectural Design Awards, presented by The Western Red Cedar Lumber Association and The Cedar Shake and Shingle Bureau.

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Silliman College inner courtyard

In 2008 we completed Silliman College, our fourth residential college renovation at Yale University. Silliman is the largest of Yale University’s ten original residential Colleges, housing 400 undergraduate students in an immersive residential, academic and social environment. The complex is composed of historic structures from three separate building campaigns begun in the 1890s and extending through 1940.

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UNCC Center City Building, renderings © studio amd

Construction is scheduled to begin this spring for the new 12-story Center City Building for UNC Charlotte. Located at Ninth and Brevard Streets in downtown Charlotte, the new building will house the University's MBA program and other programs including graduate-level classes in the colleges of Engineering, Health and Human Services, Liberal Arts and Sciences, and Arts + Architecture's new master's program in Urban Design. The new building defines UNC as a vibrant addition to the central business district, providing a unique icon for the University while establishing a lively urban presence in the First Ward. Charlotte-based Gantt Huberman Architects, close design collaborators with us in this project, is serving as Architect of Record.

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The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations announced yesterday that four firms have been selected to present designs for the new London Embassy Building in the Nine Elms district of London. The four firms selected are KieranTimberlake; Morphosis Architects; Pei Cobb Freed & Partners; and Richard Meier & Partners, Architects. Continue reading >>