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With A Little Help From Frank Furness, We Evaluate 10 New Projects
Architecture

With A Little Help From Frank Furness, We Evaluate 10 New Projects

Hidden City architecture critic Jason Lempieri summons the spirit of Frank Furness in this appraisal of Philly’s newest urban forms

Navy Yard: Contemporary Architecture, But Will It Add Up? (Part II)
Architecture

Navy Yard: Contemporary Architecture, But Will It Add Up? (Part II)

What’s been built, what’s in the works, and what’s on the boards. Contributor Jason Lempieri sizes up new corporate architecture at the Navy Yard

The Navy Yard: An Office Worker’s Paradise, Part I
Architecture

The Navy Yard: An Office Worker’s Paradise, Part I

Architecture professor and designer Jason Lempieri takes a look at the future of the Navy Yards with a critique in two parts. This first installment explores the dynamic, growing office park that emanates residential potential and begs for urban definition

Hot Or Not, Part II: A Drive-By Critique
Architecture

Hot Or Not, Part II: A Drive-By Critique

New construction in Philadelphia is on fire right now. Perfect timing to feature another episode of “Hot or Not,” courtesy of our indespensible drive-by architecture critic Jason Lempieri

Venturi’s Guild House: 50 Years Of Everyday Extraordinary Design
Architecture

Venturi’s Guild House: 50 Years Of Everyday Extraordinary Design

Fifty years out, Robert Venturi’s landmark Guild House still receives mixed reviews—just as Venturi might have it. Jason Lempieri provides his architectural insight of the landmark building (on the Philadelphia Register of Historic Places since 2004) after its first century

Hot Or Not?
Architecture

Hot Or Not?

We put ten new buildings to the test

Still Learning From Venturi: An Appreciation
Architecture

Still Learning From Venturi: An Appreciation

With this week’s announced retirement of the seminal postmodern architect Robert Venturi, we’re still learning from his (and Denise Scott Brown’s) Learning From Las Vegas, writes designer Jason Lempieri


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