Celebrated Japanese architect Arata Isozaki wins the world’s premier lifetime achievement award in the building arts. In Philadelphia, he is known for his creative installation design of the first retrospective devoted to Louis Kahn. Lance Knickerbocker has the story

Groundbreaking exhibit of the work of Louis Kahn brings his ideas to life, says Nathaniel Popkin

Two fans of Modernism re-evaluate architectural history with the exhibition, “What Was the Philadelphia School?”

A new exhibit on Philadelphia designers has Nathaniel Popkin thinking about the deep and sometimes frayed connections between them and Jane Jacobs, whose centennial is celebrated with two new books

Coward Shoe Store on Chestnut Street was once a testament to post-war modernism. With demolition close at hand, the Stonorov and Kahn building gives way to the cycle of redevelopment

Pragmatic, client-oriented, industrial: the architect Kahn. Wait, huh? Christopher Dougherty explores the work of the other Kahn, Detroit’s Albert Kahn, who designed powerhouse buildings for the Ford and Packard Motor Companies on North Broad Street

With the 20th Century series beginning Friday, the Chestnut Hill Historical Society celebrates the mid-century modern homes throughout the neighborhood. Fátima Olivieri joins the owner of one, Louis Kahn’s Esherick House, for a tour and backstory

Harry K has the story of this 90 year old theater’s recent overhaul. Lost in the renovation, interior detail in the Northern Liberties spot where Louis Kahn played piano