History How World’s Fairs Changed the Face of Philadelphia: The 1976 Bicentennial Thomas H. Keels surveys the buildings and landmarks of the 1976 Bicentennial of American Independence in this final installment of a three-part series
Development Philly Architecture Firm Embraces Affordable Housing A senior housing complex on South Broad Street proves budget constraints can coexist with good design
Preservation Places to Save: Fall 2023 The Preservation Alliance for Greater Philadelphia highlights buildings under threat with its quarterly list, Places to Save
Architecture Arata Isozaki, Installation Designer Of First Louis Kahn Retrospective, Receives Pritzker Prize 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
Architecture In “Louis Kahn: The Power of Architecture,” The City Is A Muse Groundbreaking exhibit of the work of Louis Kahn brings his ideas to life, says Nathaniel Popkin
Architecture New Exhibition Gives Movement to the Philadelphia School Two fans of Modernism re-evaluate architectural history with the exhibition, “What Was the Philadelphia School?”
Architecture In This Month Of Jane Jacobs, A Look At The “Philadelphia School” That Inspired & Frustrated Her 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
Architecture The Other Shoe Drops On Modernist Landmark 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
