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
Architecture The Revolution, Stuck With Stern Taliban of Architecture be damned! The Philadelphia Art Commission has unanimously approved Robert A.M. Stern’s “updated” design for the Museum of the American Revolution, paving the way for construction of its lackluster design
Architecture On Revolution Museum, Readers Have Spoken Signees of the “Declaration of Architectural Independence” had a lot to say about the proposed design for the Museum
Architecture Hotel Marks Surge Of Navy Yard Investment A slew of commercial real estate development, infrastructure, transit, and a new master plan coming as the “highly customized”–and strikingly contemporary–Marriott breaks ground
Architecture Which Contexts Matter? In the Museum of the American Revolution, Robert A.M. Stern set out to design something that “could never have been built anywhere else.” The result is the exact opposite–and a lost opportunity for Philadelphia
Architecture Looking For Revolutionary Architecture? You Won’t Find It At The New Museum Of The American Revolution Design for the new museum, at Third and Chestnut, to be revealed Tuesday, is far more reactionary and narrowly construed than was even expected